Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein
Nonfiction
What it’s about: Kondo and Sonenshein help employees get a grip on their workspaces – tangible and virtual – in this uplifting book. They start with visualizing your ideal work life and end with maintaining work-life balance. Kondo even addresses the problem of “rebound”—when your tidying work comes undone.
Why you should read it: Who hasn’t encountered frustration at work? From not being able to find important things when you need them to time-sucking meetings, Kondo and Sonenshein present actionable processes to improve things.
Reviewers say: “The authors contend that tidying one’s workspace is ‘an epic voyage of self-discovery’ and ‘the first and most effective step toward realizing your vision of a joyful career” (Publisher’s Weekly).