Are you an expert? If not, hire one!

The New Year is here and hopefully you have set your goals for the next few months. If done well, goal setting can be a very powerful tool that helps you to achieve your dreams. Unfortunately, only 46% of people who set New Year's Resolutions will be successful. As you review your goal list, consider if hiring a professional would help you to successfully achieve your goals this year.

Recently, I have been told that most people feel as though they can organize themselves. I fully encourage people who can get organized on their own to go for it! Being organized allows you freedom, saves you time and simply makes life easier. For those of you who are still trying it on your own, how is it working for you? Did you clean off your desk only to find it back in the same condition three weeks later? Has a year passed and you find that the paper piles are still crowding your workspace? Do you have areas in your home or office that you still cannot use? Finally, is it time to call a professional?

I understand there are a lot of areas in our lives that we feel like we can do ourselves and in some cases that is true. But how well was the task completed? Did you do the task with all the resources available to you? Do you even know what resources are available to you? Did the task get completed in the shortest amount of time possible? Hiring experts in their fields allows you to know you are getting the job done right the first time, the results will last you longer and it will save you a tremendous amount of time. And after all, time is money.

When hiring a professional organizer, you get someone who is educated and trained in organizing and time management. You will learn techniques, tricks and discover the right tools to help you not only get organized but stay organized over time. Most of my clients average only 4.7 hours of my services. When I follow up with them they report they have remained organized, continue to use the systems that we designed for them and that they are more effective and efficient. Save yourself time, get long-term results and finally cross off the task 'get organized' from your list by hiring an organizing expert.