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How to Improve Absolutely Anything: Continuous Improvement in Your Home, Office and Family Life
“I am not an organized person. Never have been, never will be.”Yes, you are. Yes, you can. And I will show How to Improve Absolutely Anything.Are you tired and frustrated with always losing your keys? Do you have a recurring task at home or at work that bugs you to complete it? When was the last time you took inventory and organized your life? I will show you some amazingly easy concepts that can help you improve these situations and many more. You can learn how to use these concepts at home first (because let’s face it, lately we are spending A LOT of time there) and then how to implement them at work. Everyone—yes, everyone—in every role, every house, every company, and every industry in the world can benefit from applying the concepts in this book. This book will save you time AND money. No magic potion is required. I promise. Let’s get started!
141 pages, Paperback
Published March 16, 2021
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September 29, 2021
I think the author breaks down complex ideas in a very easy to digest manner, which is different than many other books on this topic. After reading a chapter, I felt energized, not weighed down with heavy information- I could take this information and immediately apply it in my work and home life. It’s a light, easy read- I would highly recommend to anyone starting off in a TQM, Lean, Six Sigma, or any other process improvement journey. Especially if members of the team aren’t heavy readers.
The author also uses humor to connect with the reader, which I enjoyed. It kept the tone light and engaging.
I am rating it as 4 stars (I wish I could do 4.5) because I think it could still go one more step further and introduce a few more bigger picture concepts. For example, probably a little dry topic but I would have appreciated hearing a little bit about why there are different continuous Improvement programs instead of them all bundled into one. There were also a few key tools that could have been described, such as bottleneck analysis, just-in-time, and more emphasis on eliminating waste and not just moving it. And less important but still there for those of us who are OCD- a couple formatting and spelling errors (“bowls” are spelled “bowels”.. distracting for OCD readers, and paragraph spacing missing and centered instead of formatted left in one of the end chapters).
Overall this is a very good read and I would highly recommend!
The author also uses humor to connect with the reader, which I enjoyed. It kept the tone light and engaging.
I am rating it as 4 stars (I wish I could do 4.5) because I think it could still go one more step further and introduce a few more bigger picture concepts. For example, probably a little dry topic but I would have appreciated hearing a little bit about why there are different continuous Improvement programs instead of them all bundled into one. There were also a few key tools that could have been described, such as bottleneck analysis, just-in-time, and more emphasis on eliminating waste and not just moving it. And less important but still there for those of us who are OCD- a couple formatting and spelling errors (“bowls” are spelled “bowels”.. distracting for OCD readers, and paragraph spacing missing and centered instead of formatted left in one of the end chapters).
Overall this is a very good read and I would highly recommend!
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June 8, 2023
The information was good, but I didn’t care for the style of writing and the outdated references to gender roles and diet culture.
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