15 things everyone should have at their desk

When you add up all the time you spend in a day getting up and heading to the supply cabinet or asking a coworker to borrow a paper clip, it turns out than you could have gotten about a month’s worth of extra work done in a year…if you had just had everything you need to flow through the day right at your fingertips.

Still, workers at offices around the globe don’t keep the office essentials they use most right there at their desk.

Here’s a basic list of office supplies and organizational items that every worker – from CEO on down – should keep handy throughout the course of the day.

· Company letterhead

· Envelopes

· Stamps

· A Ruler

· Scissors

· Business cards `

· Kleenex

· Pens, pencils and markers

· Paper clips

· Stapler

· Post it Notes (lots and lots of Post it Notes!)

· Scratch paper

· An In/Out Box

· A moistener for stamps and envelopes

· Advil or other form of headache relief

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Creating the perfect To-Do list

To-Do lists can be a blessing or a curse. They’re a curse if we don’t use them properly, or spend all our time making them instead of executing the tasks themselves. But they can be a real blessing, and enhance productivity is created and utilized properly.

Here are some tips for creating the best To-Do list in town!

Tips for creating your perfect To-Do list:

• Prioritize everything on the list. A list is of little use if the important items are all lumped together with the things that need to get done ASAP! Mark every item on your list with an A,B, or C (or 1,2 or 3) which each letter or number signifying the priority level of that item. This will give you a quick visual on what need your attention right away.

• Review your list every morning. Consult your list at the start of the day so that you can better prioritize your time.

• Cross items off the list when they are complete. There’s nothing more satisfying than looking down at your To-Do list and seeing all the important things you have accomplished CROSSED OFF. It’s a real motivator!

• Don’t mix lists! Keep one list for your work-related tasks and a different To-Do list for home-related projects.

• Review your list and look for ways to combine tasks. Often, there will be items on your list that overlap, or are related to one another and can therefore be knocked out all at once. Look for ways to group these tasks together.

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Understanding Office Furniture Options and Features

When purchasing a desk, the buyer should be aware that there are several options to consider. An office desk can be a single pedestal or double pedestal. A pedestal is comprised of drawers. These drawers can be 3/4 ped or full ped. A 3/4 ped consists of two drawers, and the pedestal reaches 3/4 way down, leaving an open space till the floor. While a full ped consists of three drawers, and the pedestal reaches the floor.

Another consideration is that it may be more beneficial to buy an "L"-shaped desk, which gives the user more desktop while not taking up too much space in the room, since the chair uses the same space as the return. An "L" desk can be bought with a right or left return.

Whether purchasing a single desk or a "U" Station or a complete office suite, a decision must be made about the materials. Would you benefit more from furniture utilizing a wood veneer finish or plastic laminate? Please see future articles describing the difference. The wood veneer finish or the plastic laminate is applied to a particle board. Good quality furniture is made using a dense particle board or plywood. Most of the office furniture sold is not made entirely of solid wood, which is used to provide structural integrity. There are those who claim that using particle board or plywood is even superior to solid wood for the tops and flat panels. The reasoning is that since wood is porous by nature, solid wood has a tendency to expand and contract as the humidity changes, while ground wood and plywood are more stable and less apt to warp or split.

Another very important consideration when purchasing office furniture with drawers--for example a desk, credenza, or lateral file--is to ascertain whether the drawer tracks are of good quality. Better quality will ensure quiet and smooth operation, especially important on file drawers.