Psychobabble

MYTH 13

You’d better get yourself sorted

‘It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.’

HESIOD, CIRCA 800BC

Two thousand years after the Greek poet first penned these lines, I wonder what Hesiod would make of the throng of trainers and self-help authors so willing to help us put his advice into practice today? Whether it be Steven Covey commending to us The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People or David Allen advising us on the art of Getting Things Done, helping people to get their lives organised and become more productive is still big business. As loyal citizens of the People’s Republic of Psychobabble, we have been reared to believe that productivity and efficiency are virtues ...