A You-Shaped Space in the Universe

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Eva Schiffer

The “Perfect Mess” has started a train of thoughts for me about how and why successful and happy people become successful and happy.
Maybe it’s because I’m German, but where I come from, school is mainly about trying to standardize minds, every kid is supposed to produce comparably good results in every subject. Because you [...]

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If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind,

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Eva Schiffer

of what then, is an empty desk? (Albert Einstein)
Triggered by Nancy White’s comment I’m curious about the benefits of mess and stumbled over “A Perfect Mess” (by Eric Abrahamson and David H Freedman), a book about “The hidden benefits of disorder – how crammed closets, cluttered offices, and on-the-fly planning make the world a better [...]

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