October 2002
Beginner
240 pages
5h 8m
English
book
60-Second Commute: A Guide to Your 24/7 Home Office Life, The
by Erica Orloff, Ph.D. Kathy Levinson
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Chapter 4. The 24/7 Lifestyle: Time Management in the Home Office
If you used to (or still do) work in an office five days a week, you probably worked from nine to five or some variation of that, and perhaps worked overtime as necessary or brought work home to review at night. Alas, for the American worker, we don't do siestas, and we don't stroll into the office at ten o'clock—on a good day—like some of our European counterparts. Even the term “24/7” is uniquely American. Between beepers and cell phones, lap top computers and e-mail, it seems we're often expected to work around the clock, and to be accessible at any hour, day or night.
Enter the home office. Now we have an entirely new concept of “the office.” With this home office and the 24/7 ...
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