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Monday, June 6, 2016

Ten tips to bring wealth and prosperity into your life

10 Tips to Improve Your Sales Performance

JOHN H. DEAN

The sales profession moves faster than ever today. In the blink of an eye, new competitors emerge, products similar to yours are released, and before you know it, it's a race to the bottom.

No matter what industry you're in, what worked well a few years ago isn't good enough today. This is no time for trial and error or order taking; this is a time to sell. Here are some basic steps you can take to improve your sales performance, reduce your cost of selling, and ensure your survival.

1. Clarify your mission.

Begin by understanding your business niche. What do you do best? Who needs what you do? How do you best approach these prospects? How much are they willing to pay? If these questions are not answered easily, campaign at the top for clarity and vision.

2. Break the mission into specific goals.

Write down the activity goals (calls per day, proposals per month, referrals per call, etc.) that you can control. Set results goals (sales per month, amount per sale, profit per sale, etc.) to measure your progress, and track them closely. Increase your activity and measure the results. Goals focus your attention and energize your action.

3. Sell to customer needs.

Always assume your prospects will buy only what they need. How can you convince them of that need? Emphasize the features of your product or service that reduce costs and solve problems for the customer. Sometimes you can reposition your wares. For example, you sold wool uniforms for their look and feel; now stress wool's durability and lasting value. Be creative in your sales and marketing.

4. Create and maintain favorable attention.

Effective marketing, referrals, strong sales skills, and strategic questions are the keys to creating favorable attention. Diligent follow-through and above-and-beyond customer service are the keys to maintaining it.

5. Sell on purpose.

Know both what to do and why you're doing it at every step along the way. Who are you targeting and why? What are you going to tell them and why? What are you going to ask them and why? What is your proposal going to look like and why? When are you going to ask for the order? If you don't feel sure of yourself at every step of the selling process, get some training or guidance.

6. Ask, listen, and act.

Better than any others, these three words summarize success in sales. Your questions must be creative, planned, relevant, and direct. Your listening skills must be highly developed. You must respond and take action that proves that you listened to the customer and want the sale.

7. Take the responsibility but not the credit.

Realize that you are the team leader. The company looks to you for direction and supports your effort. To build a strong support team willing to go the extra mile when you need it, give your team the credit for everything that goes right, and take the blame when it goes wrong.

8. Work on the basics.

Even the best of the best have room for improvement. Make a decision to improve your weaknesses, and set goals to force yourself to do the things you don't like to do. Be more creative in your prospecting, fact finding, and presentation skills. Imagine the perfect salesperson and compare yourself to the ideal.

9. Develop your attitude.

Your attitude is controllable. Conquer your fears. Change the beliefs that limit your success. Your thought habits control your commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, resilience, happiness, and confidence. Be aware of them, decide which ones are unproductive, and then make a commitment to change. With time and effort, you can become the person you want to be.

10. Maximize your time.

Focus on your goals. Test every activity for its importance and urgency. Create an ideal schedule, and test your actual time use against it daily. Remember, just one hour a day used more productively adds up to more than six extra weeks of productive time a year.

Key Personal Financial Terms Everyone Should Know

by Scripbox

It does not matter whether you hire an accountant or an advisor to handle your finances, understanding basic financial concepts will only help you manage your investments better.

Below is a glossary that describes the frequently used financial jargons.

#1: Inflation

Defined as a sustained increase in the general level of prices for goods and services, inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money. The value of money is observed in terms of purchasing power, so the higher the rate of inflation, the lower is your purchasing power.

While it influences the economy it also affects the investors. It tells investors exactly how much of a return their investments need to make for them to maintain their standard of living. For example – if a certain stock returned 4% and inflation was 5%, then the real return on investment would be minus 1% (5%-4%). In India the inflation rate averaged 8.98 percent from 2012 until 2014.

Compounding

Generating earnings from previous earnings is referred to as compounding. In Scripbox terms, making your money work hard.

For example, let’s say you invested INR 10,000 and it earned an interest if INR 1000 in the first year. Now, for the second year, if you don’t make any more investments and assuming the interest rate remains the same at 10%, you will generate an interest amount of INR 1100 for second year. The interest earned in the first year, generated additional interest in the second year. This way, your money keeps on growing until withdrawn. This is called compounding. It is one of the fundamental ways to build wealth.

Interest Rate (Floating, Fixed, and Reducing)

An interest rate is the rate at which interest is paid by borrowers for the use of money that they borrow from lenders.

A fixed interest rate stays constant throughout the duration of the loan however.

A floating interest rate is based on a base rate which is controlled by the RBI and can change over the duration of the loan. Floating interest rates can affect your interest payable and could increase/decrease your monthly instalment amount.

A reducing or diminishing interest rate is calculated on the outstanding loan balance every month. Interest Payable per Installment = Interest Rate per Installment * Remaining Loan Amount.

Time value of money

Time value of money is a concept based on the idea that the value of money available at the present time is worth more than the same amount in the future.

For example, INR 100 invested today for one year at a 5% interest rate will be worth INR 105 in the next year, therefore, INR 100 paid now and INR 105 paid one year later have exactly the same value.

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Market volatility

Volatility refers to the amount of uncertainty or fluctuation in the value of an investment. In other words, volatility refers to the amount of uncertainty or risk about the size of changes in a security’s value.

It is a rate at which the price of a security increases or decreases for a given set of returns. Volatility is measured by calculating the standard deviation of the annualized returns over a given period of time.

Asset allocation

It is an investment strategy which aims to balance risk and reward. In other words, it is the process of deciding the proportion of your portfolio dedicated to various assets based on your goals, risk tolerance, and time sphere.

The three major asset classes include equity, real estate, and fixed income. Each of these classes reacts differently to different economic conditions. Hence it is wise to diversify your portfolio and spread your investments across multiple asset classes.

Sunday, July 5, 2015

The Ten Traits of High Sales Performers

A big benefits-management company recently conducted a survey where they asked 365 CEOs and sales-management executives, “What are the three key factors that separate high-performing sales professionals from moderate- to low-performing sales professionals?”

Both CEOs and C-level sales executives (all people who don’t sell, but rely on their salespeople so they get paid) ranked self-discipline/motivation as the most important factor.

Next in line were customer knowledge, innate talent/personality and product knowledge. Further down the list were experience and teamwork skills. Totally bogus.

These are qualities of corporate greed, not value, service or help—the three things that customers require to give you their business and maintain loyalty.

If you’re interested in the most important qualities of a high-performing salesperson, let me give you a realistic list of success characteristics.

Perpetual, consistent, positive attitude and enthusiasm. This is the first rule of facing the customer, facing the obstacles, facing the competition, facing the economy and facing yourself.

Quadruple self-belief. Unwavering belief in your company, in your product and in yourself are the first three parts. But most critical: You must believe that the customer is better-off having purchased from you.

Use of creativity. Use creativity to present ideas in the customer’s favor and to differentiate yourself from the competition.

Ability to give and prove value. Prove the value of your product or service, as well as your ability to give value to the prospect beyond the sale so you earn the order, the reorder and the loyalty.

Ability to promote and position. Your use of the Internet to blog, create e-zines, utilize social media and achieve Google top ranking leads customers to perceive you as a value provider and a leader in your field.

Exciting, compelling presentation skills. You must develop not just solid communication skills, but superior questioning skills, listening skills and a sense of humor, as well as the innate ability to capture the imagination (and the wallet) of customers.

Ability to prove your value and claims through the testimony of others. Testimonials sell where salespeople can’t. The best salespeople use video testimonials to support their claims. But you don’t get testimonials; you earn them. Same with referrals.

Ability to create an atmosphere where people want to buy (because they hate being sold). This is done by engaging and asking, not presenting and telling.

Ability to build a relationship, not hunt or farm. I wonder if the executives talking about the factors of great salespeople are the same morons dividing their salespeople into hunters and farmers. Great salespeople are relationship builders who provide value and help their customers win. Unyielding personal values and ethics. Great people have great values and great ethics. It’s interesting that 365 executives don’t deem them in the top 10.

The personal desire to excel and be their best. This is a desired quality of every salesperson, but the best salespeople have mastered the other 10 elements. And the key is that all 10 must be mastered in order for this quality to manifest itself.

There is no prize in sales for second place. It’s win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for—they fight for—that winning edge.

Sunday, June 28, 2015

3 Simple Tips to Increase Your Sales by 30%

Experts have been telling us for years that following up with your prospects and customers can increase your sales by 30%.

Ohhh, I think I just heard a loud groan from quite of few of you, along with, “Follow up? I hate following up, it feels like such a waste of time!”

So if that 30% number is really true, then why do less than 10 percent of salespeople actually follow up? Well, we’ve got the “usual” reasons: lack of time, desire or it doesn’t work… and that might be true for some, but honestly? The simple fact is that most salespeople have never been taught how to effectively follow up. And that’s probably not your fault.

Okay, so is it worth it to you if you could make one more sale a week? What about getting one more qualified referral a week? 30% — that’d be a nice bump right? Yes? YES!!

Now for the disclaimer: there’s no magical follow-up formula, but use these three follow-up techniques and they’ll consistently net positive results.

1. Find something you have in common with the customer, making your follow-up contact memorable. It could be hobbies, like interests (music, movies, sports, etc.) or philosophies. Just something that will let them know you can relate to them on their level.

2. Make a friend of the customer – nobody minds being contacted by a friend. This doesn’t mean you have to invite them to your son’s wedding. It might be something as simple as being more “neighborly” than “salesy”, sharing a joke and a laugh, or getting their advice on something you have in common.

3. Speak to your customers’ goals, dreams or passions. If your customer loves cooking, send them a subscription to cooking magazine along with a quick reminder of how your product or service could give them more time or money to be doing what they dream of.

Essentially, you’re building a relationship with your customers and finding ways to connect with them only helps you reach that goal because it shows your prospect that you’re interested and willing to take the time to get to know them.

So using the 3 tips above, practice at least five different methods of follow-up – call, write, email, text or drop by. It really is that simple. We recommend you commit to follow up at least five times before you move on.

And finally, track the results of your follow up strategies – at least for a while – for two reasons:

1) to prove to yourself how beneficial effective follow up can be

2) so you can continue to do what brings you the greatest success.

What are you waiting for? Go get that 30% bump!

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IMPLEMENT THESE QUICK-AND-EASY HABITS TODAY TO FEEL HEALTHIER, HAPPIER, AND MORE PRODUCTIVE EVERY DAY

IMPLEMENT THESE QUICK-AND-EASY HABITS TODAY TO FEEL HEALTHIER, HAPPIER, AND MORE PRODUCTIVE EVERY DAY.

A habit, according to the dictionary, is a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up. Habits can be great things to adopt. However, we can all easily fall into poor routines, too…and that’s when bad habits start.

Whether they’re productive or not so much, all humans are creatures of habit. We wake up, brush our teeth, get dressed, go to work, go to sleep, over and over and over again.

Eventually, you have to break the never-ending cycle and change it up a bit, becoming cognizant of the many habits—both good and bad—that we follow in our lives.

I’ve learned this the hard way.

For a long period of time, I had been following the usual routine: wash, rinse, and repeat. I realized I was so stuck in certain routines that I had become bored with my life and my work. I needed an outlet to express my creativity, and that’s when I decided things had to change.

Of course, daily life, in general, can be repetitive, but that doesn’t mean you always have to stick with the same routine. Remain aware of the habits you’ve developed; work hard to maintain the good ones and change the bad. {Click to Tweet}

Daily life, in general, can be repetitive, but that doesn’t mean you always have to stick with the same routine. Remain aware of the habits you’ve developed; work hard to maintain the good ones and change the bad.

Here are just a few of the best habits you can adopt today:

MAKE YOUR BED

I know it sounds silly, but you’d be surprised at how much more productive you can be throughout the day if you make your bed in the morning.

Why? Because it will give you a sense of accomplishment immediately (trust me, I’ve experienced it first-hand).

It also unclutters your space and encourages discipline, as you stick to that morning ritual. Try it out tomorrow morning; you’ll see what I mean.

KEEP YOURSELF HYDRATED

We all know how important it is to stay hydrated throughout the day. But did you know it can also impact your mood? There’s even been studies that prove it.

Drinking water is an essential part of every day life. Rather than seeing it as a chore, think of it as having a positive impact on your health. If you don’t think water has enough flavor, try adding some frozen fruit or citrus to it for a burst of flavor.

MEDITATE

If you tend to get stressed out super easily and need a quick break from reality, meditation should be your best friend. This relaxation technique helps you instantly calm down and think clearly; think of it as a mental refresh!

The best part is that you can get a good meditation session in before work to set your mood for the day.

Try this simple meditation exercise:

Find a quiet spot and sit cross-legged in a comfortable seated position
Place your palms lightly on top of your knees
Start taking deep breaths and close your eyes halfway
Focus on one single (non-moving) object in your sight
Simply gear all of your energy to this one object and free your mind of any conflicting thoughts

WORK IT OUT

I can’t stress enough how much exercise can greatly impact your life—all the more reason to integrate it into your daily or weekly routine early on.

I never used to exercise and I noticed my mood and energy levels were drastically changing. I had an irregular appetite, frequent mood swings, and serious fatigue all.the.time. Then, I thought: “Why am I sitting here moping around when I can get my life on track?” That’s when exercise came into the picture.

Since I’ve started exercising regularly, my mood hasn’t been changing as often, I have tons more energy, and I can sleep much better.

Since I’ve started exercising regularly, my mood hasn’t been changing as often, I have tons more energy, and I can sleep much better.

Do yourself a favor and do some sort of exercise—even if it’s just 30 minutes—every day. You’ll be happy you did!

MAINTAIN BALANCE

Maintaining a proper work-life balance can seem like a huge challenge. When you work at least 40 hours a week, it’s difficult to know when it’s time to unplug and unwind. We are often so concentrated on meeting that end sales goal or preparing for that big presentation that we forget to take time for ourselves.

It might be beneficial to designate time for yourself every day so you can actually remember to take a step back. Whether it’s an exercise class, a Netflix binge-watching session, a walk on the beach, or a simple pat on the back, make it a habit to do something nice for yourself everyday. {Click to Tweet}

You don’t have to adopt all of these at once. Make the best out of your daily routine by finding what works for you—not your friends, not your parents, not your roommate—you. Even if you develop just one more effective and empowering habit per day, that will get you on the right track to success.

Use these ten retail selling tips to make sure you get the most from yourself and your crew

Use these ten retail selling tips to make sure you get the most from yourself and your crew:

1. Set the expectation. Before you clock-in or even walk in the door stop yourself and do an expectation check. What are you concentrating on? Will customers be hostile, mean, penny-pinching lookie-lous or will it be a fun day helping people buy from you? One of the old sales pros used to say, "Garbage in, garbage out" so watch what you listen to or watch before coming to work as it might trap you into a negative world-view.

2. Take care in how you look. Yes you can wear sneakers but no, you probably shouldn't. A sign at Piperlime's pop-up store in SOHO said it all, "It's time to give up lazy dressing altogether because its time to look fabulous again. Let's show each other and ourselves a little more respect. Let's put Saturday night effort into Sunday afternoon. Let's remember you get what you dress for so let's get dressed." Excellent points!

3. Watch what you say. It is a fact we love to talk about people. From the craziest Internet stories to celebrity falls from grace, gossip is more popular than ever. The danger is that it comes from a place where we feel better about ourselves at someone else's expense. That's the opposite of selling. You should feel better about someone as a result of them coming in your shop.

4. Don't judge. I know, this is hard but you can't judge a book by its cover or a customer by their clothes. When we do that to try to decide who is worth our efforts, we're oftentimes wrong and settle for crumbs when we can have the whole banquet.

5. You're there to serve. Knights of the round table used to kneel as an act of servitude to their master or to royalty. It was an outward sign of servitude toward another. [Don't confuse this with slavery.] The act of serving another goes back to biblical times and is mentioned throughout literature as one of the greatest gifts to humanity. In retail right now, we often have employees acting as King or Queen, that they are doing the customer the favor. This is wrong.

6. Know your close ratio. Keep count one day of every customer you encounter and every customer you ring up. Divide the two to find your ratio of sales to visits. At first, this might be 1 out of every 10. With practice, you'll find by being aware of all the customers you had to sell, you've made more sales.

7. Sell something you hate. Find the ugliest thing in your store you can. This shouldn't be hard. Determine to find five things about it you love using the feature "it has" to link to the benefit for the customer "so you." What you'll find is that once you give up your assumptions and personal bias, you can find several things to make a compelling case why a customer should buy an item.

8. Stop selling the easy. Sure it's 30% off and has free financing for twenty years. But is that selling? Something like that will sell itself - you're not stretching yourself.

9. Be willing to risk the sale. Sometimes, things just aren't going well. The customer is at odds with you and it just feels like you aren't on the same page. Ask, "Excuse me, but have I done something to offend you?" If you say it without malice or sarcasm most will apologize and give you a reason that has nothing to do with you. Without getting that out of the way though, you're just frustrating yourself and the customer. With addressing it head-on, you oftentimes make the bigger sale.

10. It's just a game. Selling is very fluid, sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you blow it and many times you make it happen. The goal is definitely to sell everyone but lighten up, millions of orphans won't miss a meal because a customer walked out on you. Be able to look at a sale afterwards and say, "I could have done this better." Take stock and then move on because you have another opportunity to shine walking in the door. - www.v4all.org

Friday, June 26, 2015

10 WAYS TO BUILD YOUR PERSONAL BRAND

YOU KNOW YOU NEED A GOOD “PERSONAL BRAND”. BUT HOW EXACTLY DO YOU GET ONE? WE’LL TELL YOU 10 DIFFERENT WAYS.
People have always had “personal brands”—everyone who knows of famous women like Amelia Earhart, Gloria Steinem, or Mother Theresa can describe who they are, what they valued, and their life’s mission. Although the concept is not new, the term “personal brand” has become a buzzword only recently.

So what is it, exactly?

Your personal brand is how people see you; how they’d describe you—similar to how people describe famous people or companies. It is the set of values and characteristics that describe who you are and guide your choices—in work and in life.

Your personal brand is what makes you, you.

Being aware of, and ultimately in control of, your personal brand is an essential component of building a successful career. It’s essentially a guiding statement that can help you make personal and professional decisions. A solid personal brand helps people understand who you are, what you offer, what you value, and the quality of work they can expect from you.

It is essentially your reputation.

In the past, your reputation may have been familiar only to those you actually know, such as friends, family members, and colleagues. But the Internet has made everybody’s reputation that much more accessible.Wondering how to be proactive about building your personal brand? These tips are a great place to start:

1. DEFINE YOUR BRAND

Take out a piece of paper and write down the words and values that people would use to describe you. Be honest and choose words that are positive and authentic to who you are.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross has said (in one of my all-time favorite quotes): “We think sometimes we’re only drawn to the good, but we’re actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties.”

I believe that you can only be happy when you are accepted for being who you really are. So, as you consider your personal brand, strive to be the best possible version of yourself, but don’t try to be someone you’re not.

2. HAVE A SPECIALTY

Specializing in a skill that is relevant to your field—and being vocal about that!—will help you stand out in the crowd. Companies call this a point of differentiation—consider how your brand (in this case, you) is different from everyone else “on the market”. Why should people choose you over everyone else?

If you can’t think of a skill that’s your specialty, then learn one. This usually means that you have to learn on your own, but that’s easier than ever before—take classes, read industry specific publications, add a passion project, and volunteer for projects that will help you develop your niche. My specialty is blogging and freelance writing and I primarily got my current job because they needed someone who could create and execute blog strategies for clients.

Everyone hopes to be indispensable at work and having a specialty is an excellent way to provide extra value!

3. WRITE YOUR BIO

Write a short bio—or update the one you have!—so you have it ready. A professional bio is a necessity for freelance writing gigs, networking events, speaking on panels, and keeping your LinkedIn profile up-to-date.

Your bio might include your education, work experience, any published writing or press hits, awards you’ve received, volunteer work, and possibly even some of your personal interests.

(I personally love it when people add something quirky at the end of their bio!)

Just make sure to tailor your bio to your audience!

4. CREATE A BLOG OR PERSONAL WEBSITE

When I started my blog, I never imagined that anyone other than my closest friends and family would read it. I certainly never imagined that my blog might help me get hired for new jobs—and yet, that’s exactly what happened.

Blogging is a great, and often free, way to showcase your creativity and non-academic writing. Even if you don’t yet have your dream job, you can write about your dream industry—whether it’s fashion or the environment.

Although many people find blogging to be fun, it can also take a lot of time. If you aren’t interested in blogging, you can still create a personal website, using your name as the domain name, and highlight your skills and experience there.

5. USE LINKEDIN

LinkedIn is yet another Internet home where you can promote your academic or career changes and achievements. It is, essentially, your digital, public resume.

Speaker and strategist, Kelly Hoey, has said: “If you don’t brag about your career and your achievements, who is going to do it? You need to own your expertise and you need to put it out there. If you don’t own your accomplishments, someone else will. It’s not bragging if you can back it up.”

LinkedIn allows you to put your accomplishments out there for the world (and future employers, partners, and connections) to see. Also, if you set up a LinkedIn profile, it will be one of the first things that people see when they search for you online, so it’s another easy way to exercise control over your digital persona.

6. BUILD YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Whether you’re shy or outgoing, it’s important to be able to communicate well—particularly about yourself—as you build your brand.

I recommend taking public speaking courses, writing courses, and simply practicing regularly. Learn how to tell your story. One way to do this is to practice both a personal and a professional “pitch.”

Before networking events, I always prepare a quick summary of my personal and professional interests and experiences. It is really helpful to be able to quickly and concisely explain what you do, why it is important to you, and your extracurricular interests.

7. PARTICIPATE ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Social media is a perfect—and free!—platform for positively promoting your brand. You can share articles, blog posts, and work-related achievements.

You might also follow people in your industry and jump into relevant conversations by using trending hashtags or those that are most popular in your industry.

Just make sure that everything you post on social media is a good representation of your brand. I follow what I call the “The New York Times Test”: If I wouldn’t want it to end up on The New York Times, I don’t post it.

8. BUILD YOUR NETWORK

In order to build and share your personal brand, you need to also be building your professional network—both in and out of the office. Networking isn’t just important when you are looking for a job. If I’ve learned anything from my career profile series, I’ve learned that you can consistently learn from other people’s career paths and insights at every stage of your career.

So take advantage of the opportunities in your city and your industry to meet new people. You never know how that new connection might be of service to you—or you to them—in the future!

9. SAY NO

Now that you have your personal brand in place, protect it. Say no to opportunities, projects, freelance work, or social media posts that are not aligned with your brand.

10. DO GOOD WORK & LIVE YOUR VALUES

Your work and actions speak volumes about your personal brand—and you, as an individual. You can say you hold certain values, but your actions, your experience, and your words have to embody them.

In my office, we have a 360 degree annual review, which means that both your manager and a selection of colleagues all contribute by answering a survey of questions. When I had my annual review, I got a lot of insight into my reputation at the company.

One thing that stuck out was that almost everyone said that I am passionate about both the company culture, client work, and my career. I’ve always thought that being passionate is part of my personal brand, and it became clear through my review that I actually embody that.
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Thursday, June 25, 2015

17 Ways to Have a More Organized Life

17 Ways to Have a More Organized Life - www.v4all.org

Nothing is better than a home that’s easy to navigate with belongings that are even easier to find. Don’t forget about your office, too—there are plenty of ways to keep your space neat for the most productive of workdays. Check out all of our resolutions for systemization, and get to organizing!

17 Ways to Have a More Organized Life | Levo League |
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1. Throw away extra things you don’t need.

We’ve got a useful list of things to get rid of for a de-cluttered space.

2. Create a goal list.

Keep yourself on track with our rotating goal list DIY. You can easily change and update your goals with Post-its for an up-to-date board.

3. Organize your closet.

All it takes is three simple steps to get your closet in tip-top shape.

4. Specify a daily junk basket.

Putting a basket in your home where you can throw items that you would otherwise scatter all over the house is a great way to keep your home or office feeling clutter free.

5. Make assignment lists for everyone.

If you live with multiples people—be it kids, significant others, or roommates—make sure you create weekly assignment lists so that everyone can play their part in keeping your home orderly.

6. Craft a pegboard.

Our ombré geometric pegboard is a no-brainer that can be put together in an hour, tops. It’s a stylish way to keep small items in their place.

7. Install bars on bathroom doors.

Nobody likes damp towels lying all over the bathroom. Install some sleek bars on the back of your door so you have a place to hang towels without taking up space on your walls.

8. Place dividers in your drawers.

You can buy plastic dividers at stores like The Container Store, or you can even cut up old cardboard boxes to create sectioned-off spaces in your desk, kitchen, or bathroom.

9. Print out a free calendar.

One of the most obvious tasks that people always forget is to get a calendar for the New Year. Luckily, we have a list of free printable calendars you can get a hold of right now!

10. Make these mason jar organizers yourself.

Our adorable DIY mason jar organizers will keep your kitchen in order as well as looking cute.

11. Organize your pantry by food group.

You will be able to quickly grab whatever you need.

12. Paint your keys with nail polish.

Color-code your keys by painting them with nail polish so that you can easily tell which key goes to what.

13. Use ice cube trays as organizers.

Bet you never thought of this one—ice cube trays are ideal for organizing small items like earrings, sewing materials, or office supplies.

14. Upcycle a plastic bottle for a charging station.

This DIY for a charging station will keep your electronics in accessible places.

15. Use washi tape on your planner.

Color-code you life by utilizing washi tape. It will stand out better than highlighters.

16. Make an emergency drawer in your desk at work.

Setting aside a space where you can grab items for any possible disaster will put you at ease and leave you feeling prepared.

17. Create these fabric-covered bulletin boards.

You can place these DIY bulletin boards all over the house for easy access to papers, documents, and schedules.