Jay Abraham is one of the worlds top business trainers and consultants, commanding $5,000 (five thousand) per hour for his telephone consultancy.

He says:

'Everything comes from asking questions'. – Jay Abraham

Now WHAT does that really mean for getting organized?

Well note how I just asked a question.

My questions keeps your attention and my focus on the direction of this article.

You and I are constantly evaluating, which means we are constantly asking ourselves questions, about our surroundings and choices.

Asking [tag]questions[/tag] represents the basis of organizing.

The good news is that asking questions is something that you are good at already.

And it is a skill that when trained and focused and directed, really does lead to 'everything' as says Jay Abraham.

Find ways to actively ask yourself questions.

How does being organized come from asking questions?

Well try it. Try and organize something without asking yourself questions.

* Where should this go?
* What is this for?
* Why do I need to have this here?
* When shall I do this?
* What do I need to do first?
* Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
* Do you see? Are you hearing this ring loud and clear?

Asking questions is the attitude and skill of curiosity.

"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." – Einstein

If you are not curious about 'stuff', how can you organize stuff? You wouldn't be able to. The better at asking questions you become, the better at being organized you become.

"The important thing is not to stop questioning." – Einstein

Think about it. Use questions more actively to help run your organized lifestyle. It's the 1st core skill of organizing.

Rudyard Kipling said:
"I have 6 honest serving men, they taught me all I knew: There names are what, and why, and how. And where, and when, and who." – Rudyard Kipling

Success comes from being efficiently organized.

And being organized comes from asking questions.

I'll finish this topic of Questions with a [tag]case study[/tag] about how to [tag[Organize Home[/tag].

I'll show you how I used questions to help one of my readers that had difficulties she with getting organized, especially in her home office.

"I would just like you to know, that your time management suggestion is actually working to my astonishment" – Leah Cann, Personal Assistant , UK

Oh that's great, and Leah, perhaps you won't be so astonished next time I make a suggestion

Nathan Shaw

Organized Living World

Insider secrets on how your personality-type influences your life and how well organized you are.

Do you know about the 4 major personality types?

You can read an article I wrote on how to find out the level and type of your personality type power.

…So, there are 4 general approaches that different people use for their life to solve problems and relate to what happens in their life.

There are many names for them and here's one type of naming that is appropriate for today's article.

1. Analyzer
2. Relator
3. Socializer
4. Director

In 2006 I realized each of them gives a good metaphor for explaining a key skill in organized living; well any type of living actually.

1. Analyzer – questions a lot
2. Relator – listens a lot
3. Socializer – talks a lot
4. Director – takes action a lot

Thus you have got 4 major skill-sets to help you organize your life and create success.? And are probably most strong at one, maybe two areas.? And weaker in the rest.

The questions you ask, the way you listen, what you say, and how you act.

1. Questioning
2. Listening
3. Speaking, and
4. Acting

So let's cover these areas in the Mind Power and Control category of Organized Living World.

Here's a teaser for the next installment for [tag]personality type[/tag] which is on 'Questioning'.

A business consultant who charges $5,000 (yes five thousand dollars) per hour (yes per HOUR), and has no shortage of clients, says 'everything comes from them'.? What are 'they'?? Find out in the Mind Power Questioning article.

By the way, if you want the straightforward no messing around way to efficiently get organized, then just go ahead and use the 7 Steps of Organizing.

"Been told I could do anything I wanted, but never knew the right path to take. I believe you have the truth about life. Many thanks" John Watson

John, then hopefully you also believe you have the truth about life too.? I'm glad you're here.

Mind power and mind control improves drastically when you got a good understanding into the theories of Personality Typing and 'Temperament'.It dates as far back as Aristotle and is a consistent theme in many cultures, philosophies, psychology, literature (e.g. Shakespeare), and TV programs (e.g. Star Trek).

I have been so significantly aided by what I've learned about personality types that I consider it an indispensible component to well rounded character development, relationship building and organized living.

These personality power tests are FREE and may take over half an hour. Way better than normal self-help.

The best way to answer is to think of your self as perhaps you have historically been and actually would like to improve on. By doing that you ensure that you will be identifying your deep basic personality energies which are needed for the test.

I.e. Do not fill in answers that are 'what you are developing into or ideally want to be' as that will give you a wrong result.

This first test will give you your main temperament:

You will be either Idealist, Rational, Guardian, or Artisan. You can read a description of your type once you complete the test.

http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp

This second test will confirm (or contradict) the first test, and also give you the 4-digit personality code of your type.

It may not yet make much sense but there will be an interesting explanation of the result that you can read.

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Your test result will have the following format (this is my result):

Thirdly you can find your 'Variant'

On the test results page that you got in the 2nd test there is a link that says 'type description by David Keirsey'; click that and you will see a heading similar to this:

So my variant as per the title is 'Mastermind'.

Phew, you're done. Now you may want to click around on that site to discover famous people, authors, celebrities, politicians, characters on TV, etc, that share your personality style.

You will have some powerful new understanding about yourself and others, and will significantly improve your ability to understand, communicate with, and influence others through your mind control.

Cluttered and Disorganized?

A big question is: How disorganized do you let life get until you feel 'right, that's it! the final straw, I'm going to get things straightened out, I'm gonna get organized!'.

And then do you get organized or do things stay cluttered?

Sure, to an extent you get productive, right? Then what? Yoyo like a fad diet right?… Organized… Disorganized… Cluttered… Determined.. Organized… Disorganized..

The fact is that you have got a limit right now on how well organized you can tolerate being.

The success and outcome of your projects and life are the results of what you can tolerate.

Imagine 2 lines running parallel?

Above one line is a life so exciting and rapid and fulfilling that it's way beyond belief, and way beyond the capacity of your current lifestyle set-up.

Below the bottom line is the level of lifestyle that is too low for you, that you are not willing to accept.

The curved line suggests that how organized you are becomes different as time goes on. Inbetween the upper limit (how organized you believe life can really be for you) and lower limit (how much of a mess you will put up with).

When life feels a mess, your priorities change, procrastination and laziness get steam rolled, and you suddenly jump into productive energetic cleaning and tidy up mode. Clutter that was there for weeks is obliterated. Well, perhaps not quite. Perhaps you wittle it down to a more acceptable pile, and stick it in a make-shift storage area, like at the foot of your bed.

HOW can you change the pattern and shift the boundaries, and really make a lasting difference in how organized your life is, your projects, your career, home, events, relationships, etc?

The solution is not [tag]self-help[/tag], personal development, [tag]positive affirmations[/tag], or Tony Robbins. I know dozens of people that have been very much into all those things and still stay stuck in limbo, usually living more fulfilling lives than 'average Joe', but who wants to be compared to average Joe anyway?

Not me. The solution that I found for my self has become my passion in life.

Remember this: Satisfaction in life can be categorized as 2 sides of a coin. They form 2 sides of a coin because although they are different, they can not really exist without the other.

• The first is [tag]self-clarity[/tag], which those positive thinking types do quite well at, but because they do not have the other side of the coin, their self-clarity is never really that deep.
• The 2nd side of the coin is preparation and organization. This side of the coin usually faces down.

Have you read the conversation I had with Jamie? 'Eye In The Storm Of Organized Living'. Jamie was self-sabotaging his progress on his important projects and desires because he was 'overwhelmed' with some short-term issues of life.

Well when are there ever not any 'short term issues' in life? Probably never right?

Despite the things we 'have to deal with', we personally have an upper and a lower limit, a threshold, for how badly, and even how well, we will allow and tolerate our life's level of organization, and therefore the things we do in our life, and the successes that happen for us.

Depression sinks us only so low as we allow it. Finally, whatever our 'final straw' is to us personally, we'll shift our lifestyle to improve our feelings.

Many people focus on the 'clarity' side of the coin (Jamie has read a lot of '[tag]personal growth[/tag]' stuff). But people neglect the 'organize' side of the coin. The irony is that by focusing on being organized, tremendous clarity develops.

Can you appreciate how your upper and lower limits of what you accept will then both rise higher? As your limits move to a higher level you get a better lifestyle with more clarity, direction and efficiency.

In my clients I've seen heavy feelings of overwhelm lift into a comfortable lightheartedness, because you gradually see new power and possibility for every area of life.

You can gain an [tag]organized lifestyle[/tag] to whatever level you want – go as far as you personally want to go (as far as you can tolerate).

Through the Organized Living Technologies for modern day efficiency you will soon find a whole new degree of clarity, your toleration limits will permanently shift, and you'll suddenly, almost automatically, move to a better lifestyle, stronger mind, and all round enjoyment with your life.

I've even guaranteed it. Check out the details. Challenge your limits.

2007 breakthrough solution for Getting Organized.

Nathan Shaw

Organized Living World