The Well-Ordered Office: How to Create an Efficient and Serene Workspace

Any book can give tips for organizing your life, but The Well-Ordered Office gives you more. Because the author is a psychologist, Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett is also qualified to address the thoughts and feelings that work against our best intentions. In addition, she provides the tools for dealing with them so that we can get our life on track. On a more practical level, this short book covers an amazing range of specifics including: address books vs. PDAs, managing people and time, creating a portable office for traveling, getting rid of clutter, even office feng shui. Despite its small size, this book is incredibly comprehensive. Three cheers for The Well-Ordered Office!

I have attempted reading several books on how to organize my life or home in the hope that I would become more organized. In all honesty I have never finished any of the books due to them being too time consuming and boring. Not so with "The Well Ordered Office" it was very easy to read from beginning to end. I loved that each chapter although very informative was kept short and to the point. Dr. Kendall -Tackett has managed to cover every issue of having a more efficient office. Many of the things that she has written about in this book are practical techniques that can be used in your home office. As a matter of fact this book motivated me to organize my home office as soon as I finished reading it. I highly recommend "The Well Ordered Office" to anyone looking for a book that will be quick, entertaining and full of fresh new ideas about organizing your office.

I came home from work and got comfy on the couch with this book and some leftover Chinese. As I read, I could feel my shoulders come down from around my ears. My breathing slowed. I peacefully glided through the advice of this book while my psyche responded to the assurance that all was going to be well. I did not want to put it down to go to bed. I woke knowing that I was up to the task of getting my stuff in order, and ready to do it. I went looking for the book, and found it in my purse. I felt better knowing it was easily accessible. When I am done, it will live in my night-stand and go with me on trips. I brought it to work today because as soon as I have a few moments, I will be reading. It should be titled, "Tweak Your Life Towards Sanity." For those who have never known sanity, you will when you are done with this. Dr. Kendall-Tackett has delivered more than she promised.