A system you can keep for life

“I need to get organized so I can do my work,” people say to me often.

• I want to write a novel, but first I need to organize my notes.
• I want to get a new job, but first I need to create a system to manage the process.
• I want to take on more clients, but first I need to create a process to manage them.

It’s really tempting to organize in anticipation of a problem, instead of organizing in reaction to a problem.