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Julie Morgenstern Quick Facts

Main Areas: Organization; Time Management; Work Productivity
Best Sellers: “Organizing from the Inside Out”; “Time Management from the Inside Out”
Career Focus: Author; Speaker; Media Expert; Corporate Spokesperson
Affiliation: Julie Morgenstern’s Task Masters

Julie Morgenstern is an internationally renowned organizing and time management expert, New York Times best-selling author, corporate productivity consultant and speaker. She is also the creator of the Julie Morgenstern Collection of organizers, totes, and leather accessories, designed in partnership with FranklinCovey, to provide intelligent organizing tools for the way real people operate. Her “Inside Out” philosophy ensures customized solutions for individuals and companies, that are innovative, practical, and easy to maintain. Since 1989, Julie and her staff have worked with clients such as American Express, Microsoft, FedEx, Bear Sterns, GlaxoSmithKline, The Miami Heat, NBC-Newsroom, NYC Mayor’s Office, Sony Music, Medicare/Medicaid, Viacom/MTV, and Victoria Secret. As a speaker, media expert, and corporate spokesperson, Julie is known for her engaging, articulate style and warm sense of humor. She is a contributor to “O”, The Oprah Magazine, solving readers’ problems by creating order in their lives. Julie has been a guest on many TV and radio shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rachael Ray Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and National Public Radio. She is quoted and featured regularly in a wide variety of publications and has been seen in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Bottom Line Business, Best Life, Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman’s World, Fitness Magazine, Men’s Health, and Cosmopolitan. Julie is the author of ORGANIZING FROM THE INSIDE OUT and TIME MANAGEMENT FROM THE INSIDE OUT, both of which have been made into popular one-hour PBS specials. Julie and her teenage daughter Jessi Morgenstern-Colon co-authored ORGANIZING FROM THE INSIDE OUT FOR TEENS. Her latest book, MAKING WORK, WORK, is now available in paperback, newly titled NEVER CHECK E-MAIL IN THE MORNING. Julie has served actively on the Board of Directors for The National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and was honored with its prestigious Founder’s Award in 2002. Julie is also an award-winning member of the National Speakers Association (NSA). In 2003, she was honored by the Small Business Administration with an Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur Award. Additionally, Julie received the Best Organizing Book Award at the 2006 Los Angeles Organizing Awards.

Other Programs & Highlights

Julie is a contributor to O, The Oprah Magazine where she solves readers’ problems by helping to create order in their lives. She is a frequent guest on many TV and radio shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show The Rachael Ray Show, and the Today Show. She is also quoted and featured regularly in a variety of publications like The New York Times, Cosmopolitan and Men's Health.

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Julie Morgenstern

• Misconception: Organizing is a mysterious talent. Some lucky people are born with it, while others, like you, are left to suffer.

Fact: Organizing is a skill. In fact, it’s a remarkably simple skill that anyone can learn. How do I know? Because I was once a notoriously disorganized person myself. In fact, everyone who “knew me when” is amazed at the irony of how I make my living today.

• Misconception: Getting organized is an overwhelming, hopeless chore.

Fact: No matter what you’re organizing, no matter how daunting the task or how huge the backlog, getting organized boils down to the same very simple, predictable process.

• Misconception: It’s impossible to stay organized.

Fact: Organizing is sustainable, if your system is built around the way you think and designed to grow and adapt with you as your life and work change.

• Misconception: Organizing is a nonproductive use of time.

Fact: Life today moves more rapidly than it did fifty years ago and will continue accelerating in the years ahead, presenting us with more opportunities and ever-greater demands on our time and ability to make choices.

Getting Started With Julie Morgenstern

Do you feel overwhelmed by clutter and chaos in your life? Do you need better organization skills? Is your home or office a mess? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, than Julie Morgenstern’s book, Organizing from the Inside Out, is for you, and I recommend it as the best place to get started.

In her book, Julie provides a wide range of strategies for organizing. Some of them include:

• Defining your goals and how your space can best help you achieve them.

• Identifying what obstacles are holding you back.

• Dividing the space into “zones” of activity.

• Organizing the space so that all the supplies for each activity are stored in the appropriate zone.

Julie Morgenstern has included many real-life client case studies to assist you along the way, and her book will definitely help you organize your space and your life. If you need help in the time management arena, I recommend starting with her book, Time Management from the Inside Out.