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Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder--How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-The-Fly Planning Make the World a Bett
Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder--How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-The-Fly Planning Make the World a Bett | Eric Abrahamson, David H Freedman
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"An engaging polemic against the neat-police who hold so much sway over our lives." -The Wall Street Journal Enthusiastically embraced by readers everywhere, this groundbreaking book is an antidote to the accepted wisdom that tight schedules, neatness, and consistency are the keys to success. With an astounding array of anecdotes and case studies of the useful role mess can play in business, parenting, cooking, the war on terrorism, hardware stores, and even the meteoric career of Arnold Schwarzenegger, coauthors Abrahamson and Freedman demonstrate that moderately messy systems use resources more efficiently, yield better solutions, and are harder to break than neat ones. From clutter to time sprawl to blurring of categories, A PERFECT MESS will forever change the way we think about disorder. "A compelling and comical tour of humanity's guilt-ridden love affair with accidents, messes, and randomness... Combine the world-is-not-as-it-seems mindset of Freakonomics with the delicious celebration of popular culture found in Everything Bad Is Good for You to get the cocktail-party-chatter-ready anecdotes of 'messiness leading to genius' in A PERFECT MESS." -Fast Company
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tokorowilliamwallace
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#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94

1. Organizational method: genre, theme, subject, provenance/source, rotating TBR/currently reading piles/stacks, Litsy/Instagram prep, reading/stack challenges

2. Across 4 houses, piles and in bags/boxes in vehicle, in out-of-state storage, in stacks on the floor

3. Prefer used + mass market paperback, but there's a lot of hardcover nonfiction. Physical is what I read. Free e-book, heavily reduced Kindle sits

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Librarian
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Bailedbailed

I couldn‘t get through the first hour of listening. Everything in moderation, including organizing and clutter, disorganization and planning.

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Bibliotaph_and_tsundoku
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So, I want all of my manga on one shelf; but it looks like that‘s not going to happen. I still have five more books to fit.

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EliNeedsMoreShelves
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I think this book is going to tell me that my lack of housekeeping skills is a good thing???

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beccaeve
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Pickpick

Having just read "The Joy Of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over The Place." I could help but think back to a book I read a few years ago. It actually argues the benefits of clutter backed by science and study. It's a compelling read.

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