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| View Larger Image | 60-Second Organizer: Sixty Solid Techniques for Beating Chaos at Home and at Work | Paperbackby Jeffrey P. Davidson (Author)
| List Price: | $9.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Adams Media | | Page Count: | 176 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 17, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 253,632rd |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
There is no better time than the present to get motivated and get organized. The 60 Second Organizer is an easy-to-read, enjoyable, effective guide you can use to tame the paper tiger and beat the stress and chaos of disorganization. Here are 60 solid techniques-one for each minute of the hour-for getting and staying organized at home and at work. Among the 60 immediately applicable techniques: Start simply Defeat perfectionism Organize with flow charts Reward yourself Track progress Organize spaces strategically The tips in The 60 Second Organizer help you streamline your life and maintain order at the office, at home, in the car, and places in between. The 60 Second Organizer is a motivational jumpstart to drop the excuses and get organized! |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 14 reviews)
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Nothing new here. by Jerry Saperstein (Evanston, IL USA)  3 Stars
August 02, 2009
The title "The 60 Second Organizer" has no relationship to the contents of the book which is a collection of 60 warmed-over and worn-out tips on organizing and scheduling. Unlike David Allen in his "Getting Things Done" and similar books, the author is not offering a system here - just a collection of suggestions, nearly all of which are commonsensical and have been published repeatedly elsewhere.
Do you really need Jeff Davidson or anyone else to tell you to "pack the night before and pack as light as you can"? Or to use rolling luggage? (Tip # 49.) How about this advice on meetings: "Meet in a room where participants won't be disturbed by ringing phones, people knocking on the door, and other intrusions"? (Tip # 45.) How about this one: "It'd also a good idea to keep a blanket in your car in case you are stranded someplace where it is cold"? (Tip # 47.)
You can safely take a pass on reading this one.
Jerry
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Good, but not the best by Laura P. Colo (Pensacola, Florida United States) 3 Stars
February 07, 2009
This book provides nuggets of useful tips, but most were ideas I've heard before or were aimded at the psychology of getting organized. If you want a book that provides a "how to" system for getting your entire life organized that's absolutely fool proof, read "Getting Things Done" by David Allen. I've been using his system for 2 years and it's met my every need (both my professionally and personally). Truly, it's the best organizational book I've read - and I've read many! Julie Morgenstern's books, "Organizing from the Inside Out" and "Time Management from the Inside Out" are also very helpful, but still pale in comparision to Allen's book. Implementing his system has changed every aspect of my life. I recommend it to everyone I know.
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Besting the paper tiger by Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA)  5 Stars
November 24, 2007
I hate paper. And nowadays, the stuff that comes in the house can't just be sorted to be dealt with or thrown out, you have to SHRED a lot of the trash. Holy hell, what a pain THAT is. If you let any of it sit, you have a huge pile in no time. And online billpay is not really reducing any of this mess. In fact, I find that the mix of paper payments and online just makes a confused mess.
The author has sixty ideas to get organized. I've incorporated quite a few of them (pare down email is one: I now unsubscribe to anything I don't want to read regularly and another is pare down; 1 magazine subscription.) He suggests a calendar and how to organize your desk for action. All these things really work.
Excellent little book, no fluff.
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Great way to help you start getting organized! by Blaine Greenfield (Belle Meade, NJ) 5 Stars
September 26, 2007
Often times, the problem involving in getting organized is where
to start . . . you may be like me and have many projects going
at the same time, accompanied by even more pieces of paper.
So where do you begin? One approach is to get hold of Jeff
Davidson's book, THE 60 SECOND ORGANIZER . . . Davidson, an author and professional speaker,
presents many useful techniques--60 in all--that don't
take a lot of time to implement . . . but do pay powerful
dividends when utilized.
Many you've probably heard before . . . however, the problem
is that you may well never have put them into practice . . . the
author shows you how, for example, when he says:
* You can fight junk mail by saving all of it for weeks. Then
hire a high school student at minimum wage to send a
form letter to every party who has sent you mail more than
once. Explain carefully that you have no interest in their offer.
When it comes to seeking perfection in everything that you do,
I really liked this bit of advice:
* Studies show that the additional time you spend to take a
project from the 95 percent mark to the 100 percent mark
is, in most cases, not worth it. Striving for perfection, i.e.,
ensuring that the final 5 percent is correctly done, often
takes as much time as the initial 95 percent of effort
required! Gosh, no wonder it felt so difficult!
Lastly, when it comes to writing a book or completing some
other task that will take a good amount of time, Davidson
almost makes it easy when he advises how to do this:
* I have written 32 books, but I wouldn't have finished book #1
if I tried to "write an entire book." Rather, my goal in approaching
each book is to write one chapter at a time. Since most chapters
are made of two or three subsections, I simply aim to finish one
subsection, then another, then another until I finish a whole
chapter. The rest of the day seems like a vacation.
The next day, I go back and start another chapter, approaching
one subsection at a time. All the while, I acknowledge that I
have a contract to honor and that a publisher is breathlessly
waiting for my material. We pick a date in advance, and I agree
to turn in the manuscript no later than that day.
Now that I've finished THE 60 SECOND ORGANIZER, I'm all
set to read another book the author wrote: THE 60 SECOND
PROCRASTINATOR . . . all I have to do is stop procrastinating,
then I'll be ready to begin it.
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Solid Practical Advice by Dr. W. G. Covington, Jr. (Edinboro, Pennsylvania)  4 Stars
September 14, 2007
Jeff Davidson is an achiever who writes from an authoritative stance. Anybody who has published more than 3,300 articles, been featured in 68 of the top 75 newspapers in the country, had his speeches published six times in "Vital Speeches of the Day", and has been a professional speaker to numerous well-known corporate clients definitely has something worth listening to.
This book is refreshing reading in that it brings you back to the basics of maintaining focus. In arguing that it's worth the effort to stay organized, Davidson notes, "If you think getting organized is time consuming, try disorganization."
By nature my tendency has been to be a saver, i.e., hold on to things because I may need them someday. Davidson and other writers are causing me to see it's time for a paradigm shift. In the information age, updates occur regularly and with the Internet such data can be acquired online. Collecting materials in this generation takes a new twist when the new realities are considered. Notice I'm cautious in the way I phrase this. I'm still a saver at heart, but I'm learning to eliminate clutter. I think the point is valid. It takes time to change.
This segues perfectly into his sixth point which discusses growing beyond what you've experienced in the past. Be open to possibilities you've never known before. Chapter seven examines the cliche "work smarter." He tells you how to do it. The discovery Vilfredo Pareto made in 1897 is the topic of point 8 in this book. I'm intentionally not revealing what it is to make you curious.
Through reminding us of the basics of getting organized, such as "divide and conquer" various tasks, we're encouraged that the goal is reachable. Overall this book is packed with solid insight that can be applied.
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