1. Marie Kondo's books have been translated from Japanese into several languages, and her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up has been published in more than 30 countries.
12 Facts About Marie Kondo
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Marie Kondo opened an online store called KonMari the same year.
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Marie Kondo has an older brother and a younger sister.
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Marie Kondo's mother "was applying the method, but to [Kondo's] eye, the house was not tidy enough to have the feng shui effect".
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In junior school, Marie Kondo ran into the classroom to tidy up bookshelves while her classmates were playing in physical education class.
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Marie Kondo founded her organising consulting business when she was 19 and a sociology student at Tokyo Woman's Christian University.
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Marie Kondo spent five years as an attendant maiden at a Shinto shrine.
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Marie Kondo advises to start the process of tidying up by "quickly and completely" discarding whatever it is in the house that doesn't spark joy.
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Marie Kondo advises to do this by category of items and not their location in the house.
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Marie Kondo says that her method is partly inspired by the Shinto religion.
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Marie Kondo released a series of videos teaching "the best way to fold for perfect appearance".
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Once Marie Kondo's career was established, he left his job to become her manager and, eventually, CEO of Konmari-Media, LLC.