Organizing for the Creative Person

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Summary: An Alternative to The Closet
Review: We've maintained lots of closets over the years. Closets with drawers, closets with hanging space, closets with shevles. But somehow, they just never worked for us. And we never understood why, until we read this book. Not only does the book explain why (because the seemingly simple act of opening a door is actually a most signifcant block for a right-brained person), but the book also provides the complete solution, in words and in drawings. Fortunately, we picked up a copy of this book as we built our new house in Israel. We had originally scheduled a meeting with our carpenter to design our bedroom, which would have been one more futile attempt to design a series of closets which we would never use. Instead, inspired by the drawing on page 137 of the ideal right-brained bedroom, we cancelled the meeting with the carpenter, and built the bedroom according to the book's open-shelving "multiple doorknob" approach. Not only did we save plenty of money, but we ended up with an organizational system which we both use and enjoy. And although the authors warn that the doorknob system may be "socially unacceptable", we have both had great fun and received enthusiastic responses showing off the bedroom to our (many) right-brained friends!

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Summary: Not Very Creative
Review: What an incredible disappointment!! I have to agree with the point of view of one other reader...this book has absolutely nothing new to tell anyone about organizing... the writers try to pretend there is a different spin to their method, but it just ain't true! I read the book hoping that someone would give me some refreshing ideas that would enable me to throw away my daytimer forever. Imagine my suprise when we get down to the nitty-gritty and up pops the picture of a daytimer-type organizer page, as well as other materials taught at Franklin Covey seminars!! Hey, if that had worked I would not have picked up this book! Bottom line I got from the book: creative people have to learn to stop and focus some of the time. Consider yourself right-brained in a left-brained world and do the best you can. There is nothing new under the sun!