∞ How Rooms and Architecture Affect Mood and Creativity

Ouno Design: In 2007 Joan Meyers-Levy, a pro­fes­sor of mar­ket­ing at the Uni­ver­sity of Min­nesota, reported that the height of a room’s ceil­ing affects how peo­ple think. She ran­domly assigned 100 peo­ple to a room with either an eight– or 10-foot ceil­ing and asked par­tic­i­pants to group sports from a 10-item list into cat­e­gories of their own choice. The peo­ple who com­pleted the task in the room with taller ceil­ings came up with more abstract... Read More

∞ 11 Tips for Making Your Home Office More Comfortable

Steven Snell: Hav­ing a com­fort­able office that is con­ducive to work is essen­tial in order to keep your work­ing hours pleas­ant and productive. This holds true to any type of office. via DesignM.ag.  Read More

∞ Twenty Ways to Stay Productive When Working at Home

Scott H Young: Although many peo­ple work­ing from home enjoy the free­dom and con­ve­nience, it is much eas­ier to be lazy out­side of a work envi­ron­ment. The flex­i­bil­ity of work­ing at home gives you the poten­tial to be far more pro­duc­tive, but it can be a huge waste of time if you aren’t smart about it. via Twenty Ways to Stay Pro­duc­tive When Work­ing at Home.  Read More

∞ What Does Your Workspace Say About You?

Ben Lum­ley: You want to be focus­ing on the task at hand and your mind can’t do that sur­rounded by chaos, espe­cially if you’re a man. Sorry chaps but our brains are wired up so that we can only truly focus on one thing at a time. via 6 Aliens.  Read More

∞ 10 Tips for Working From Home

Pix­el­borne: When my girl­friend gets home I know it’s time to leave the study, because I’ve had all day to get work done and now it’s time to relax, and my relax­ing is part of what helps her unwind too. So try to resist the urge to say, “Just another half hour and I’ll be done this.” When it’s time to clock out, do just that and treat your­self to a good din­ner and a few hours relax­ing on the couch watch­ing TV. Really great tips here rec­om­mend... Read More

Office Environment

Mnmal: I could not agree more, take a minute and read this post. A great look at why work­ing in an office goes against being productive. via Min­i­mal.  Read More

Tips for a Minimal Office

Min­i­mal: I usu­ally go over my things once a month. The first time I threw away a lot of stuff, but as I con­tin­ued doing this in the months to fol­low I threw less and less. I did this yes­ter­day and I was very happy to see that I only threw away one sheet of paper (I shred­ded it). I got to the point that all the items I have in my office are only those needed to do my job. Some great tips in this post for keep­ing your desk min­i­mal. I highly rec­om­mend... Read More

How to Survive in an Unhappy Workplace

Pat Olsen: That’s not to say unhappy work­ers don’t have valid com­plaints. One thing you don’t want to do, how­ever, is let your feel­ings boil over at work. The job mar­ket is tough right now, and I know a lot of peo­ple are hat­ing their jobs but feel stuck. This is for those people. via HarvardBusiness.org.  Read More

The High Seas Showed Me How Pitifully Unproductive I Am

Glen from LifeDev.net: This is a really inter­est­ing post, how he was able to be far more cre­ative while he was on vaca­tion. He attrib­utes the rea­sons to this out­pour­ing as lack of com­puter (and phones) as well as the per­fect work environment. via LifeDev.  Read More

Ignoring the Noise

David Dam­ron: I sug­gest you try this out right now. Find a place within your home or out­doors that does not have any source of infor­ma­tion. One great place is your back­yard. Take this time to lis­ten to your body. Even if it is for 5 min­utes, that time will allow you to refo­cus your thoughts on your goals and min­i­mal­ize the out­side force push­ing you in what­ever direc­tion it chooses. Sage advice. via Ignor­ing the Noise.  Read More