Factoid: the amount of information crossing your desk has increased by 600%, while the size of the average desk has decreased by 37%. What I too often see in stores and catalogues for home office desks are: “Computer desks” – furniture that is just big enough to hold a monitor, keyboard and PCU, period. No…There’s more. Click here.
Your Home Office File Cabinet: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
October 20, 2010 By
An increasing number of home office furniture options are now available to the work-at-home mom, entrepreneur and telecommuter. One client had a cheap shallow file cabinet (left over from her grad school days) that she could barely open. She confessed that she stacked papers around her desk because it was too hard to open her…There’s more. Click here.
Mind Mapping: A Creative Technique for Getting Your Brain on Paper
October 7, 2010 By
A recent The Smarter Home Office blog post quoted John Cleese saying that we don’t get our ideas from our laptops. Well if you shouldn‘t use your computer to create, then what do you use? A big piece of paper, colored pens and your imagination! Remember being taught in school how to develop an outline?…There’s more. Click here.
John Cleese on Creativity: Make Space and Time Boundaries
September 28, 2010 By
“We don’t know where we get out ideas from. We do know we do not get them from our laptops.” – John Cleese Most people who work at home so some sort of creative work. Whether you are a free-lancer or a home-based entrepreneur you are problem-solving and thinking outside the box at least part…There’s more. Click here.
The Checklist Manifesto for the Home Office
June 24, 2010 By
Learn how checklists make for stress free detailed tasks and projects in the home office.
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