7 Signs of a Home Office From Hell
Home Office Success Guru Jeff Landers
The Home Office From Hell is a completely dysfunctional, client-repelling office space in the home that makes one lose money.
As a home-based business owner, you might tell me, "Now, hold on there, buddymy home office isn't so bad. Sure it's not ideal and there was that incident with my newborn screaming bloody murder while I was on the phone with London, but my clients know I'm a professional."
My response, "Oh, really?" Let's do a reality check-your clients only know what they see and hear from you.
Your competition is serious. They want your clients.
WARNING! If any of this sounds even vaguely familiar, you may have a Home Office From Hell. (All of these stories were submitted by real entrepreneurs during our annual Home Office From Hell Contest-so no worries, you aren't alone.)
Sign 7: "Starbucks is starting to encroach on my profits." If you are drinking your sixth Grande Frappuccino and holding your big meetings in the Science Fiction section of Barnes and Noble, then you have a Home Office From Hell.
Sign 6: "I realized today at 4 p.m. that I was still wearing pajamas." If your idea of socializing is talking to the dog, and you haven't been in a shower or out of the house for more than a week, then you have a Home Office From Hell.
Sign 5: "I could die here and no one would ever know." If you worry that it might be the smell that finally gets people to inquire about your business, then you have a Home Office From Hell.
Sign 4: "Why did God invent Oprah? How are we supposed to work when Oprah is on?" If you are consumed with the need to play a video game, clean your house, or climb back into bed in the middle of the business day, then you have a Home Office From Hell.
Sign 3: "No, the baby doesn't go in the playpen. Important papers go in there so the baby can't get at them." If you find yourself picking Cheerios out of your laptop, chasing the kids around the kitchen while conference-calling Stuttgart, and wiping peanut butter off your client's work, then you have a Home Office From Hell.
Sign 2: "I feel like I live at the Officewait! I do!" If your workday ends two minutes before you drop into bed, or you are taking 4 A.M. phone calls from sleepless clients, then you have a Home Office From Hell. And last but not least
Sign 1: "Since you're home all day anyway, I need a favor" If you are picking up your wife's laundry, chauffeuring your friends to the mall, or watering your neighbor's plants in the middle of your workday, then you have a Home Office From Hell.
Chances are, if you're reading this, you might have some personal experience with the problems of a home office. At the very least, you suspect there might be room for improvement.
Wonderful! Because until you acknowledge that what you're doing isn't working well, you won't be able to create the business of your dreams.
Jeff Landers is a veteran http://HomeOfficeSuccess.com/ Home Office Success Coach, bestselling author of "Home Office from Hell Cure," and He is Helping Us to Find http://HomeOfficeSuccess.com/ Endless Success Strategies about How to Turn Our Dysfunctional Home Office into a Thriving Sensation!
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