Every one of us wants to be more organized and efficient. And with all the information we need to access and manage, we have to be.

Some of us do better than others. But we all can be more organized and feel more in control of the gigabytes of data that infiltrate our lives.

My friend and colleague, Shane Fielder, has created a course called The Ultimate Information Manager.

He shared with us before how to slay the Information Overload Dragon.

Now that he's had a few dozen people take his course, he's got some important updates and some powerful insights into how you can get on top of—and easily manage—all your information.

One of his students has even gone completely paperless. How about that?

I can't say I've quite gotten there, but as you can see from the photos above, it has made a substantial difference. I am more in control, organized and efficient than ever before.