If you are running a home-based business, one of the most important factors in your success actually starts in the way your office is set up. Because you are working from the comforts of your own home, it can be very easy to forget about things like health and safety. It’s time to change that.

Below is a list of areas in your home office to look at with your health and safety in mind. The benefits of creating a healthier and safer home work environment are pretty self explanatory, and in most cases, any required changes won’t cost you much. But you may be very surprised how much more efficient, productive, and happier you’ll be with them there.

I know this from experience. I have a home office; I spend a significant amount of time there and have made a lot of the changes mentioned below, such as cleaning up the electrical wiring, moving my desk, bringing in some plants, and organizing all the clutter that constantly threatens to take over my desk. It made a world of difference… More >>