Reply To: Office Organization? Fuggedaboutit!

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Hey, now wait a minute — all generalizations are NOT inherently flawed. The very word implies there are exceptions. (Otherwise, the word “rule” would be more appropriate.) “Generally” simply means “most of the time.” If I were to say, “As a generalization, casino gambling is a bad investment strategy,” my statement would not be flawed, even though there are many people who hit jackpots. The only way a generalization could be “flawed” is by being usually NOT true. But I digress.

Back to clutter. Larynxa, I sympathize with you. I like the HBR’s take. And while I’ll concede that getting organized has its advantages, I would suggest that if an ADDer has a job where poor organization could be a career buster, s/he is probably in the wrong line of work.

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