Don’t be like Al Gore. Certainly the man has some endearing qualities. He’s charismatic, a strong speaker, and a knowledgeable man who has no problem sharing his intellect with the world. But have you seen his office? Go ahead. Google Al Gore, and you will see one of the scariest pictures you’ve ever witnessed on the internet. There Al sits, in the middle of his office, staring at the three computer screens panned across one side of his corner desk. But then again, maybe that’s not a desk. It’s hard to tell with the papers stacked up to Mr. Gore’s earlobes. Ironically, we can all relate. We’ve all seen offices juts like this, and many of them have a single-word label for them: ours.
If any office needs organizing, it’s the home office. Al Gore most likely has paid staff to keep him on track, and thus he can live with a disorganized office. But the typical home business owner does not have that option. He has no line item for “administrative assistant,” and rarely does his wife count as a staff member. She doesn’t want to deal with his mess either. Disorganized and messy offices reflect the mind of the...