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Mary Dykstra MBA, CPO, CRTS
Mary Dykstra Quick Facts
Main Areas: Organizing & Time Management for Office, Home & LifeCareer Focus: Speaker, Consultant & Hands On Facilitator
Affiliation: NAPO National Association of Professional Organizers, BCPO Board of Certified Professional Organizers, InForum - Women's Economic Group, Interchange - Association for West Michigan Communication Professionals
Mary Dykstra, MBA, Certified Professional Organizer® is a speaker, strategist, hands-on organizing and time management expert and Certified Senior Relocation and Transition Specialist. Mary is passionate about helping clients and audiences regain control of their minds, lives and environments – long term. Her listening, project management, problem solving skills, empathy and extensive education are focused on addressing the issues and opportunities that come up surrounding organizing, time management, planning, moving/relocation and setting up sustainable systems for her clients. Since 2006 she has served as the Director of Examination Development for the Board of Certified Professional Organizers. She is also an active member of NAPO – the National Association of Professional Organizers. She is the founder of Within Reach Organizing Services and speaks & teaches & consults nationally. www.withinreach.biz
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Mary Dykstra
Mary Dykstra, MBA, CRTS, CPO®, speaker & certified professional organizer has been helping corporate, residential and entrepreneurial clients get organized since 1984. After earning her MBA, Mary worked as a marketing consultant and project manager for a number of years, making her particularly attuned to organizing and time management challenges. She continues to take a multi-disciplinary approach to ongoing research and development in a variety of areas that directly impact her clients long term so they can stay focused on their highest payoff activities. She works and speaks nationally and has a particular passion for working with entrepreneurial clients and small business owners who typically struggle with having to ‘wear many hats’ and who get lost in some of the details. First & foremost, she helps her clients set up appropriate decision making criteria in 3 areas then works with them in their physical environments so they can leverage their space, environment and mind to the highest degree.
Getting Started With Mary Dykstra
"The trouble is that you think you have time" Budda
"Paradise is where I am." Voltaire
"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive." Elbert Hubbard
"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right." Henry Ford
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all”. Oscar Wilde “Vision with out action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” Old Proverb
My Personal Philosophy: As a professional organizer/coach, it is my obligation and passion to:
· listen
· ask insightful questions
· listen again
· offer potential solutions that are in alignment with how your brain is wired
· deliver exceptional service
· leave you empowered
It’s the subtle things that make the greatest impact. It’s not about you understanding the organizer’s system; it’s about the organizer understanding yours. It’s not about the organizer quizzing you, “when was the last time you used this?” I never use shame-based questions or embarrassment tactics to create action or change. I understand that the similarity between a good habit and a poor one is that they are both hard to break. I work with my clients to identify their priorities and set up systems that help them stay focused on those highest payoff activities with confidence and to create routines and strategies that take them to the next level of making empowering, conscious-based choices.
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