They understand the importance of organization, and they’ve adapted their habits accordingly. There’s a reason why people who are the calmest and least stressed are more productive. While Benjamin Franklin’s estimation is overstated, spending time getting organized is still a valuable investment. “For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.” –Benjamin Franklin Habits of an organized, productive person But if you can convince yourself to slow down and organize, the ROI will shock you. According to a 2022 LendingTree survey, 23% of adults are late in paying their bills because they “forgot about the bill entirely,” while 22% didn’t forget the bill-but did forget when the due date was, assuming they had more time than they did.īeing disorganized is costly, in terms of both money and time.Even executives were frustrated-according to the same survey, leaders were three times “more likely to say quick file search is a top problem than the teams they lead.” office professionals surveyed agreed that they spend more time searching for documents and files they need than responding to emails and messages,” according to a 2021 survey conducted by Wakefield Research for Elastic.
The average office employee spends “at least two hours a day-or 25% of their workweek-looking for the documents, information or people they need to do their jobs,” according to Glean’s 2022 Hybrid Workplace Habits & Hangups survey.We fear that slowing down and organizing will kill our productivity, but the facts suggest otherwise: We often confuse being productive with working as fast as we can every second of the day.
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