This is one of a series of "lessons on success". This particular lesson is very important to me and ties in with the idea that we all work, live, and share in concentric circles of community. Your current circle of friends determines to a large extent:

1) your ability to find work, leads, or referrals

Today, go through your in box in your e-mail, and organize by date. Anything that’s more than six months old that hasn’t been addressed and is unimportant, delete now!

Have you taken a look at your calendar or appointment book lately?

Are there items on there that you’d rather not see?

Are there items that you’d like to see on there but you don’t have them scheduled?

Do you enjoy opening up your calendar or is it a chore to manage?

For the next four weeks only, go through and systematically delete any appointment that you do not appreciate or enjoy. Here are some criteria:

1) Is this appointment meaningful to me?
2) Does this task make my life better?
3) Does this to-do item fit into my grand purpose?

Now’s the time to take a brief look at your living space, your work area, your desk, or your kitchen and take out ten items that you no longer use. Put them into a paper bag and leave them by the front door: you are ready to take these unused, unloved, un-energized items *out* of your life, in preparation for something more vibrant and more exciting to you.

Take stock, and this means really taking a good look at the items in your environment.
Some questions from personal organizers help you identify items you wish to keep:

1) Do you love it? If so, keep it.