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1. If you could TITLE your personal story, what would that title be?
“If Only I Knew What I Know Now: How to Ask for What You Want and Be Happy”
2. Does your personal and business life feel well balanced or like a juggling act
– and how so?
I’ve been working more on the balance, as I saw my creativity decrease. When I take time out
for myself, it’s a reward that is comforting, and then I’m ready to get back into the trenches.
I want to look back on my life after raising 3 beautiful girls 19, 22 & 27 with a 5-year-old
granddaughter, that I pursued a career that made me happy, and where I’ve made a
difference in people’s lives by putting a big smile on their face to create new memories. It’s
hard to face the challenges, but at the same time, very rewarding because I’m happy with
what I’m doing—inspiring people to be happy and productive.
3. What inspires you to do what you do and to inspire others?
Because of the overload of information technology, people have trouble making decisions
because they have too much to do and collect information and things “just in case” they need
it. Clutter causes deteriorating relationships, depression, and overwhelm, that people feel
buried and just exist instead of enjoying life. I understand the decision making process and
don’t try to change the person who’s having the organizing challenges, but to guide, teach,
and inspire them to conquer whatever confronts them through simple techniques and
listening skills.
4. How do you describe what you do?
I help the ADD and the organizationally challenged community on how to transform
themselves into thinking differently in their emotional relationship with their paper and things,
while improving productivity and effectiveness. My expertise helps shifts the pattern of
ongoing disorganization through coaching, consulting, and on-site organizing through a fun
and nonjudgmental approach.
5. Who are your ideal clients to work with?
ADD and chronically disorganized professionals ranging from 20-years-old and up, SOHOs,
and small to large corporations.
6. How does your business benefit your clients?
Clients walk away with a system that is customized based on their natural style, habits, and
emotional way of thinking. I come up with a system based on how the environment is set up,
how you need to see the information, and how it is used, so you won’t end up with a system
you can’t keep up with. I saved a cabinet maker over $30,000 a year, reduced his 16 hour
days, got him home 2 nights a week for dinner with his family, and he was going to church on
Sunday, just by suggesting he use a small notepad to carry in his pocket to write everything
down he had to remember to do, AND it cost him less than $1.00.
7. What key factors make you a success in your work?
Humor, creativity, openness, patience, understanding, life design support, and clarification to
meet immediate and long-term personal goals and responsibilities. I’m able to work with a
wide range of clients who have had little or no success with traditional organizing methods.
8. What “behind the scenes ‘success’ strategies” can you share?
Making it simple and fun until it’s done—putting a lifelong system in place by using my
“muttering technique” to design categories based on one’s thinking of how they relate to
their paper and things. It’s the client’s system, not mine. I’m there to help coach them along
the way, giving them emotional and physical support to create an environment that they
enjoy being in. I help people not only get “organized” by to “stay organized.”
Direct Link to Evelyn's eBook, click: "Let's Get Organized!"
9. Is there anything you have done in your life or business that has catapulted you
to a new level of success?
Receiving Volunteer of the Year through NSGCD for work done for 2 years. But the most
compelling, is the highest credentials in my field of organizing for ADD (Attention Deficit
Disorder) and the chronically disorganized, by receiving my certification as a CPO-CD from the
National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization. I’m 1 of 45 CPO-CDs in the U.S. and
Canada out of 10,000 Professional Organizers.
It took me 6 long years and over 400 hours of educational training to obtain certification, and
that doesn’t even include all my volunteer work. Continuing education is a vital part of my
journey, as it’s an ongoing process to help those that are ready to make a positive change in
their life through nontraditional methods. Yippee!
10. What inspired you to get in the field of organizing people who had challenges
with ADD and had been disorganized most of their life?
I saw that some people just couldn’t organize themselves in the “traditional way, and ended
up in bigger messes than ever before when they attempted to create a system on their own.
So being a member of NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers), we had a
speaker from NSGCD (National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization) who explained how
very little help was out their to assist this invisible community, where disorganization was
affecting the quality of their life.
Then I began thinking, “How can I help these people increase their self-esteem and not seek
psychological help where the clutter was controlling their lives?” I know they didn’t need
counseling in many cases, and I wanted to be their support system by redesigning their life
just enough to blend in with my expertise I had to offer, while at the same time, not
changing the person of who they are with compassion, insights, and wisdom.
A Bit "Mo": Evelyn told me that as a teenager, she would get frustrated. When she couldn't
solve a problem, she would go around the house organizing things in each room. It gave her
instant gratification as the effects of immediate improvement were reached. The
reorganization served as a double bonus, because while she was reorganizing things, she
gained clarity in solving her own issues. Without pressure she worked through challenges.
This struck me as a "brilliance within" that was compelled had to come out. This is excellence;
taking her challenge and finding a way to deal with it constructively for herself, turning it into
a needed niche and successful career! My challenge for you is to consider something that you
found a way to overcome and refelct on how that coping strategy has made your life easier...
then give yourself a big pat on the back for doing so!
Here's the direct link to the page to order Evelyn Gray's ebook, "Let's Get Organized!"
http://asla.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/store.ebooks#organized
“If Only I Knew What I Know Now: How to Ask for What You Want and Be Happy”
2. Does your personal and business life feel well balanced or like a juggling act
– and how so?
I’ve been working more on the balance, as I saw my creativity decrease. When I take time out
for myself, it’s a reward that is comforting, and then I’m ready to get back into the trenches.
I want to look back on my life after raising 3 beautiful girls 19, 22 & 27 with a 5-year-old
granddaughter, that I pursued a career that made me happy, and where I’ve made a
difference in people’s lives by putting a big smile on their face to create new memories. It’s
hard to face the challenges, but at the same time, very rewarding because I’m happy with
what I’m doing—inspiring people to be happy and productive.
3. What inspires you to do what you do and to inspire others?
Because of the overload of information technology, people have trouble making decisions
because they have too much to do and collect information and things “just in case” they need
it. Clutter causes deteriorating relationships, depression, and overwhelm, that people feel
buried and just exist instead of enjoying life. I understand the decision making process and
don’t try to change the person who’s having the organizing challenges, but to guide, teach,
and inspire them to conquer whatever confronts them through simple techniques and
listening skills.
4. How do you describe what you do?
I help the ADD and the organizationally challenged community on how to transform
themselves into thinking differently in their emotional relationship with their paper and things,
while improving productivity and effectiveness. My expertise helps shifts the pattern of
ongoing disorganization through coaching, consulting, and on-site organizing through a fun
and nonjudgmental approach.
5. Who are your ideal clients to work with?
ADD and chronically disorganized professionals ranging from 20-years-old and up, SOHOs,
and small to large corporations.
6. How does your business benefit your clients?
Clients walk away with a system that is customized based on their natural style, habits, and
emotional way of thinking. I come up with a system based on how the environment is set up,
how you need to see the information, and how it is used, so you won’t end up with a system
you can’t keep up with. I saved a cabinet maker over $30,000 a year, reduced his 16 hour
days, got him home 2 nights a week for dinner with his family, and he was going to church on
Sunday, just by suggesting he use a small notepad to carry in his pocket to write everything
down he had to remember to do, AND it cost him less than $1.00.
7. What key factors make you a success in your work?
Humor, creativity, openness, patience, understanding, life design support, and clarification to
meet immediate and long-term personal goals and responsibilities. I’m able to work with a
wide range of clients who have had little or no success with traditional organizing methods.
8. What “behind the scenes ‘success’ strategies” can you share?
Making it simple and fun until it’s done—putting a lifelong system in place by using my
“muttering technique” to design categories based on one’s thinking of how they relate to
their paper and things. It’s the client’s system, not mine. I’m there to help coach them along
the way, giving them emotional and physical support to create an environment that they
enjoy being in. I help people not only get “organized” by to “stay organized.”
Direct Link to Evelyn's eBook, click: "Let's Get Organized!"
9. Is there anything you have done in your life or business that has catapulted you
to a new level of success?
Receiving Volunteer of the Year through NSGCD for work done for 2 years. But the most
compelling, is the highest credentials in my field of organizing for ADD (Attention Deficit
Disorder) and the chronically disorganized, by receiving my certification as a CPO-CD from the
National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization. I’m 1 of 45 CPO-CDs in the U.S. and
Canada out of 10,000 Professional Organizers.
It took me 6 long years and over 400 hours of educational training to obtain certification, and
that doesn’t even include all my volunteer work. Continuing education is a vital part of my
journey, as it’s an ongoing process to help those that are ready to make a positive change in
their life through nontraditional methods. Yippee!
10. What inspired you to get in the field of organizing people who had challenges
with ADD and had been disorganized most of their life?
I saw that some people just couldn’t organize themselves in the “traditional way, and ended
up in bigger messes than ever before when they attempted to create a system on their own.
So being a member of NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers), we had a
speaker from NSGCD (National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization) who explained how
very little help was out their to assist this invisible community, where disorganization was
affecting the quality of their life.
Then I began thinking, “How can I help these people increase their self-esteem and not seek
psychological help where the clutter was controlling their lives?” I know they didn’t need
counseling in many cases, and I wanted to be their support system by redesigning their life
just enough to blend in with my expertise I had to offer, while at the same time, not
changing the person of who they are with compassion, insights, and wisdom.
A Bit "Mo": Evelyn told me that as a teenager, she would get frustrated. When she couldn't
solve a problem, she would go around the house organizing things in each room. It gave her
instant gratification as the effects of immediate improvement were reached. The
reorganization served as a double bonus, because while she was reorganizing things, she
gained clarity in solving her own issues. Without pressure she worked through challenges.
This struck me as a "brilliance within" that was compelled had to come out. This is excellence;
taking her challenge and finding a way to deal with it constructively for herself, turning it into
a needed niche and successful career! My challenge for you is to consider something that you
found a way to overcome and refelct on how that coping strategy has made your life easier...
then give yourself a big pat on the back for doing so!
Here's the direct link to the page to order Evelyn Gray's ebook, "Let's Get Organized!"
http://asla.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/store.ebooks#organized
Mo' To the Point! Having gotten to know Evelyn Gray personally, I see her
value in helping others and why she is so great with people living with ADHD and
other difficult to focus conditions. Having Advocated for people with "invisible"
challenges myself is an element of why her business caught my eye. Yet, it is the
value of her knowledge and successes for others that caught my attention!
Therefore, Evelyn has been "Caught in the Act of Excellence!"
Evelyn Gray is a CPO-CD® (Certified Professional Organizer in Chronic
Disorganization), a Productivity Expert, Certified Action Coach & Seminar Leader,
consultant, trainer, speaker, and author.
Evelyn uses her powerful set of skills to improve your focus, clarity and
productivity level. Learn how to set goals and priorities so you can stay focused
on the right things. Her expertise is in working with professionals who have ADD
(Attention Deficit Disorder) and individuals who have been disorganized most of
their life.
Evelyn trains and educates people, teaching them easy and simple strategies not
only about getting organized but “staying organized.” Her credentials also include
working with T. Harv Eker, one of the leading seminar companies in the U.S. and
Canada, as the only ADHD coach in his student’s coaching program.
value in helping others and why she is so great with people living with ADHD and
other difficult to focus conditions. Having Advocated for people with "invisible"
challenges myself is an element of why her business caught my eye. Yet, it is the
value of her knowledge and successes for others that caught my attention!
Therefore, Evelyn has been "Caught in the Act of Excellence!"
Evelyn Gray is a CPO-CD® (Certified Professional Organizer in Chronic
Disorganization), a Productivity Expert, Certified Action Coach & Seminar Leader,
consultant, trainer, speaker, and author.
Evelyn uses her powerful set of skills to improve your focus, clarity and
productivity level. Learn how to set goals and priorities so you can stay focused
on the right things. Her expertise is in working with professionals who have ADD
(Attention Deficit Disorder) and individuals who have been disorganized most of
their life.
Evelyn trains and educates people, teaching them easy and simple strategies not
only about getting organized but “staying organized.” Her credentials also include
working with T. Harv Eker, one of the leading seminar companies in the U.S. and
Canada, as the only ADHD coach in his student’s coaching program.
Evelyn Gray worked with T. Harv Eker’s team in their SuccessTracs program as his only Certified Action Coach as an ADHD
(Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) and Chronic Disorganization Specialist.
Evelyn received the highest recognition in her field of organizing in becoming 1 of 45 CPO-CDs (Certified Professional Organizer
in Chronic Disorganization) out of 10,000 professional organizers in the U.S. and Canada. The NSGCD (National Study Group on
Chronic Disorganization) is where she received her training to get to this level, and has over 400 hours of training, and is on
ongoing education with monthly seminars to excel in her field. She “makes it fun until it’s done, so the only thing you have to lose
is your clutter” (and, of course, gain your peace of mind).
Accomplished in her expertise, Evelyn has articles published in magazines such as the For You Network, online NAFE blog where
she won an award for her article on “Is Multitasking Good or Bad?, the NAFE magazine, Inspired Living Magazine (online), Online
Organizing, Women’s Calendar (online), American Seminar Leaders Association (newsletter), and NEW Entrepreneur (online).
Evelyn was awarded the Cherie Arnold Award from the For You Network (affiliate of NAFE--National Association of Female
Entrepreneurs), the highest award of recognition for the 6 years of dedicated volunteerism, always giving out organizing tips freely
in changing people’s lives.
On the Board for over 6 years for the Women’s Small Business Expo, Evelyn is a dedicated lady for sure! She was also
nominated as the “Rising Star” at the L.A. Business Journal Awards. Evelyn also volunteers at various conferences year round,
and speaking all year round giving free seminars at the Home and Remodeling Shows in Los Angeles, Pasadena and Orange
County on “Organizing for Success.”
(Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) and Chronic Disorganization Specialist.
Evelyn received the highest recognition in her field of organizing in becoming 1 of 45 CPO-CDs (Certified Professional Organizer
in Chronic Disorganization) out of 10,000 professional organizers in the U.S. and Canada. The NSGCD (National Study Group on
Chronic Disorganization) is where she received her training to get to this level, and has over 400 hours of training, and is on
ongoing education with monthly seminars to excel in her field. She “makes it fun until it’s done, so the only thing you have to lose
is your clutter” (and, of course, gain your peace of mind).
Accomplished in her expertise, Evelyn has articles published in magazines such as the For You Network, online NAFE blog where
she won an award for her article on “Is Multitasking Good or Bad?, the NAFE magazine, Inspired Living Magazine (online), Online
Organizing, Women’s Calendar (online), American Seminar Leaders Association (newsletter), and NEW Entrepreneur (online).
Evelyn was awarded the Cherie Arnold Award from the For You Network (affiliate of NAFE--National Association of Female
Entrepreneurs), the highest award of recognition for the 6 years of dedicated volunteerism, always giving out organizing tips freely
in changing people’s lives.
On the Board for over 6 years for the Women’s Small Business Expo, Evelyn is a dedicated lady for sure! She was also
nominated as the “Rising Star” at the L.A. Business Journal Awards. Evelyn also volunteers at various conferences year round,
and speaking all year round giving free seminars at the Home and Remodeling Shows in Los Angeles, Pasadena and Orange
County on “Organizing for Success.”
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| Professional Organizer in Chronic Disorganization*), ADD & *CD Specialist |
| Q & A Interview with Evelyn Gray, Founder of Organizing For Success |
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Award decisions. We welcome you to nominate someone that we might not be aware of or have not researched.
We do and appreciate Sponsorship on the awards we present LIVE in the "Act of Excellence at their event. This is a new
policy to offset travel, gift and trophy expenses, yet does not apply to those you see as our main monthly features. Let us know if
you'd like to Sponsor and surprise someone worthy of being "caught" LIVE. These are sometimes the most fullfilling as they are
often done in front of people who have come to the event specifically to see them at their own workshop, event, business meeting,
award presentation ceremony or Expo where they are awarding others, and so on. Contact us now to discuss your great find of
"Excellence!" Click here: for 'Mo information!
| The MAY 2008 award went to: David Neagle, Income Achievement Accelerator and Founder The Most Talked About Business Mindset Event of the Year for Coaches, Speakers, Authors and Online Marketers. David is the World’s leading expert on coaching solopreneurs to build 7 and 8 figure businesses in under 12 months. In truth, (Mo's opinion) everyone can benefit from David's ERS* *Experience The Reality of Success program. **************************** The April 2008 award went to: Linda Hollander, Founder of the Women's Small Business Expo aka The Wealthy Bag Lady **************************** The March 2008 award went to: Arvee Robinson, Persuasive Speaking Coach for Business People, Presenters, etc. *************************** The February 2008 award went to: Karen Capello Business with Spirituality Coach. ***************************** The January 2008 Platinum Award goes to: Jocelyn 'TOOLIE' Garner, "Toolie® the Travel Guide" and Publisher of Tooliedotter Press® Not your typical Travel Guide, as Toolie teaches Business Travelers
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“If you can’t find it in 30 seconds,
it’s in the wrong place”
- Evelyn Gray
it’s in the wrong place”
- Evelyn Gray
| The MAY 2008 award went to: David Neagle, Income Achievement Accelerator and Founder The Most Talked About Business Mindset Event of the Year for Coaches, Speakers, Authors and Online Marketers. David is the World’s leading expert on coaching solopreneurs to build 7 and 8 figure businesses in under 12 months. In truth, (Mo's opinion) everyone can benefit from David's ERS* *Experience The Reality of Success program. **************************** The April 2008 award went to: Linda Hollander, Founder of the Women's Small Business Expo aka The Wealthy Bag Lady **************************** The March 2008 award went to: Arvee Robinson, Persuasive Speaking Coach for Business People, Presenters, etc. *************************** The February 2008 award went to: Karen Capello Business with Spirituality Coach. ***************************** The January 2008 Platinum Award goes to: Jocelyn 'TOOLIE' Garner, "Toolie® the Travel Guide" and Publisher of Tooliedotter Press® Not your typical Travel Guide, as Toolie teaches Business Travelers
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