"It's not just having a piece of paper with the right words on it, but it's a matter of having all the 'administrivia' right, getting the paper out the door at the right time to the right person and developing procedures as to how that information gets back to the right person at the company, " he says.

FORBES: COBRA's Bite

Money itself is just a collective agreement that a piece of paper can always be exchanged for goods or services.

ECONOMIST: Greed��and fear

There was no reason except that it just a matter of signing a piece of paper, and it needed to be signed very quickly to ensure that we didn't inadvertently default on our obligations.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Why not just write things on a blank piece of paper and affix a stamp to it?

BBC: E-mail: Who's reading yours?

Just snap a photo of a piece of paper using the Page Camera feature in Evernote's iOS app, and your sketches and musings will automatically get uploaded to your online archive.

WSJ: The Cloud, Writ Large

Just over a year later I came across that scribbled piece of paper and low and behold I had achieved eight of the ten goals.

FORBES: What's In Store For 2013?

As the proverb says, a journey starts with a single step so begin with the pile closest to you and just set aside one hour at a time to go through each piece of paper and decide immediately whether you will recycle it, toss it, delegate it, file it or deal with it right away or later.

FORBES: De-clutter, Detox & De-dupe: a recipe for success in the new year