Work focus — that concentration you need to stay on task – remains vital to those working from home. To focus on your work, you need to minimize distractions. But how do you focus on work when you’re at home, with the kitchen, TV, radio, children, family, hobbies, and other important life influences around you? […]
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Gruesome retirement ahead? The Motley Fool says that’s the kind of retirement for which many people are headed. About one in three people would rather scrub a bathroom than plan for retirement! And about 2 in 5 people aged 55 and over have less than $25,000 saved. Yikes! If you’re looking to step up your
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Working at home brings both rewards and obstacles. Via eMoms at Home comes a list of the top 10 keys to work at home success. Tip #10 rings true for me:In order to become successful in your chosen field, it is important to study the people who are already successful, especially if you don’t have
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I’m not sure how many of you read Lifehacker — it’s one of the top 1000 websites — but my article on home office isolation was just featured on the front page of Lifehacker. Check out Lifehacker’s discussion of home office isolation.
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I just Googled for work-life balance. Is this a Canadian term? Almost all the top results are from Canadian websites. Do only Canadians have work-life balance? Or does the rest of the world use a different term?
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Noice cancelling headphones — after my piece on noise-cancelling ear plugs, a few people wrote in to recommend noise-cancelling (canceling) headphones. (Sorry — Canadian spelling in use!) Noise-cancelling headphones use a microphone and electronics to create a soundwave at polar oppose to the soundwave coming in. Thise cancels out the noise. To my surprise, Wikipedia
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While surfing, I bumped into My Retirement Project (dead link), the website of a 30-year-old consultant named Corey. Although his retirement is still 35 years away, Corey has his eyes on the prize. He wants to accumulate $1 million, so that he can retire — and he’s doing it through consulting and various other service
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Noise cancelling ear plugs – via Slate, here’s a clever story about one worker’s use of noise cancelling ear plugs to block out construction noise. (I especially like the discussion on the history of ear plugs.) I’ve only ever used ear plugs once. I was living in a busy urban area, where road crews were
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Can you afford to start a home business? Barbara from HomeBusinessWiz explores the affordability of a home business. She boils it down to three questions: What do you own already? How can you use your existing assets? What will your start-up costs be? As I’ve mentioned before, starting a consulting business is cheap. It’s an
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On any given day, most established consultants are in a position of balancing sales and work. When you look at the day ahead, how much time should you spend on finding new clients vs. doing work for the clients you already have? When you’re starting out, it makes sense to spend a lot of time
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