Traditionally one reads a sentence, then a paragraph, chapter, section all the way up to book/magazine/tome and so on. But does one necessarily have to read items from cover-to-cover? Traditional print mediums such as print newspapers or magazines are finite. When you...
In American English, the phrase “make time” represents either planning ahead and budgeting time for a future activity or event and/or canceling or rescheduling previous engagements. The phrase can also represent the need to plan for something important or something...
We all work in different ways and perform better or worse under a host of different environments. Do you know the optimal conditions for you in which to produce your best work? Location, Location, Location Where do you work best for any given project? Obviously there...
New Year’s resolutions are traditionally reserved for, well, the first of the New Year…a time of new beginnings and that dizzying, limbo-like period of relaxation, and recuperation, with the additional air of calm after the holiday storm. It’s a time to “get down to...
“Umm…err I wanted to do this…then you see I wanted to do that…well…and what about this…but how about that….does that make any sense?” Ever have those moments when you know what you want to say (or at least think you know what you want to say) but you just can’t get...
When you think of a product, what comes to mind? A physical product such as a widget, a chair, a diamond, a written report, a cardboard box? If one is to be productive, one must produce. However, does a product necessarily have to be something that can be held in...
Want a way to make the clothes in your closet or wardrobe look like new? Or at least want to look at your clothes in a different way? Try this closet o’ color experiment. First things first, this is not a closet makeover, but rather a brief experiment to show that...
That’s right, this is the 100th post on The Order Expert Blog! Wow, in some ways I can’t believe I’ve hit the 100th post. I started the blog back in April, with one, two, three posts. Before I knew it, I’d reached 20 posts, 30, 40 and then the posts by the tens kept...
We all know that Halloween is the ultimate dress-up day. What can be truly, downright scary (well, perhaps not “scary scary” as in a scary movie, but more, err, enlightening? Eye opening?), is when you make the...
Are you overwhelmed by paper? Paper seems to multiply like crazy: first there’s a little, and then all of a sudden there’s a lot. Where does one begin to keep paper under control? The question that begs to be asked is, “Do I pay attention to the paper that is in my...