| The sticky note is one of the office workers best | | | | get rid of those sticky notes. Gather them all up |
| friend. They just love them and you can find a | | | | and write down their reminder onto a To Do list. |
| multitude of brightly colored sticky notes on | | | | Once this is complete throw those bright scraps |
| every desk in every office of any business. You | | | | of paper away and prioritize your newly created |
| find them on files, individual pieces of paper, on | | | | To Do list. It is much easier to look at one piece |
| computer monitors, telephone and even on the | | | | of paper on your wall or refrigerator with all the |
| wall. They are just everywhere. | | | | things you need to remember and do then a |
| But the more you see them, the more you | | | | bunch of individual sticky notes scattered around |
| always see them. Have you ever noticed that the | | | | the office or room. |
| same sticky note with the same message will be | | | | Get rid of the sticky notes and little pieces of |
| on the computer, file or wall for weeks and even | | | | scrap paper by the telephone. If a message |
| for months. They are intended to give us a | | | | needs to be taken or something needs to be |
| reminder of important things that need to be | | | | done make sure it is written on a large piece of |
| done. Yet, they are like pictures on a wall we | | | | paper. One of those big yellow note pads of letter |
| pass my hundreds of times a week; we stop | | | | size paper does the trick perfectly. As things are |
| seeing them. | | | | done you can even get the satisfaction of |
| We have become blind to these brightly colored | | | | scratching it off the list. |
| reminders. At first they were yellow as this is a | | | | You'll see many successful business people carry |
| color of importance and easily spotted. Then they | | | | these large yellow pads into meetings to take |
| started coming in bright pink, florescent green and | | | | notes. It helps them better organize tasks to be |
| then in every imaginable color. Marketers began | | | | placed onto their To Do list. You can take notes |
| getting in the game and advertising messages | | | | on a meeting agenda if there is one, but these |
| started appearing on them and they were handed | | | | tend to be put aside on your desk and then lost |
| out like candy on Halloween. | | | | or forgotten. The sturdy nature and color of |
| We've become immune to the sticky note. But, | | | | those letter sized note pads are easy to spot and |
| we continue to use them as a form of important | | | | not easily forgotten as the next meeting, phone |
| reminders. | | | | call or reminder you need to write down will be on |
| Redecorate your desk, office or refrigerator and | | | | this same notepad. |