Walk into Starbucks, Panera or any other coffee establishment, and you’ll find people working on their laptops, checking email, making a call and basically doing what they could from their “home office.”
The “home office,” whether it be the back bedroom, the basement, the loft over the garage or simply the front seat of your car, can become a lonely place.
The first time I was told my office would be closing and I would be working from home, I can’t say I was thrilled. Thirty years ago, that move hit me as a demotion. There’s no doubt I was on the front-end of a trend. Fast forward to today and it seems there are more salespeople working from home than there are working in an office.
Regardless of your position, you’re as likely to work from home as from an office, and you suddenly find yourself competing with the toys the kids