But how clearly do we understand and create the proper work environment for ourselves?
Our family has recently become obsessed with learning more about Roald Dahl, the much loved children’s book writer. I think it’s a sort of final goodbye to a writer who was a constant companion to our daughter in her developing years as a reader.
Dahl was a unique character with many outward eccentricities, but the work place he created for himself could not have been more inward looking.
A small hut at the end of his garden. A favorite old comfy chair, surrounded by eclectic artifacts of personal significance. A window blocked to prevent the outside world from getting in. A single bar heater to warm his feet when it was cold. No one ever allowed in to tidy or clean.
Are our work spaces about how we’d like other people to perceive us? Or how we’d like to perceive ourselves?
Roald Dahl was a creator who understood how to be as effective as possible by creating a place of simple truth. We could all take a leaf out of his beautifully imaginative books.