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Tips on Staying Focused and Disciplined When Working From Home

Office Dynamics

Experts suggest using natural light, ergonomic principles and personal flair so your home office becomes a place where you enjoy to work. If you are thinking about moving in the near future to a city that has more telecommuting options, look at places that have an extra room where you can set up for work. Get dressed for work.

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Tips for Office Costumes at Halloween

Professional Assistant Blog

Luckily, in my office, we dress in casual clothes all of the time and we do have a corporate policy of being able to dress up in a costume for this event. This has been a tradition in our office for quite some time now, where people would decorate the office, dress up in funky costumes and bring baked treats for everyone.

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Outlook Rules That Rule

Professional Assistant Blog

What I discovered is a time saver and e-mail management tool that is a best-kept secret. It feels like I just went through my closet and threw a whole bunch of clothes out that I never wear. It is simple to set up a new rule in Outlook 2007 From your Toolbar, drop down the Tools menu and click on Rules and Alerts , click on New Rule.

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We are not blank slates and we don’t adapt to change in predictable ways

Workplace Insight

Commuting at the same time as everybody else is clearly a ridiculous, unnecessary and anachronistic thing to do on a routine basis, as has become newly apparent, but so too is locking oneself away in a home office or dining room with its isolation, lack of ergonomics and amorphous routines. Wisdom lies in knowing the difference.

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