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carlyoc 's review for:
Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life
by Scott Sonenshein, Marie Kondo
I'm definitely guilty of referring to this only as "Marie Kondo's new book" even though co-author Scott Sonenshein actually penned more of the chapters. This makes sense, since Kondo is more well known, but Sonenshein definitely deserves credit for bringing in his psychology perspective and focusing on the non-physical parts of our work that need to be tidied.
I read this while working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, so although Kondo's chapters on tidying your physical work space made me actually look forward to going back to the office, Sonenshein's chapters on tidying your teams, email, meetings, and decision-making were more immediately applicable.
I would recommend this book to all my coworkers who can never find the email I sent them two hours ago and need me to resend it. I also recommend it to my friends who are stuck in a dead-end job that makes them miserable as a way for them to minimize their misery while also clearing space in their mind to work towards a better situation.
Also, am I the only one that finds that the four types of values from the quiz in chapter two map nicely onto the Hogwarts houses? People who most value learning are Ravenclaws, those who get joy from achieving are Slytherins, those thriving in freedom are Gryffindors, and those who love connecting are Hufflepuffs.
I read this while working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, so although Kondo's chapters on tidying your physical work space made me actually look forward to going back to the office, Sonenshein's chapters on tidying your teams, email, meetings, and decision-making were more immediately applicable.
I would recommend this book to all my coworkers who can never find the email I sent them two hours ago and need me to resend it. I also recommend it to my friends who are stuck in a dead-end job that makes them miserable as a way for them to minimize their misery while also clearing space in their mind to work towards a better situation.
Also, am I the only one that finds that the four types of values from the quiz in chapter two map nicely onto the Hogwarts houses? People who most value learning are Ravenclaws, those who get joy from achieving are Slytherins, those thriving in freedom are Gryffindors, and those who love connecting are Hufflepuffs.