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Declutter your desk and brighten up your business with this transformative guide from an organizational psychologist and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.




The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn't felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards of working, and they can slowly drain the joy from work, limit our chances of career progress, and undermine our well-being.




There is another way. In Joy at Work, bestselling author and Netflix star Marie Kondo and Rice University business professor Scott Sonenshein offer stories, studies, and strategies to help you eliminate clutter and make space for work that really matters.




Using the world-renowned KonMari Method and cutting-edge research, Joy at Work will help you overcome the challenges of workplace mess and enjoy the productivity, success, and happiness that come with a tidy desk and mind.
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"Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein are modern-day superheroes -- the dynamic duo of office efficiency and satisfaction. Their timely book delivers the tools, questions, and mindsets you need to rid the clutter that's piling on your desk, clogging your calendar, and infiltrating your personal networks. If you want joy in life, the place to begin is Joy at Work."―Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of When, To Sell Is Human, and Drive

"Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein understand something very important about life and work: many times the key to success comes from subtracting, not adding. For anyone looking to bring more joy and focus to their office and career, Joy at Work is the book you've been waiting for."―Alex Banayan, author of the #1 international bestseller The Third Door

"Finding joy at work isn't magic -- it takes work. But it might feel a bit more like play thanks to the practical insights from Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein."―Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, and host of the TED podcast WorkLife

"A tidy guide to finding joy at work. Full of psychological wisdom and practical tips -- I loved it!"―Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author of Grit

"Joy at Work is a charming antidote to the messiness of organizational life. It will help you be happier, waste less time, and lead others -- and is mighty fun to read."
―Bob Sutton, Stanford Professor, organizational psychologist, and author of bestsellers The No Asshole Rule and Good Boss, Bad Boss

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Marie Kondo is a tidying expert, bestselling author, Emmy-nominated star of Netflix's hit show, Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, and founder of KonMari Media, Inc.




Scott Sonenshein is a chaired professor at Rice University and the bestselling author of Stretch. He received his PhD in organizational behavior from the University of Michigan and has written for the New York Times, Time magazine, Fast Company, and Harvard Business Review.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown Spark (April 7, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316423327
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316423328
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    Scott Sonenshein is the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice University and bestselling author of Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less – And Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined and co-author (with Marie Kondo) of Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life. His award winning research, teaching, and speaking has helped Fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals in industries such as technology, energy, healthcare, retail, education, banking, manufacturing, and non-profits.

    He holds a PhD in organizational behavior from the University of Michigan, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and a BA from the University of Virginia. His research appears in the very top academic journals and has contributed to several topics in management and psychology, including change, creativity, personal growth, social issues, decision making, and influence. Scott sits on five distinguished editorial boards and is a former associate editor of his field’s top publication, the Academy of Management Journal.

    Scott also worked as a strategy consultant for companies such as Microsoft and AT&T and lived the rise and fall of the dotcom boom while working for a Silicon Valley startup. He serves on the External Advisory Board of McKinsey & Company’s implementation practice.

    Scott has written for the New York Times, Time Magazine, Fast Company and Harvard Business Review. He has been interviewed on national and local television, NPR stations throughout the country, and has been featured in most major newspapers.

    Learn more at www.scottsonenshein.com.

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    Marie Kondo is a tidying expert, bestselling author, star of Netflix's hit show, "Tidying Up With Marie Kondo," and founder of KonMari Media, Inc.

    Enchanted with organizing since her childhood, Marie began her tidying consultant business as a 19-year-old university student in Tokyo. Today, Marie is a renowned tidying expert helping people around the world to transform their cluttered homes into spaces of serenity and inspiration.

    In her #1 New York Times bestselling book, "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up," Marie took tidying to a whole new level, teaching that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again.

    Marie has been featured on more than fifty major Japanese television and radio programs as well as in Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The London Times, Vogue Magazine, the Ellen Show, the Rachael Ray Show and many more. She has also been listed as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people.

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If you want more out of your job, career and life… this is a beautiful place to start with practical actions. Thank you Marie Kondo and Scott SonensheinThis book is not simply about organizing your workspace, it’s about changing the way you work to spark joy, make work easier and lead to future joy. What emerges from the practice of tidying - everything from your desk and electronic files to… meetings, networks and even decisions - is so much more. Clarity of purpose and what you love doing becomes clearer through this process.Honestly, I read this book months ago. I did it and am pleased to share this #visualbookreview not just as a reader but as an implementer of what I learned. So happy I did.
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Cristina L
5.0 out of 5 stars Motivational book to organize life at work
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024
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I love anything written by Marie Kondo. She puts stars in my eyes whenever it comes to looking at my belongings around me. The pages written by Scott Sonenshein are definitely not as captivating at Kondo's. I still think anyone who wants to claim reigns on their workspace should read this book.
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Plant Lady
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy and enjoyable read
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2023
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The book came in perfect condition. I am a fan of Marie Kondo's shows on organizing and wanted to see ow her methods translate to a professional life. I read this book with my mentee to help with organizing her work space and to develop methods of organizing her daily tasks and digital files. We both enjoyed reading it and both authors had interesting topics.
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Ardy
4.0 out of 5 stars 1 of 3 books in the series about how to deal with all "their stuff" @ work (and home?)
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2021
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Fan of Marie Kondo. This one deals specifically to organizing at work. How to figure out if stuff supports you and brings you joy or at least appreciation. Bow to what you have and thank it & put in the right place or let it go, for crying out loud. Stuff is MASS & WEIGHT. Takes up room in our homes, work places, and in our souls. THIS BOOK IS TO DEAL WITH WORKING WITH ONE'S STUFF AT WORK. GETTING ORGANIZED AT WORK. This can help folks to start the process and is transferable to those that craft or hobby at home and I seek that the most of all to help myself and others. As a feng shui Black Hat practicioner and spatial organizer personal coach, I hope to let friends of mine read this to inspire the change within themselves to accomplish making the stuff that is taking up space and ridding themselves of it or organize and honor it to support them physically, mentally and emotionally AT WORK, SPECIFICALLY but at home as well. Letting them read this helps the process. Eastern philosophy has so much to value and do in USA. We are just over-doing buying stuff and we can read this and know that we can and should deal with our stuff! Honor it. Let it go. Organize it better/properly. The book actually is a little larger than the other 2 books in her series. It is still small and light weight. Bought all 3 of the books in her break-out series, from 3 different vendors. Thankful it's winter solstice coming upon me to curl up and read as winter bears down on me. Delivery was fast! The book cover is really sticky and I keep wiping it to get that tacky feeling off. That's not really working. It's a tactically strange book to hold. Guess I will make a book cover if it is worth keeping and sharing with others. Will let folks know.
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you want more out of your job, career and life
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If you want more out of your job, career and life… this is a beautiful place to start with practical actions. Thank you Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein

This book is not simply about organizing your workspace, it’s about changing the way you work to spark joy, make work easier and lead to future joy. What emerges from the practice of tidying - everything from your desk and electronic files to… meetings, networks and even decisions - is so much more. Clarity of purpose and what you love doing becomes clearer through this process.

Honestly, I read this book months ago. I did it and am pleased to share this #visualbookreview not just as a reader but as an implementer of what I learned. So happy I did.
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you want more out of your job, career and life
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2021
If you want more out of your job, career and life… this is a beautiful place to start with practical actions. Thank you Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein

This book is not simply about organizing your workspace, it’s about changing the way you work to spark joy, make work easier and lead to future joy. What emerges from the practice of tidying - everything from your desk and electronic files to… meetings, networks and even decisions - is so much more. Clarity of purpose and what you love doing becomes clearer through this process.

Honestly, I read this book months ago. I did it and am pleased to share this #visualbookreview not just as a reader but as an implementer of what I learned. So happy I did.
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Briana
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read lots of simple ideas for organizing your personal and professional life
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2020
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Great quick read for tip and tricks to organize your professional life to make way for a better personal life.

I think a consistent struggle is how do we succeed at work and at home. This gives a lot of simple ideas and presented in a more realistic way with life experiences. I think a lot seemed common sense but I wasn't doing them so it's a great reminder. One take a way for me was I thought I was doing a great job by answering everything the minute it comes in but realized that might actually be taking away from my overall goal.

Pros: Super easy read, real life stories, interesting and a lot of good take aways.
Cons: It's not the be all end all, not a quick fix you will have to put in the work.

Highly recommend reading for some good tips.
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B. Allen
3.0 out of 5 stars Not As Much "New" Joy
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2020
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It's a fairly quick but enjoyable read. You can skim much of it. There are very few new insights in Joy at Work. Most of the advice and recommendations have been published in many other self help/productivity books eg. Meeting management, saying No to protect your time, handling emails and etc.
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Massimo Garbuio
5.0 out of 5 stars Two great minds together in a very insightful book
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2020
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After reading Marie Kondo's and Scott Sonenshein's previous work and being a big fan of them, I really looked forward to this book, preordered it long ago and read it as soon as it came out.

Brilliant book, once again, lots of useful insights, very practical insights and backed up by solid academic research. The way we think and behave, make decisions, are creative or related to others more broadly has lots of to do with how we set up our environment for success, whether it is our physical environment or our digital one. There are many interesting take aways from this book, and I particularly like the ones related to decision making, meetings and teams. We spend so much time making decisions and relating with other at work and this book has clear points to make you a better decision maker and team player, empowering others while focusing your time on the high stake decisions that often scare us and stop us from thinking clearly.

Thank you Marie and Scott!
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Vicky Houle
5.0 out of 5 stars If you're into organizing this is for you!
Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2023
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Very Motivating, especially if tidying is your thing. What works in a home can actually work in the workplace!
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Anshu s.
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth to buy..good book
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved the book, happy with my purchase
Reviewed in Spain on February 28, 2021
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5.0 out of 5 stars Utile pour alléger sa charge de travail
Reviewed in France on May 23, 2020
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Bonne méthode pour évaluer pas à pas notre situation professionnelle, alléger la charge mentale et prendre finalement un vrai recul par rapport à notre travail. Permet de contrôler ses journées pro au lieu de les subir. 3/4 des informations données sont utiles. Quelques points pas assez clairs ou sans trop d'intérêt selon moi. Permet de reprendre le pouvoir sur sa vie professionnelle. Bon esprit de gratitude
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