1. Orderliness
Arranging myself and my surroundings to achieve greater efficiency.
Orderliness vs. Confusion

2. There is an order to all things, and all things must stay in their order. (Tim D Remington)
Without order there is chaos and confusion, and with chaos and confusion, there is insanity and even death.
Depression is a sign of disorder, things that are out of place in ones life causes other things to get out of order.

3. Today’s preparation will determine tomorrow’s achievements.
Example
If your home is out of order then your job will soon become disorganized. Your brain will concentrate on the thing that is out of order until it is fixed, or put in order. This is where the confusion is started.
Today’s preparation will determine tomorrow’s achievements.

4. There are five steps to being orderly:
1) Plan: Always plan ahead if it can be done. Preplanning allows for a schedule to be written, and adhered too. It also allows others to see and know your schedule. Your mind knows that you must maintain this schedule and keeps you calm and orderly.

5. Prepare and prevent instead of repair and repent.
2) Prepare: Always prepare for what you will be doing. Last minute preparation causes stress and anxiety. If you are stressed, you may not be able to function properly and keep order to anything else. Stress gives you headaches, and with headaches there is attention deficit. When you can’t pay attention to the thing that you are doing, you will get confused and out of order, further behind all the time.
Prepare and prevent instead of repair and repent.

6. 3) Proper sleep and diet: Always get a good amount of sleep so you are fresh and alert. Without sleep you will become lethargic and unable to focus on priorities. The lack of sleep is a major cause of confusion and lack of order. We all need 7-8 hours of sleep to handle an alert 16 hour day. Diet is the food for the brain that trains it to be alert or malfunctioning. Food is the process in which your body builds energy off of to think and concentrate. Good food is healthy thinking bad food is unhealthy thinking.

7. 4) Proceed with caution: In order to maintain orderliness, you must proceed with caution. Think before doing something, seek advise before advancing. Have decisions go through channels to help you make the right one. Ask your spouse what they think, have a family meeting. Snap decisions bring on disorder and confusion. Find out the facts about what you are going to do before you do them. Research the matter before a decision is made so you don’t have to do it over.

8. Practice makes things a whole lot better.
5) Practice what you have learned: When you have a system that works, use it, practice it. Many people go to many seminars on how to be orderly and effective but they do not practice what they have learned. Thus, they forget the information that they have been taught. Orderly life patterns are ones that are practiced all the time.
Practice makes things a whole lot better.

9. When your thirsty, it’s to late to start thinking of digging a well
When your thirsty, it’s to late to start thinking of digging a well. You are out of order.
You can usually tell when you are out of order when it takes you twice as long to do something as it used to. You are either a lot older or confused, or both.

10. What is out of order in your life?
Your personal life?
Your family life?
Your Job?
Your spirituality?
Put these in the order that they belong.

11. If you want to win and be successful, you must keep in order.
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Have you ever played dots or tick tack toe out of order and won?

12. It’s the same principle in cleaning the house.
You don’t mop the floors before you sweep.
You don’t dry your clothes before you wash them.
You don’t discipline your children before they do something wrong.
You don’t get paid before you do the work.

13. Confusion: A state of great disorder.
How many people in the world do you see as confused?
Is there anyone that you could share this lesson with that you know would benefit from it?

14. Group How much of a mess is your life? Is your house cluttered?
Your behind on work?
Your children are unruly.
You feel like you are running in circles?
Your cars a wreck?

15. What steps can we do to be more orderly?
At the home?
At work?
By yourself?
Give examples: