What does your desk have to do with leadership? In this Student Leadership Playbook episode of the Teen Exec Podcast, host Natalya Lucas teams up with her dad, Jeff Lucas, a college marketing instructor, to explore how organizing your study space can boost focus, reduce stress, and strengthen your ability to lead yourself—and others.
Together, they share the “five plus one rules” of organizing your study space for student leaders who want to stay focused:
- Keep it clear, keep it simple
- Create zones for different work
- Control distractions before they control you
- Light it up and make it comfortable
- End with a reset
- +1 Bonus: Organize your digital space too
You’ll learn why a clear space equals a clear mind, how physical and digital organization affect focus, and how small daily resets build long-term discipline—skills that directly translate to leadership. You’ll even hear a few AI prompts you can use to declutter faster and reset smarter.
If your desk tends to pile up—or if you’ve ever felt that a messy space leads to a messy mind—this episode gives you a simple framework to turn order into energy and self-management into leadership.
Many thanks to the Weston Media Center for helping us record and edit this episode.
Resources & Links:
- Getting Things Done for Teens by David Allen, Mike Williams, and Mark Wallace
- How to Be a High School Superstar by Cal Newport
- Visit TeenExec.com for blog posts, tools, and upcoming workshops
- Join Teen Exec on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn
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