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Unclutter Your Life in One Week
256Overview
Simplicity is revolutionary! Doland's down-to-earth approach and useful, innovative suggestions for tackling the physical, mental, and systemic distractions in your home and office will help you:
-Part with sentimental clutter
-Organize your closet based on how you process information
-Build an effective and personalized filing system
-Avoid the procrastination that often hinders the process
-Maintain your harmonious home and work environments with minimal daily effort
-And much more!
Includes a foreword from David Allen, bestselling author of Getting Things Done
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781439150474 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Gallery Books |
| Publication date: | 12/28/2010 |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Sales rank: | 743,937 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
David Allen is an international author, lecturer, and founder and Chairman of the David Allen Company, a management consulting, coaching, and training company. His two books, Getting Things Done and Ready for Anything were both bestsellers. He is a popular keynote speaker on the topics of personal and organizational effectiveness.
Table of Contents
Foreword xiii
Erin's Story xv
Chapter 1 Foundations 1
Why Change? 3
Work-Life Symbiosis 6
Questions for Your Things 7
Going on a Sentimental Journey 12
Chapter 2 Monday 17
Monday Morning: Your Wardrobe 19
Weeding Through Your Wardrobe 20
Wearing a Uniform 22
Closet Clearing 25
How You Process Information 28
Clustering your Clothes 33
Maintaining Order in your Closet 38
Laundry and Caring for your Wardrobe 39
Monday at Work: Your Office 42
Perceptions 43
Organizing and Maintaining your Desk 44
Organizing the Rest of your Office 50
Monday Evening: Your Reception Station 51
Creating a Reception Station 51
Coming Home 54
Maintaining Your Reception Station 56
Chapter 3 Tuesday 57
Tuesday Morning: Your Bathroom 58
Define your Bathroom's Purposes 58
Organizing your Bathroom by Zones 59
Cabinet Clearing 61
Buy the Small Size 62
How Much Is Enough? 64
Taking Care of Guests 66
Tuesday at Work: Fixing your Files 68
Stop Stacking Papers 69
Qualities of a Good Filing System 70
Case Study 73
Structuring your Filing System 74
Creating Order for your Papers 79
Sorting 80
Scanning 82
Filing 84
Organizing Old Systems 87
Protecting Your System 88
Tuesday Evening: Household Chores Aren't Just for Children 89
Creating Cues 90
Establishing and Maintaining Routines 91
Running Errands 95
Hiring Help 96
Charting It out 97
Fall Cleaning Guide 100
Chapter 4 Wednesday 106
Wednesday Morning: Your Bedroom and Commute 107
Unclutter Your Bedroom 108
Sorting Through Bed Linens 109
Organizing for Better Sleep and waking Up 111
Getting Out the Door 113
Commuting to the Office 115
Consuming Media While Commuting 118
Wednesday at Work: Communication Processes 121
The Four Types of Meetings 121
Participating in Meetings 124
Planning a Meeting 125
Phone, Internet, and E-mail Strategies 128
Powerful Presentations 138
Selectively Saying Yes 141
Wednesday Evening: Your Kitchen and Dining Room 144
Working the Room 144
Unitaskers 147
Tools of the Trade 149
Cleaning Out the Pantry and Refrigerator 151
Cookbooks and Recipes 153
Meal Planning and Eliminating Mealtime Stress 155
Shopping as Sport 158
Your Dining Room 158
Chapter 5 Thursday 160
Thursday Morning: Your Living Spaces 161
Finding Space for Living 161
Displaying Collections 164
Slimming Down Your Bookshelves 165
Maintaining Order in your Living Room 167
Thursday at Work: Working While at Work 168
Your Productive Day at Work 170
Tracking Your Productivity 170
Ways to Improve Your Productivity 172
Stop Procrastinating 175
Repercussions 177
Thursday Evening: Your Home Office 178
Setting Up a Home Office or Workspace 179
Work from Home or Live at Work? 180
Managing your Home 183
Spring Cleaning Guide 185
Chapter 6 Friday 191
Friday Morning: Scheduling Strategies 192
Traditional and Technical Scheduling Tools 193
Keeping on Schedule 196
You Say It's Your Birthday 197
Friday at Work: Routine Is not a Four-Letter Word 199
Project Management 199
Small Deadlines Are Better Than One Big Deadline 203
When You're Not in Control of the Project 205
Learning from the Lazy 206
Routines and Productivity 207
Routine Typing 208
Friday Evening: Living with Clutterers 210
Ten Tips for Living with a Clutterbug 211
Chapter 7 The Weekend 214
Taking Care of Yourself 214
Preparing for the Worst 215
Hobbies and Making the most of your Personal Time 216
Vacation and Travel 219
Being a Social Butterfly 221
Chapter 8 Celebrating and Maintaining Your Success 224
Notes 229
Resources 231
Acknowledgments 235