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(Ed. note: Feng Shui practitioner and life coach Caroline O'Neill shares her tips to optimise your home office for productivity and success.)

1. Firstly, check the location of your home office. Make sure that you've a dedicated space, however small, for your business or work. For instance, mixing your office space with your bedroom is a big, big mistake. If you have your desk, or even just a laptop, BlackBerry or iPhone in your bedroom, it will affect your sleep and your love life. Look at what happened to Guy Ritchie and Madonna - both were said to sleep with their BlackBerrys under their pillows! Move your work and equipment out of your bedroom now! The best place for your home office is near your front door.
2. Secondly, your desk is the most important element of your home office and it's placement determines your success or not! The best place for your desk is the "commanding position" - diagonally aligned with your office door. It's preferable that your chair has a solid wall, rather than a window, behind it. Avoid having your desk in alignment with your office door, facing a wall, a corner or even a window.
3. Thirdly, declutter any paperwork and get organised. Don't clutter your office with piles of paperwork, sticky notes, files and other documents. Sorting and organising your office will reap amazing benefits on their own. The same goes for your PC hard drive, your email, BlackBerry, iPhone, etc. Clear them out regularly!
4. Other areas to optimise are the wealth and career areas of your home office. Common remedies to attract wealth include placing a Jade or Money plant on your desk or installing a fish tank.
5. One last thing: if you're working all hours and you've missed all the lovely sunshine this weekend then your office could be in the "marriage" area. Are you married to your job or your business? You'll have to get in touch for help with that...

Caroline O'Neill has been practising Feng Shui herself since the 1990s. Since then Caroline has helped lots of people achieve big results faster and easier using many different strategies, including Feng Shui. If you're struggling in your home office with any of the above-mentioned issues give Caroline a call today on 0780 313 6023.

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