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Summary: It Changed My Life!
Review: I am already organized and in no need of this book. I bought the first copy for my mom and just "dipped in" before I gave it to her. Whoa! It helped me organize a few areas of my life I was just ignoring! I then started passing out copies like candy to my friends. No fewer than three told me "Thanx! It changed my life!" Julia's approach is much better than those endless lists of what to buy or what to do. She helps you figure out what is unique to your life and how to organize it! Great book. (Unfortunately my mom didn't read it!)
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Summary: Basic Organizing with a New Twist but not up to the "Hoopla"
Review: I like Oprah and I like the author but... I found Morgensten to be skilled at relating to the reader but maybe I expected too much. This is an average organizing book with a new spin much like the a "new diet fad". I found validity in the words but I did not like the way the author slighted the "Simplify Your Life" approach of Elaine Saint James; this seemed rather passive aggressive. Ms. Morgensten may be onto something here but this book is just average. I would say at full price, it's not worth it. I gave it 3 stars.
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Summary: The Best Thing About This Book: It Helps You Develop A Plan
Review: Like many of us, I have lived for years by the motto "A Neat Desk Is The Sign Of An Empty Mind." I was proud of my mess, darn it! It showed that I had something going on in my life. And as for my home? Well, it was _lived in_.The truth is that I was scared. Bringing order to my life and environment seemed like a daunting task. I had no _plan_ for getting organized. If you're disorganized to begin with, how the heck are you supposed to get organized enough to organize yourself? Julie Morgenstern may not help you structure a fortune 500 company, but she sure will help you find the blueprints you need to get your act together. Organizing From The Inside Out helped me understand: 1. What my problems were 2. What could be done to address each one of them 3. How to take everything I'd learned and turn it into a strategy. Am I 100% neat and orderly today? No. I think that takes a particular personality type. But if, like me, you've always been "the messy one", I think this book will really help you find the cleanliness (hey, it's next to godliness!) that you've been after.
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Summary: This is a great book!
Review: This is a great book on organization for the disorganized.I have found it extremely helpful in rearranging and clearing the clutter from my life. This process brings a wonderful freedom and clarity to life. It is amazing how great it feels! Another book I can highly recommend and is devoted to getting our acts together from a psychological viewpoint is "Mega Mind: Path to Success and Freedom" by Dr Hemant Thakur. It allows us to identify the areas in our life where we are not doing so good and offers simple recipes to improve these areas. A GREAT READ
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Summary: Invaluable Book!
Review: Organizing From The Inside Out is an excellent resource for both Professional Organizers and those individuals who are serious about getting their lives in order. Ms. Morgenstern provides practical tips to help you develop a user friendly system that works. I know many people who would benefit from this book!
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Summary: Best Advice Ever
Review: I am a freshman in high school and I need A LOT of time to TRY and organize my work. My mom and friends always tell me that I am the most unorganized girl they have ever met. One day, my best friend (Jessi) got me this book and I started to read it..one day i took a look at my room and I was so amazed that it was clean, my homework was even handed in on time!
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Summary: It really works!
Review: I bought this book back in January. Over the next couple of weeks I gradually used Julie's system to organise the cupboards and rooms throughout my house. 5 months later all the areas I organised are still clean and tidy! This is absolutely amazing for me, just ask my Mother! Even my husband agrees that this book is well worth the money. It may not really tell you anything startlingly new but somehow it really gets you motivated to tackle all those "too hard" organising jobs. Highly recommended.
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Summary: VERY User-Friendly...A Real How-To Book
Review: I saw this book featured on Oprah,and like many, was skeptical about the fact that a simple book can affect my life so much!Within one day after reading the book, and really trying to understand the concept that Morgenstern dirves home, with her 5 steps, I was able to organize my room, along with my office,and 4 bedrooms.This is definitely for someone who has always tried in earnest effort to get organized and never really knew how...of course it takes your own motivation, but after reading this book you just feel like jumping up and doing it..the steps seem so easy to apply.Highly Recommend!
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Summary: Ordnung ist Ueber Alles!
Review: Das buch ist zehr gut. I recommend this book for everybody.
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Summary: Not a quick fix, but a permanent one
Review: I was not the neatest kid in the dorm when I was in college. My poor husband thought I would suddenly become neat when we got married -- no such luck. It took Julie Morgenstern and her tackling things from the inside out to turn me around. What differentiates this book from the, oh say dozen others I've read is that Morgenstern doesn't make it seem like only idiots are disorganized and messy. She also makes you understand, right up front, that you cannot undo years of clutter in a couple of hours. She coaxes you through the entire process. The criticisms of this book, font size and the way that the book is divided into segments that "don't apply" seem somewhat unreasonable to me. Yes, Morgenstern jams a ton of information into this book, and granted I don't see how the "cubicle" stuff will apply to my life, but the principles are what help -- not the specific examples that she uses to illustrate her points. This book is worth its weight in gold. Buy it; use it; and, tell others about it.
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