Detox Your Desk: Declutter Your Life and Mind

by Theo Theobald, Cary Cooper

Why is there never enough time in the day to do all the stuff you want to?

Why does your in-tray just keep growing?

Is it alive?

Written for the time-starved and terminally untidy, Detox Your Desk is the perfect antidote to pressure cooker of the modern office. It's flat out but you still fell like you're not getting anything done. And no wonder. It's hard to do anything meaningful when you're swamped by piles of paperwork and endless 'to do' lists.

Detox Your Desk helps you fight back by purging your system office toxins, so you can take control of the everyday stuff and calmly field whatever lands in your in-tray.

It starts with the physical clearing out of all the rubbish that litters your life and then gives you practical tips to help free up your thinking. Detox Your Desk puts you on a ten-day programme that'll result in a tidy workspace and a clear head. All of the changes are easy. Stick with them over the long term and you'll change the way you work forever, giving you more time and a greater choice in every area of you life.

This you big chance to get on top of your workload and start to enjoy work and life again. You'll soon be the most efficient and effective person you know!

Genres: Nonfiction, Personal Development

280 pages, Paperback

First published January 14, 2007

Reviews

[Lucy · Rating 1 out of 5]

it contained basic stuff really - i thought it would be more in depth

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of this didn't apply to me as I work from home - there's a lot of lengthy preamble about working in an organisation etc. A lot of the detox process was pretty basic, but if you're in a complete state it wouldn't be a bad idea to start from scratch. But although I'm not following the detox process, there were a few very good ideas in there which I'm using, with some success.

[Rupashree Dass · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the idea of energy maps and clustering your tasks. Rest of the book was not for my work, for eg. I dont really need to clean my desk since my desk only has a computer and a notebook. So this book might not be for everyone.

[Alexandria Blaelock · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book’s essentially a ten day programme because the authors know you don’t have time to tackle it all at once. A little bit dated, but the idea of a day agenda, and planning for what could amount to a big project show thought’s gone into it.

[Malvin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I finally gave up on finishing this book and this is my second attempt. I am not sure if the writing style or the layout, or both, that bored me out fairly quickly.

[Doreva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Average. I read a copy from the library. I would not recommend it for purchase since it really doesn't cover much that isn't common sense already. It would be good for those who need a defined day-by-day plan to help them make life changes.

[Lori Siska · Rating 2 out of 5]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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[Susan Pearson]

I got this out of the library but only read about 5 pages, I may revisit but it is not pressing.