Your Home Office - Work Smarter, Not Difficult

 


  • Working at Cube Farm has been a disaster for labor productivity for years and you are finally fed up.  Your company has provided you the opportunity to work from home.  So finally, the home office is born.  The choice of your home office location is critical to your success.  Too close to ongoing activities and you get distracted.  Too far, and you get stranded on an island.  Another concern is the "7-Eleven" effect, in other words, you are always open for business and you are very tired in a very short period of time.  But there are ways to manage these issues to make your home office experience a success.  Now the home office is more focused in the design process, making this space worth living.  Make it comfortable, but not very comfortable.  Make it warm and inviting, but not a place for children to play.  Make it a place to work, but also a place to live.  is confused?  Do not do this because this is your place as you wish.  Just keep in mind your particular situation and plan accordingly.  Perhaps converting your attic for use as a home office is a wonderful idea.


  • Perhaps a bedroom works in the corner of a bedroom.  Whatever is a true home office for your space allocation is a great way to keep your overhead down because you are already paying for the space and the real hidden value of a home office is that it is considered corporate.  Not to look like an office is a huge oak desk and wall-to-wall filing cabinets.  And even if your children disagree, your home office is nowhere to be played.  Finding a place for a home office is a major concern these days.  Once you find your place, you should expect that working from a home office is interesting, varied and provides an opportunity to produce results that will make a real difference in your life.  If you have a well-organized, fully furnished home office and you are well organized and comfortable then it will not be difficult to work.  But the key to a well-run home office and a satisfied worker is this: If you go to the office every day, create a work schedule as you go.  Do not wake up tomorrow and ask yourself what you are going to do that day, have a plan.  Also set working hours, you go to the office from 8-5 or 9-6




  • Leave it for the day, turn off the light behind you and close the door as if your traffic was miles away from home, instead of inches from the couch.  Another suggestion would be to turn off audible information for new emails on your computer.  Every ding, or dong, or beep and you will be walking to the computer like Pavlov's dogs.  Remember: Work smarter, not harder!

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