Recommended Reading

Do you want to be more organized or to become a professional organizer? Here is a list of recommended reading to help you on your way. [NOTE: Board of Certification Reading List]

Getting Organized

• Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui, Karen Kingston
  
• Clutter’s Last Stand, Don Aslett
  
• Confessions of a Happily Organized Family, Deniece Schofield
  
• Conquering Chaos at Work, Harriet Schecter
  
• Conquering the Paper Pile Up, Stephanie Culp
  
• First Things First, Stephen Covey
  
• Get Organized, Stephanie Winston
  
• Getting Things Done, David Allen
  
• Home-Based Business Mom, Julie Shulem
  
• How to Conquer Clutter, Stephanie Culp
  
• How to Get Organized When You Don't Have the Time, Stephanie Culp
  
• How to Get Organized, Stephanie Culp
  
• It’s All Too Much, Peter Walsh
  
• It's About Time, The Six Styles of Procrastination and How to Overcome Them, Linda Sapadin
  
• It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys, Marilyn Paul
  
• Let Go of Clutter, Harriet Schechter
  
• Making Peace With the Things in Your Life, Cindy Glovinsky
  
• Making Time Work For You (old and new editions), Harold Taylor
  
• Organize Your Family's Schedule in No Time, Val Sgro
  
• Organize Your Garage in No Time, Barry Izsak
  
• Organize Your Office in No Time, Monica Ricci
  
• Organize Your Work Day in No Time, K.J. McCorry
  
• Organize Yourself, Ronnie Eisenberg & Kate Kelly
  
• Organized to Be Your Best! Susan Silver
  
• Organized to Last, Porter Knight
  
• Organizing for Dummies, Elizabeth Miles
  
• Organizing for the Creative Person, Dorothy Lehmkuhl & Dolores Lamping
  
• Organizing for Your Brain Type, Lanna Nakone
  
• Organizing from the Inside Out, Julie Morgenstern
  
• Organizing from the Right Side of the Brain, Lee Silber
  
• Organizing Plain and Simple, Donna Smallin
  
• Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach
  
• Simple Isn’t Easy, Olivia Goldsmith & Amy Fine Collins
  
• Streamlining Your Life: A 5-point Plan for Uncomplicated Living, Stephanie Culp
  
• Taming the Paper Tiger, Barbara Hemphill
  
• The Complete Organizer, Maxine Ordesky
  
• The Floor Is Not an Option, Sheila McCurdy
  
• The Organized Executive, Stephanie Winston
  
• The Organized Student, Donna Goldberg
  
• The Organizing Sourcebook: Nine Strategies for Simplifying Your Life, Kathy Waddill
  
• The Simple Living Guide, Janet Luhrs
  
• The Spiritual Art of Being Organized, Claire Josefine
  
• Time Management from the Inside Out, Julie Morgenstern
  

Chronic Disorganization and ADD

• Conquering Chronic Disorganization, Judith Kolberg & Dorothy Lehmkuhl
  
• Driven to Distraction, Edward M. Hallowell, MD & John J. Ratey, MD
  
• Stop Clutter from Stealing Your Life, Mike Nelson
  
• The Messies Superguide, Sandra Felton
  
• When You Live with a Messie, Sandra Felton
  

Becoming a Professional Organizer

• A Manual for Professional Organizers, Cindi Seidler
  
• Fabjob Guide to Become a Professional Organizer, Grace Jasmine
  
• How to Start a Home-Based Professional Organizing Business, Dawn Noble
  
• Newbie Pitfalls—50 Obstacles on the Road To Success as Professional Organizer, Debbie Stanley
  
• Organizing for a Living, Jackie Tiani