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Order from Chaos:

A Six-Step Plan for Organizing Yourself, Your Office, and Your Life
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Three Rivers Press, 2001 - 215 pages
The Six Steps to Organizational Freedom

Do you:
*Miss important deadlines at work?
*Forget to return urgent phone calls?
*Lose papers that were “just here a minute ago”?
*Have multiple layers of sticky notes on your computer?
*Leave projects unfinished for days, weeks, or even months at a time?

If any of these sound familiar, then you are among the ranks of the disorganized—whether mildly or completely—and Liz Davenport has written this book just for you.Order from Chaosis the organizing book for disorganized people. In six easy steps she offers a system that will help you clean up your act. She demonstrates how to clear your desk by teaching you what's trash and why, reveals what a calendar is really meant to be, and provides a no-fail system for prioritization. At the end of the day, your desk will be clear and your mind will be free to relax.

Rather than offering overcomplicated instructions for filing systems and time management plans,Order from Chaosfocuses on ease of use. There is not one person—from office assistant to CEO—who will not benefit from this straightforward, easy-to-maintain plan.

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Review: Order from Chaos: A Six-Step Plan for Organizing Yourself, Your Office, and Your Life

User Review  - Stephen Fox - Goodreads

I'm a big GTD (David Allen) fan but have always struggled staying on the wagon. Decided to see if there was any other options out there after years of thinking that GTD was the best and only way to do ... Read full review

Review: Order from Chaos: A Six-Step Plan for Organizing Yourself, Your Office, and Your Life

User Review  - Shayne - Goodreads

Good tip on how to include a baby step toward a goal. I'm adding a "heart line" to my daily to-do list. However, the advice is dated; written over a decade ago, it advocates lugging around a three ... Read full review

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About the author (2001)

Liz Davenport has brought hope to thousands of office workers afraid to open their desk drawers. She owns an organizing business, also named Order from Chaos, that serves individuals, companies, organizations, colleges, and government offices. She lives in New Mexico.

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