Sticky Business Can't see your desk for all the yellow notes? Follow these steps to clean up your act.

Before you instinctively reach for another sticky note, askyourself these questions:

• Could you enter the information in your paper-based planner,electronic organizer or contact management program instead?

• Will a note stuck to the side of your monitor remind you totake action . or get lost in the clutter?

• Could you write information on a sheet of paper within anexisting file instead of adding a sticky note to that file?

• Before you write a note, ask yourself whether it's simplerjust to complete the task you're reminding yourself to perform,thereby eliminating the need for the note.

• Do you need to keep sticky notes within reach? If not, make aclean break-take the notes off your desk and resist the temptationto overuse them.