An article came out this week in the New York Times detailing the author's experience working with a professional organizer to organize her home office.
http://tinyurl.com/cqvykk Of course I love it when anything is published about the work of organizing consultants because it brings awareness to the type of work that we do.
The important message in the article is that organizing your office, setting up systems, and making it an efficient and appealing space to be in, is a personal experience.
What will work for one person, may not work for another. That is why trying to follow advice from books and television shows may work for some and not for others. Many people feel like they fail when they measure the results and compare themselves to others. (You must know that there are a lot of people behind the scenes making the dramatic room make-overs you see on popular organizing television shows.)