14 habits of ultraorganized people

Let us turn to ultra-organized people for help, whose way of life seems mysterious and mysterious. How do they do it all?

Their approach to life is bearing fruit. In a survey conducted in 2010 by the National Association of Professional Organizers, 80% of respondents said that through organization they were able to improve work results. Being organized means feeling more in control of life and conserving psychic energy. Indeed, why feel the stress of the fact that once again I forgot where I put the keys to the car?

The good news is that anyone can be (or at least become) an organized person. “There is no gene for organization,” says Annette Reiman, president of the National Association of Professional Organizers in Philadelphia. “Yes, for some this happens naturally, but anyone can learn it.”

Although, of course, any individual - organized or not - will behave differently in different situations, highly organized people adhere to certain behavioral patterns. Here are the 14 most common habits of such people.
Organized people are result oriented.

“Most organized people do not keep everything in order to amuse their pride; they do it for a purpose, says Reiman. “Maybe your organized neighbors love hosting guests in their home.” "They will arrange everything in their home so that any guest feels comfortable and comfortable in it - and will constantly maintain this order." “At the same time, they will easily throw aside everything that does not serve this purpose,” Reiman continues. “This applies to both tangible items and some things that take time.”

They are optimistic

Reiman says that, according to her observations, organized people are more positive, at least that's what they say. They adhere to the “it's possible” approach, even if they move forward “an hour on a teaspoon”. Often, when unorganized people seek the advice of a professional organizer after any life failures, the very fact of such an appeal inspires optimism in them. They come for help, saying to themselves: “I am ready to move on,” says Reiman.
They are conscientious

There is a so-called five-factor model of personality assessment, and one of its components is the integrity factor, says David W. Ballard, MD, MBA, deputy executive director of the Center for Organizational Excellence at the American Psychological Association. A person with a high score on a scale of assessment of good faith with a high probability will act effectively, have self-discipline. Such people prefer planned activities over spontaneous ones, he says.
They are not always open to new ideas.

Although we tend to think that being organized and tidy is good, and that it certainly helps people to be productive and efficient, such people also have a potential flaw, Ballard says. A study in 2013 showed that office clutter stimulates the emergence of creative ideas rather than a perfectly ordered space. “Sometimes there are positive aspects to working at a desk littered with papers,” he says. “Complete chaos is bad, but the lack of creative incentives does not stimulate the imagination either.”