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From Our Mailbox: Why People Like Us Need the Visibility Rule

February 12, 2016 By Dana White | 5 Comments

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From Our Mailbox Why People Like Us Need the Visibility Rule at ASlobComesClean.com

Oh my word, I love this note I received after my recent podcast about the Visibility Rule. My FAVORITE part is how she was just thinking how much better she was doing. That is EXACTLY what happens to me, over and over again!

Hi Nony,

I’ve written to you before. You actually read one of my emails about having a housekeeper on a podcast! (Hello 15 minutes of fame!)

Anyway, I always listen to your podcasts when I am cleaning up before my housekeeper arrives. This week I was listening to the one about visibility and I was thinking about how I have become so much better about this rule because of what needs to be done before she gets here each week: surfaces, floors, dining room table, etc.

visibility photo 2 at ASlobComesClean.com

Then suddenly I looked up and realized that she would be here in ten minutes and I had spent the last 15 minutes cleaning paint out of old yogurt containers. While my family room looked like this:

visibility photo 1 at ASlobComesClean.com

So I guess I haven’t improved quite as much as I thought.

Thought you would enjoy that!

 

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To read (or listen to) more of my thoughts on having a housekeeper check out these posts:

  • My Thoughts On Hiring Cleaning Help – the podcast
  • My Thoughts on Hiring Someone to Clean Your Home
  • Pros and Cons of Having a Housekeeper

 

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  1. JanL says

    February 13, 2016 at 10:31 am

    today I too became very aware of this. I’ve been sick, a friend offered to bring me homemade soup. I thought I had the room presentable for her to enter (secretly hoping she would hand me the soup and decline coming in), but as soon as she & her husband got to the door, I saw the error of my ways! We had a nice visit & I was very happy to see them. I’m sure they had lots to talk about once they left. (There may have been a few boxes still sitting out from Christmas gifts.)

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  2. Lynel says

    February 15, 2016 at 5:44 pm

    So I just found out our company tonight can’t make it. (For the record, its ok something important actually came up for them – I’m not mad or upset at all.) Then I looked around and realized all of my cleaning would just be for US tonight. What a a treat!!
    Clean house without company?! Does that that ever happen?!

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    • Dana White says

      February 16, 2016 at 6:12 am

      Love it!!

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  3. Aleane says

    May 15, 2016 at 9:41 am

    The “See what we’re sharing” window and advertisements are hiding the content on your blog.
    The “clutter” hides your written content!

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    • maesaysdoit says

      February 4, 2023 at 7:14 pm

      There is always the option to use the “reader tab” and just get the article content. It’s not hard to do.

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