BRIAN TRACY: ORGANIZING YOUR DESK SPACE

1. Clear your desk. Begin your process of getting organized by clearing your desk of everything but the one thing that you are working on at the moment.

2. Assemble everything you need. Arrange to have everything you need at hand before you begin any task.

3. Handle each piece of paper only once. Resolve to handle every piece of paper only once. Make a decision to do something with it when you pick it up, and don’t pick it up unless you are ready to act on it.

This list comes from "Time Power" by Brain Tracy --- one of the best time management books I've read.