cover image Organizing from the Right Side of the Br

Organizing from the Right Side of the Br

Lee Silber. St. Martin's Griffin, $15.99 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-312-31816-1

The right side of the brain is the creative but illogical, nonlinear part of the organ, and it doesn't cater to systematic tidiness. Is it possible, then, for right-brainers to be organized? Organizing guru Silber (Time Management for the Creative Person; etc.) has some answers.""We (right-brainers) can be just as organized as our left-brain counterparts (even more so), but we prefer to do it in our own unique way--with a little savoir faire,"" he writes encouragingly. In addition to general principles, like learning to understand""why you put things where you do"" as the basis for a personal organizing system, Silber offers concrete advice: put things where it makes sense to put them; create zones for certain activities and organize accordingly. And best of all, he says pile, don't file your papers: some people do thrive on chaos, he acknowledges, and visually stimulated people can find it helpful to have things in plain view. If you've been fighting a lifelong and losing battle to get rid of the clutter, Silber's sprightly and thorough advice could be the answer.