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Summary of Joy at Work 

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Marie Kondo, author of the worldwide #1 bestseller “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” and organizational psychologist Scott Sonenshein team up in this new book “Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life.” The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn't felt drained by wasteful /meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards of working, and they can slowly drain the joy from work, limit our chances of career progress, and undermine our well-being. In “Joy at Work,” Kondo and Sonenshein offer strategies to help you eliminate clutter and make space for work that matters. Using the world-renowned KonMari Method and cutting-edge research, this piece will help you overcome the challenges of workplace mess and enjoy the productivity, success, and happiness that comes with a tidy desk and mind.

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Tidying up the workplace brings joy at work

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Life is more than just checking things off a to-do list. The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks are the modern-day hazards of working. One of the best ways to restore order to our job, our career, and our life is by tidying up.

This summary is not just about how to tidy up your workspace. It is about how to put in order the physical and nonphysical aspects of your job. It is also about making better decisions and how to spark joy in your career.

Keep in mind that the key to success when tidying is this:
Tidy by category, quickly and completely, all in one go.
Whether tidying your workspace or tidying your home, this is the essence of the KonMari Method.

Does this spark joy?

This question is the key to the KonMari Method. It serves as a simple but very effective tool for tidying the home — a personal, private space. We take each item in our hands and choose only those that spark joy, letting go of the rest.

It may sound hard, but tidying the physical workspace is much simpler than tidying a home. For one thing, workspaces are far smaller with fewer categories, making it easier to decide what items to keep and where to keep them. And it takes much less time.

Many people feel defeated at the mere suggestion of tidying up; they believe they can’t keep up the act. Also, quite a few people don’t believe they can find joy in their job. However, it is tidying up properly that makes it possible to spark joy at work.

Did you know? In a survey of one thousand working American adults, 90% felt that clutter hurt their lives.
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Tidying improves effectiveness at work

When asked why some workers found it hard to be effective at work and in their lives, the top reasons they gave were lowered productivity, a negative mindset, reduced motivation, bad health, and diminished happiness. Clutter is a factor that adversely affects health.
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Maintaining a lifestyle of tidiness requires the right mindset

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A cardinal rule of tidying is to tidy only spaces for which you have sole responsibility

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Tidying digital documents does not require lots of folders

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Focus more on high stake decisions and the most valuable medium-stake ones while tidying decisions

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Tidying meetings increases active and effective participation

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Share the magic of tidying with others

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