How To Be Organized In Spite Of Yourself: Amazon.ca: Sunny Schlenger: Books

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Revised and updated, this is a fabulous resource for one of the hottest topics of the last decade--getting organized! Recognizing that just one organizational system is not for everyone, the authors have devised solutions that provide ten different systems to match ten basic personality types, such as Perfectionist Plus, Hopper, Fence Sitter, Pack Rat, and Total Slob.

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Many persons believe that either you were born organized or you weren'tand that if you weren't, you're doomed to a lifetime of mismatched socks and disappearing file folders. Read the first page

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1.0 out of 5 stars Expectation Not Met, May 2 2004

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Natalie Cerasuolo "Mom of Two" (Ft. Lauderdale, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How To Be Organized In Spite Of Yourself (Paperback)

I purchased this book based on the reviews it received and the comparitively low price. (I had to laugh when I saw that one reviewer was an air traffic controller too!) I am glad that this book has been helpful for some. For me though, I found "Organizing, Plain and Simple" by Donna Smallin, to be much more practical.

As a single mom I'm looking for suggestions and practical tips to becoming more organized across the board. This book seems more geared to organizing your desk and tasks at work. It involves documenting how you spend your time, etc. That was not helpful to me since I would spend the majority of my day documenting instead of doing. The book also uses a tremendous amount of space describing each time/space management style without giving very many tips on how to overcome your particular style.

I am not comfortable being critical of these author's, I mean I couldn't write a book! The fact remains I was disappointed with this particular book since I didn't find much practical advice here.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Organizing for the Spirit, Jun 16 2004

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gail levinson (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Be Organized In Spite Of Yourself (Hardcover)

A relaxing and informative read about bringing your life (back) into perspective.... Chock full of helpful strategies for realizing and achieving one's goals and finally, attaining fulfillment. I very much enjoyed it!!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read, pretty simple ideas, but the impact is superb, Sep 2 2003

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GDH2 "Wood Loon" (Acton, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Be Organized In Spite Of Yourself (Paperback)

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IMHO, self-help books should make it easy for me to find and understand the meat, easy to get to the particular information that pertains to me, and ideally have solutions that are effective for me personally. The first two are true and time will prove/disprove the third.

1) You can skip lots - if you score low on the intro test, skip the rest of the chapter. I.e., I am a distracted (20), pack rat (20), cliff-hanger (20) who is alergic to details (15). I am too low on fence-sitting to bother with it. I am precise but I am not a "perfectionist plus." My desk is a total mess (so I am not a "right-angle" type) but I am not a "slob" - my messiness comes from other sources. [I was able to skip half the pages! Hooray!]

2) The suggested cures are not esoteric (and shouldn't be). In my case I should use hourly chimes (help me notice time passing), break projects into mini-goals, create a daily plan, handle my magazine/book "to do" pile better, improve my time estimating, improve prioritizing, and have someone yell STOP at me occassionally.

3) Nothing really new, but you can see how I could identify the specific targets to focus on more effectively than if I had to just go down a list that included cures for risk-avoidance, for example.

THE BIG Q: Will it work? Will I adopt these practices? Will I keep them up?
OOPS - this isn't the "Whacko Ego Tripping" bulletin board...

If you are reading this, you should get the book, spend an hour, and then decide if it works for you. If YES, spend another couple of hours and emerge with a "To Do" and a "How To Do" list. It sure is a bargain.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Organizational Tool!
This book is one of the best I have read on its subject. One of the things I liked best is that after reading the opening chapters, I could go to the two chapters that describe... Read more

Published on Feb 5 2003 by David R. Bess

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
This book totally changed my outlook on all my junk. I've already cleared out half my house and I've only had it for 2 weeks. Read more

Published on Aug 12 2002