Give yourself a break from phones, especially if you are making this a family experience.

As you clean each room, organizing what you have, be willing to let go of what you no longer need. There are plenty of people who would find incredible use from something you haven’t touched in years.

You can either give items to a family you know, a charity or you can have a garage sale. In case of a business, do you have old equipment it is time to let go of? What about multiple items that are simply taking up space or collecting dust?

When you release what you no longer need or want you create space for something new in its place.

You may want to focus on one room at a time cleaning and rearranging from top to bottom. One of most exciting parts of spring cleaning is joy you feel as you remember how special items came into your life.

I often hear stories from people who have gotten a teddy bear from my shop and relived original feeling they had when they first got item. I have been told what an incredible feeling they get when they spring clean and carefully rearrange their bear collection. They have a renewed feeling of pride over their collection because of care they are taking in preserving precious gifts.

In each room it is recommended to begin from top and work down. This is true for cabinets, dusting, and washing.

When you are done, enjoy what you have just accomplished. Sit back and look around, take in fresh fragrances and appreciate a job well done. Reward yourself with a good meal and quiet time.

For office project, take team out for a fun meal or order in. Acknowledge gift of a fresh, inviting home or office you are blessed to enjoy. You will be glad you did.

6) Assume control. If you find yourself in a meeting without an agenda walk out. If you must stay, prepare an agenda in meeting. Collect a list of issues, identify most important, and work on that. When you finish, if time remains, select next most important issue. Note: you can use a meeting without an agenda to recruit help for your projects.

7) Focus on issue. Avoid stories, jokes, and unrelated issues. Although entertaining, these waste time, distract focus, and mislead others. Save fun for social occasions where it will be appreciated.

8) Be selective. Invite only those who can contribute to achieving your goals for meeting. Crowds of observers and supporters bog down progress in a meeting.

9) Budget time. No one would spend $1000 on a 10¢ pencil, but they often spend 40 employee hours on trivia. Budget time in proportion to value of issue. For example, you could say, "I want a decision on this in 10 minutes. That means we'll evaluate it for next 9 minutes, followed by a vote."

10) Use structured activities in your meetings. These process tools keep you in control while you ensure equitable participation and systematic progress toward results.