We now know that the piler brain typically has fantastic creating elements. They bring fun, innovation and beauty to our lives. For years we marginalized pilers because they looked like slackers. In reality, many geniuses were probably pilers: Einstein, Picasso, Beethoven, da Vinci. An educated guess is that many architects, writers, artists, inventors, designers, and entrepreneurs have the Piler gene, which hasn't been identified yet, but I'm sure it's there.

My theories about pilers are:

1. They use multi-tasking, multi-minding and random-order processing to innovate. They can cook breakfast, feed the dog, read the paper and answering email all within the same space of time and in no particular order.

2. They quickly switch from conscious to sub-conscious in order to pack in the data points on the creations they are brewing. Switching gives each idea space to breath.

3. They think in a circular fashion because they see connections everywhere, while linear thinking limits their creativity.

Oftentimes, pilers do not like their work to be put away and buttoned-up. The folks at Pendaflex are getting that point. They've created a product line called PileSmart to help pilers stay organized. The Project Sorter is great for housing beefy projects or task sets. The papers destined for a project sorter can at least land near the sorter until you have a few minutes for sorting, which allows for a mix of creativity and rigidity.

We work tirelessly to customize and create solutions that work with creative piler minds. Sometimes pilers and their minds need help systemizing, simplifying, ordering and producing something out of their creative thoughts. They need flexible and adaptable solutions.

Still our society gets down on Pilers. As a person who helps Pilers be successful, I use creative visualization to stay positive. I imagine that our clients are the next Bill Gates or Georgia O'Keefe.

What if you could stop much of your mail from even making it to your mail box? Recycling junk mail only solves half of the problem. Production of mailers, catalogs, and advertisements accounts for the destruction of 100 million trees each year. In global warming terms, it's equivalent to 3.7 million cars.

Reduce your junk mail by following these simple tips:

1. Eliminate 70-80% of your junk mail by removing your name from using the Direct Marketing Association's opt-out. Go online to the Direct Marketing Association's website to see how to get this done now and in the future.
   
2. Contact the credit bureaus to reduce the automatic credit card offers sent to you: Equifax, TransUnion, Novus & Experian.
   
3. Don't sign up for "Free Drawings". And be sure to select "no mailings" when purchasing from companies online, by phone or from catalogs.
   
4. Write or call companies on catalogs and promotional items that you no longer do business with. Have your exact mailing label in-hand when you speak with them or send it in with your written request.
   
5. Refuse and return first class mail if you don't want to receive it. If any items say any of the following, you can return it to the sender: return services requested, forwarding service requested, address services requested, or change of service requested.
6. Don't use the USPS change of address cards. The address that you list becomes public record and is commonly used by companies for direct mailings. Contact those companies directly from which you wish to receive mail.

Taking a few minutes now will save you hours spent sorting through piles of mail. You'll save more than just time, however. You'll help save the planet.