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The first thing you need to do, is decide to do it. Yeah, you need to commit…no half in for a job like this. If you’re going to light the match, make sure you’re willing to go all the way.

Next, you need to figure out who’s going to be in on the gig…assemble your crew. Trust only those who can perform under pressure. This inside job needs to be pulled off flawlessly.

Once the team’s together, get the match. Go into the room and…wait. You’re not quite ready yet. Better make a few piles first. The fire will burn better. So many different ways to make the piles – choose one – and get on with it…times a wasting, and they’ll be on to you soon…those lovers of paper.

Now that the files are grouped and piled up, strike the match. Lower it carefully to the first pile and…wait. Might make sense to take a picture of them, just in case anyone asks to see them again. Just like they say in High School, “take a picture, it lasts longer”…it’s the least you can do.

Good – stay cool…those sirens in the background are for something else. You’re going to pull this off…just a little more time. Don’t get flustered just because you see more paper is entering the room, put it in the piles…they’ll burn brighter.

As you lower the match, and prepare to touch it to the corner of a thick old file, check your team…are they ready for this? Are they standing back safely? Do they expect the heat? Is that camera a safe distance back…you wouldn’t want to lose any of these great shots.

And go. Light the match. Hold it to the paper and burn the file room down. Oh the beauty of the flames…the leap to the other side. No longer are you straddling the digital and the paper world. No longer do you work with information living in two different and unconnected dimensions. Things are better now…the paper is gone.

This blog article has been cross-published on SeanFromCanada as well as on the NeoStream Blog.