Cynthia Kyriazis, productivity coach and bestselling author of "Get Organized, Get Focused, Get Moving," shares her (well-organized) thoughts on doing business better.

When I was a kid and my mom needed to send a check to school for some activity (or for my Scholastic Book order, remember those?), she would place the check in an envelope, write my teacher's name across the front, and pin it to my coat. That's right, I was the kid with stuff pinned to her coat. Because if it wasn't attached, I'd lose it, and if it wasn't in plain sight, I'd forget about it. Don't ask how long this went on for. (Way too long.)

No wonder it was so fascinating to listen to Cynthia Kyriazis talk about how individuals have different styles and methods for keeping ourselves (and our business) organized.

"We can't manage time," Cynthia says. Sounds obvious, but how many of us try to do it all the same?

There are better approaches.

In this episode, we discuss:

• how productivity is about being effective and efficient at the right time
• how procrastination, like any other habit, can be replaced by a better one
• how clutter (my old friend clutter!) is symptomatic of delayed decision making (read: procrastination)
• Cynthia's three dead simple questions for strategic planning