{"id":941,"date":"2009-03-11T00:49:18","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T04:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joyfullyjobless.com\/blog\/?p=941"},"modified":"2009-03-11T00:51:06","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T04:51:06","slug":"welcome-to-world-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joyfullyjobless.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/welcome-to-world-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to World Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leigh was a single mother with a stressful job and two young children. After attending Making a Living Without a Job<\/em><\/strong>, she knew that self-employment was the answer for her. She quit her job,\u00a0 purchased a vending machine route and tripled its sales within two months. Once that was in order, she started her next profit center, buying and renovating houses. Not only did she find that she was spending more time with her kids, she also got them involved in her business as much as possible.<\/p>\n

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One day Leigh and her children went to visit a friend who had moved into a large new house. The friend took them on a room-by-room tour of the house proudly showing off each room. When the tour ended, Leigh\u2019s 5-year-old daughter looked at her\u00a0 quizzically and said, \u201cMom, where\u2019s the office?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Leigh\u2019s daughter is not the only one who assumes that a home should have an office. Glossy magazines now feature layouts of slick home offices. Builders of upscale homes are including an office in their plans. Trendspotters tell us that this work-at-home lifestyle is not a passing fad. (For some home office inspiration<\/a>, check out these photos from the LA Times.)<\/p>\n

Whether your work space is a studio, a rented office or a card table set up in a corner of your bedroom, efficiency is only one of the requirements. Your working space needs to be inviting, a place where you function easily surrounded by things you love and find inspiring.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s obvious that most of us do not duplicate the corporate cubicle look when we set out to design our personal working space.Gray and gloomy may be an appropriate backdrop for corporate workers, but home workers like to spice things up a bit. Color, personal objects, music, incense, fountains, and toys are apt to be part of the new entrepreneur\u2019s decorating style.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chances are, you\u2019re reading this on your office computer. So take a look around. Does your office reflect your power and vision, or does it resemble a junk room with a desk? Are there objects, pictures and words that lift your soul? Is it easy to find things or do you waste precious time going through piles of papers?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Does entering your office make you smile? It should, you know. This is your laboratory, your creation center, your idea place. So listen to Vivaldi, light some incense, get a fountain, paint the walls terra cotta, hang a poster from your favorite movie, or do whatever brings you joy. It\u2019s a one-of-a-kind creation and you\u2019re the beneficiary. Make it both beautiful and useful.<\/p>\n

You and I have within us the creative intelligence to recognize the conditions\u00a0<\/span>that support our growth towards self-actualization, and we have the wherewithal\u00a0to place ourselves in such an environment. ~ Stewart Emery<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leigh was a single mother with a stressful job and two young children. After attending Making a Living Without a Job, she knew that self-employment was the answer for her. She quit her job,\u00a0 purchased a vending machine route and tripled its sales within two months. Once that was in order, she started her next…<\/p>\n

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