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Pack it Up and Move it Out of Your Home Office

November 18, 2010 By

Take a picture of your home office and study it closely. You may be surprised at what you see. It’s sort of the same as listening to yourself on a recording and saying, “That’s not how I sound!” but it’s exactly the way you sound to others.

When you work in the same home office year after year, it’s easy to lose sight of how your home office really looks. When you’re ready to make a few changes to your workspace, ask yourself a few questions.

Does your home office look like an ad for a furniture store? Take out any chairs, tables or lamps that somehow made their way into your home office. That includes anything that you threw into your home office the last time you redecorated your house. [Read more...]

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What Does Your Desk Say About You?

August 12, 2010 By

Is your desk sloppy or streamlined? Messy or immaculate? Consider whether one of these three desk descriptions fits you.

Desk #1
Topsy-turvy and turbulent
The top of your desk is piled high with magazines, unopened mail and bills. If someone wants you to see something, they leave it on your chair. Eventually you’ll feel it when you sit down.
Your desk screams: You’re a creative person but you seem a bit scattered, unreliable and easily distracted.
Desk makeover: The goal isn’t to be a perfectionist or a neat freak. Instead, create some order. Use desktop file holders for the files you’re working on now, put stacking bins on the floor to hold [Read more...]

Filed Under: Balancing home/office Life, Home office design, Home office organizing, Home office products, Home office setup, Making money from home, Time mgmt./Productivity, Working at home Tagged With: , , ,
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