A recent Business Insider article discussed Marie Kondo’s wildly popular book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Ten Speed Press, 2014). The book is intended for decluttering homes, but the same principles can be applied in the workplace.

For example, we’re told to place all of our books in one place, and then discard the ones that don’t provide “a thrill of pleasure when you touch it.” We should also discard books we’re planning to read because we’ll never actually get around to reading them.

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