Beyond the Rhetoric

Every Wednesday, I share several blog posts that I have found around the Internet. While I certainly appreciate that you are reading Beyond the Rhetoric, I also recognize that you want to read some other great content too. That’s where this speedlink comes into play. First, we take a stroll with Tyler Ingram over to [...]

Whether you run your own business or you have a telecommuting arrangement with your employer, you may have considered setting up a home office. Maybe you already have one. Whatever the case, there is one very big decision that you’ll need to make: where is the office going to be? While there are certainly all [...]

Let me preface this by saying that what I consider to be the “ideal” (or even a “good”) home office may not be the same kind of thing as what suits your particular personality and preferences. However, based on my years of experience as a professional freelance writer, I’ve come to learn that certain characteristics [...]

We make promises to a lot of people. We promise that we won’t be late for dinner. We promise that we’ll remember to bring the tuna casserole. We promise that we won’t bring up that topic in front of that that company. However, sometimes we forget that we need to make some promises to ourselves [...]

This is true whether you work from home or you work from a more conventional office. Many people will tell you that you should have a very organized desk, because this will help you have a very organized mind. By implication, a messy desk implies that your thoughts are quite disorganized as well. I beg [...]