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The Lazy Genius Way Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done

Kendra Adachi

NEW YORK TIMES

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Office Ladies

Host Jenna Fischer highly recommended Kendra Adachi’s book, The Lazy Genius Way, calling its simple approach to organizing life and increasing productivity "brilliant" and easy to apply. The author later appeared on the podcast and referenced the book, detailing how her philosophy encourages starting small, such as doing just one downward dog a day. The discussion praised the book for helping listeners embrace what matters and effectively get things done.

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Episode: Office Ladies Announcement!

Kendra Adachi shared a story from her first book about how she started small with yoga and did one downward dog a day for weeks and weeks.

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I told a story in my first book, the lazy genius way about how I started small with yoga.

Episode: Andy’s Ancestry

Jenna Fischer mentioned Kendra Adachi's book 'The Lazy Genius', which is a book about organizing life and getting stuff done, and a podcast of the same name.

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It's Kendra Adachi. She has a podcast and a book called The Lazy Genius. It's really brilliant because it's all so simple and that makes it easy to apply to your life.

Revisionist History

It was mentioned as a book co-authored by Randy Frost, which detailed the case study of Alvin and Jerry, two hoarding twin brothers, and their overflowing apartments.

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Every square foot of the great room and dining room was packed with works of art and period furniture. 18th and 19th century paintings, sculptures, busts, antiques, lamps, jewelry and more.

— Episode: Dragon Psychology 101

Episode: Dragon Psychology 101

It was mentioned as a book co-authored by Randy Frost, which detailed the case study of Alvin and Jerry, two hoarding twin brothers, and their overflowing apartments.

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Every square foot of the great room and dining room was packed with works of art and period furniture. 18th and 19th century paintings, sculptures, busts, antiques, lamps, jewelry and more.

It's just that lovely scene in the book when you're walking through Alvin's apartment with him and he's picking up objects.

Episode: Dragon Psychology 101

It was mentioned as a book co-authored by Randy Frost, which described the hoarding behaviors of two brothers, Alvin and Jerry, highlighting their unusual attachment to objects.

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Every square foot of the great room and dining room was packed with works of art and period furniture.

18th and 19th century paintings, sculptures, busts, antiques, lamps, jewelry and more.

They had no pathways between all of their stuff. You stepped over things as you walked. Some of the piles were six feet high.

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