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Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life Audiobook
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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
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“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, #1 New York Times bestselling author -
“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 -
“A slim yet efficient guide geared toward white-collar workers with a desk job.”
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“Kondo and Sonenshein tackle every area of work, from the physical desk to the virtual desktop, and how we manage time, smartphones, emails, meetings, daily rituals, decision-making, networking, and, most dreaded of all, meetings.”
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"[An] upbeat collaboration…Any cubicle-dwelling Kondo-phile will appreciate this inviting guide.”
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“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.”
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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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A Salon Magazine Pick of the Month
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An Amazon Best Book of the Year So Far
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About the Authors
Marie “KonMari” Kondo runs an acclaimed consulting business in Tokyo helping clients transform their cluttered homes into spaces of serenity and inspiration. She has been featured on more than thirty major Japanese television and radio programs and in the Sunday Times, Red magazine, You magazine, the New York Times, USA Today, NPR’s Here & Now, Slate, Family Circle, and the London Times, who has deemed her “Japan’s preeminent guru of tidiness, a warrior princess in the war on clutter.”
Scott Sonenshein holds a PhD from the University of Michigan and is the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice University. He has served as an Associate Editor at the field’s top publication, Academy of Management Journal, and sits on four other distinguished editorial boards. He lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife Randi and two daughters.
About Dan Woren
Dan Woren is an American voice actor and Earphones Award–winning narrator. He has worked extensively in animation, video games, and feature films. He is best known for his many roles in anime productions such as Bleach and as the voice of Sub-Zero in the video game Mortal Kombat.