Order from Chaos

From Publishers Weekly
Three Rivers presents two related self-help titles in December. In Order from Chaos: A 6-Step Plan for Organizing Yourself, Your Office, and Your Life, Liz Davenport offers specific practical suggestions to those who feel overwhelmed by physical and mental clutter. Davenport, owner of an organizing business with the same name as the book, teaches readers how to distinguish trash from necessities, organize their desktops (a Desktop File, an In Box, a To Read box, a To File box), keep their planners manageable and many more time- and mental health-saving devices. Dec.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


From Booklist
Davenport owns a business called Order from Chaos, and this book, based on her work, is a six-step guide to time management through organization. Davenport walks the reader through getting one's office under control, what to carry in the attache, and scheduling time throughout the day to maximize effectiveness. She uses a system she calls Air Traffic Control, which is the key to her time-management system. You become your own pilot and your office is the cockpit. The aeronautical terminology used throughout the book actually puts an interesting spin on a logical system to re-organize behavior. Davenport goes beyond mere organization, prompting readers to examine their daily habits, which can be the root of organizational problems. She outlines a plan to readjust those habits to provide you with more free time to--fly. Eileen Hardy
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Book Description
The Six Steps to Organizational Freedom

Do you:
*Miss important deadlines at work?
*Forget to return urgent phone calls?
*Lose papers that were “just here a minute ago”?
*Have multiple layers of sticky notes on your computer?
*Leave projects unfinished for days, weeks, or even months at a time?

If any of these sound familiar, then you are among the ranks of the disorganized—whether mildly or completely—and Liz Davenport has written this book just for you. Order from Chaos is the organizing book for disorganized people. In six easy steps she offers a system that will help you clean up your act. She demonstrates how to clear your desk by teaching you what's trash and why, reveals what a calendar is really meant to be, and provides a no-fail system for prioritization. At the end of the day, your desk will be clear and your mind will be free to relax.

Rather than offering overcomplicated instructions for filing systems and time management plans, Order from Chaos focuses on ease of use. There is not one person—from office assistant to CEO—who will not benefit from this straightforward, easy-to-maintain plan.




About the Author
Liz Davenport has brought hope to thousands of office workers afraid to open their desk drawers. She owns an organizing business, also named Order from Chaos, that serves individuals, companies, organizations, colleges, and government offices. She lives in New Mexico.


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Three Rivers presents two related self-help titles in December. In Order from Chaos: A 6-Step Plan for Organizing Yourself, Your Office, and Your Life, Liz Davenport offers specific practical suggestions to those who feel overwhelmed by physical and mental clutter. Davenport, owner of an organizing business with the same name as the book, teaches readers how to distinguish trash from necessities, organize their desktops (a Desktop File, an In Box, a To Read box, a To File box), keep their planners manageable and many more time- and mental health-saving devices. Dec.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.


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