I have a confession to make. This time of year I tend to get distracted. I think it's the perfect weather that draws me away from my screen and towards the ocean or the first tee. Can you relate? The…

It is no mystery that leaders are readers. Warren Buffet once answered in an interview that if he could have one superpower, it would be to read faster. There is a ton of wisdom in that reply. Here are a…

Customer service is an important skill for anyone. Your job description might not have the words "customer service" in it, but service is always part of what you do. Even if you don't face your company's customers, you still have…

"The most expensive thing you will ever own is your ego." These wise words were spoken to me several years ago by one of my mentors. Workshifting doesn't exempt us from working with others and in many cases places a…

A good friend of mine recently took a position with a company with a workshifting culture. He can do his job with a laptop and internet connection.  This is nothing new to us that have been living an office anywhere…

2011 is in full swing. How are your new year's resolutions going? My guess is you are kicking butt and taking names. The key is for this to be the same answer after a week, a month, and six months…

Recently, I caught up with an old college acquaintance. Nick is new to the workshifting world. He is finding his liberation from the cube farm exciting and daunting. His background is in finance, where the office environments are notoriously "cheek…

It is amazing how quickly this year has flown by. The other day my wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas. What?! Is it the holiday season already? That being true, I want to go over a few holiday…

The conversation of sleep has recently come up in the last few weeks amongst some fellow workshifters in my town. All of us are notorious for pulling late hours and depriving ourselves of recharge. For some reason there is a…

Over the last few weeks I have met many folks new to the office anywhere lifestyle. Being new to workshifting is sometimes like leaving for college for the first time. You are in a new place with complete freedom over…

The silent "D" in workshifting stands for self-discipline. The freedom of "office anywhere" allows us to have is sometimes dangerous for the new workshifter. It is easy for the high productivity environment created by working outside the office to have…

Hello workshifters! I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. A friend of mine took me flying in his Cirrus SR20 recently. It was great fun and quite a learning experience. One of the strongest lessons learned was the amount of…

Summer is a hard time to stay focused.  The Sun is shining, flip-flops are on your feet, and the home office feels more like cell block 109 than a cozy work station.  Do you know the feeling?  I feel it…

Meetings. There seems to be a love hate relationship with them. Most of us love to hate them.  Have you read Rework by 37Signals founders Jason Freid and David Heinemeir Hanson? They call meetings "toxic."  I think they are right…

It may be a guy thing, but I love spy thrillers. Who hasn't dreamt of being James Bond, Jack Bauer, Mitch Rapp, or Austin Powers?  Today I wanted to share with you The Jason Bourne Guide to Workshifting.  Sure, his…

Success leaves clues. It is amazing to me how many folks I meet believe success is luck or happens by accident. In my experience, this is not the case. Look at the folks in your arena that are superstars. The…

I used to get so worked up when preparing for a long trip. This feeling of a thousand pounds would start to weigh on me as I thought about what I needed to pack and how much of it I…