Taming the Paper Tiger Organizing the Paper In Your Life [Paperback]

Barbara Hemphill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1992

A guide to paper management teaches readers how to select the right work space, throw things out, make action and reference files, use a Rolodex, catalog names and numbers, and more. Reprint.

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From Publishers Weekly

Washington, D.C., organizing consultant Hemphill (The to Do Book) outlines a complete personal paper management system in this easy-to-read guide. "Clutter is postponed decisions," Hemphill states, and the key to her system is a sorting pile that generates flow to either the wastebasket, a reference file or an "action file." She describes specific tools (including X-Rack, calendars, peel-off file labels, Pendaflex hanging files) and strategies for paper management in the categories of bills and receipts, tax records, family documents, medical records, greeting cards, correspondence and photos. She tours the average household as well, covering the organization of newsletters, computer paper, books to read, slides, films, videotapes, travel papers, telephone messages and recipes. (Parents will appreciate the chapter on organizing children's paperwork: "Your children produce enough paper to fill a small art gallery within a week.")
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Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: National Book Network Nbn; Rev. and expanded ed edition (1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0938721194
• ISBN-13: 978-0938721192
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,803,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Might be useful to some, June 2, 2001

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jumpy1 (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taming the Paper Tiger (Paperback)

It's such a great-looking book and so well laid out, I wanted to like it but frankly this book never went beyond the obvious. It stays with the basic concepts of organization in a way that is on the level of organizing a locker in Junior High, which puzzled me. The only person I can imagine needing this book would be someone who never had to organize anything before. Perhaps a filing clerk just out of high school?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Half n Half, November 13, 2009

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This review is from: Taming the Paper Tiger Organizing the Paper In Your Life (Paperback)

In the first half of the book I learned several organizing paper tips and really enjoyed it. However the second half was quite disappointing. I do not think that adding tons of extra files to your file cabinet will help you be more organized and find important papers quicker. All that does for me, is take alot more time trying to decide what title I might have filed it under, because there are now about ten possiblities. First half great, second half could use some improvement, this is probably the reason it has bad reviews. One possitive word before ending is that the first half has very good and useful information.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Taming The Paper Tiger, September 3, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Taming the Paper Tiger (Paperback)

Each of us have 24 hours a day, how we choose to use them is another subject. One that this book has help to address. Taming the paper tiger addresses the life long struggle that most of us faces. Every thing from advertisments to zoo schedules. You are running out of time - start taming your tiger.