We all know how important it is to have information at our fingertips, especially when we’re networking or following up with clients or colleagues.  One of the most effective tools for contact management that I recommend to Innovatively Organized clients is gwabbit®.
 
This add-in, or plug-in, for Microsoft Outlook “automatically scans incoming Outlook emails, finds contacts, and instantly transforms them into contact records within your address book” and “even checks your address book to see if you’ve already saved a contact previously.” And it works on the Blackberry platform as well.

With gwabbit®, you can increase your productivity by spending less time searching for contact information and more time actually talking to them.

Click here to get gwabbit® for your email!

We live in an age of “consumerism.”  It’s a society based on the systematic creation and fostering of a desire to purchase goods and services in ever greater amounts.  Unfortunately, giving in to whim every time you want something is one of the leading contributors to a cluttered life.

Recently, I was talking with a friend about how kids today seem to have more and more toys, games, dolls, and clothes.  It reminded us of a great children’s book, “The Berenstein Bears Get the Gimmes.”  The moral of the story is to appreciate what you have instead of asking for more.  I remember reading this when I was little, and as a professional organizer, I can say it definitely made a positive impression on me!