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"An engaging polemic resistant to the neat-police who hold a great deal sway over our lives." -The Wall Street Journal
Enthusiastically embraced by readers everywhere, this groundbreaking book is an antidote to the accepted wisdom that tight schedules, neatness, and consistency are the keys to success.
With a fantastic array of anecdotes and case studies of the useful role mess can play in business, parenting, cooking, the war on terrorism, hardware stores, and even the meteoric career of Arnold Schwarzenegger, coauthors Abrahamson and Freedman demonstrate that moderately messy systems use resources more efficiently, yield better solutions, and are harder to break than neat ones. From clutter to time sprawl to blurring of categories, AN IDEAL MESS will forever change just how we think about disorder.
"A compelling and comical tour of humanity's guilt-ridden romance with accidents, messes, and randomness... Combine the world-is-not-as-it-seems mindset of Freakonomics with the delicious celebration of popular culture found in Everything Bad Is wonderful for You to obtain the cocktail-party-chatter-ready anecdotes of 'messiness leading to genius' in AN IDEAL MESS." -Fast Company
