Aug 15 2009
Reach For Your Highest Potential By Putting Heart Into Your Home Office
A home office should not only be up-to-date and functional, I believe it should also be enjoyable, peaceful and make you feel good. It should reflect the heart of your business, making it place where you can reach your highest potential. By deliberately choosing to put heart into your home office, you will be much more likely to enjoy working in your home and therefore be more productive.
Myself, I have created a warm and inviting atmosphere where I relish being. Because I spend some much time in my office, I have made it a room that I enjoy and one that inspires me. I have tried to create a safe, secure and loving environment that is open to abundance and inspiration. It was only when I learned to combine new age topics such as the universal laws and the laws of feng shui into my business that I really took off and defined my business and myself.
Here are some of my favorite tips on how to put more heart into your home office:
Keep an open mind. Look for inspiration by pouring over magazines and on the Internet for ideas. And take the time to really ask yourself how you feel when you are in your work space or home office. Look around the room and ask if the wall colors and pictures invoke good and positive feelings. When you run across something that you like, envision what it would look and feel like in your workspace.
Bring the outdoors in. Add plants and fresh flowers to your office. They not only produce healthier air, they add life and aroma to your space, making you feel better. Other things such as shells or driftwood are also beneficial. I myself, have a water fountain that I find very soothing, and it is said to promote prosperity.
Be mindful to the quality of light in your office. If you’re not getting enough natural light, you will not enjoy working no matter how much you love your job. Your computer screen should be the strongest light in the room. If your overhead light is too bright, you’ll be straining to see the screen.Reduce discomfort by using ergonomics. A pleasant and comfortable work station if not only more beneficial to your health, it will also increase your productivity. You may have to add a footrest under your workstation. For proper back support, your feet should be flat on the ground or on a footrest. Otherwise you may end up at the end of the day with your back and/or shoulders hurting unnecessarily.
Add art or pictures that invite in inspiration. Deliberately go out and find or create something that will inspire you. You may have just the right item buried in your attic such as grandma’s crewel picture or grandpa’s ink drawings. You can always find uplifting quotes and print them off and post them where you will see them. A vision board is a great example of a great way to make use of this tip.
Out with the old and in with the new. Cleaning out the clutter on a regular basis will allow room for more prosperity and new opportunities. You want to keep an open-air flow in your office, one that will allow new and better things to flow into your life. This can also mean the daunting task of cleaning out your email on a regular basis to allow room for good news to flow into your box. Don’t be the one who missed out on a great new opportunity because your inbox or desk was piled so high you missed the offer or deadline.
I hope you enjoy these tips and can take away something that will help brighten up your office. Opening of your heart can never be wrong. Just be careful, you might unleash some great powers that you’ve been keeping under wraps. And remember that many a great person has said “follow your heart, and the money will follow”……..