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Professionals who spend some or all of their time working from home have a challenge unique to their office setting – their families. I don’t just mean those with spouses or children, I mean all work-at-home professionals. No matter how often you say, “not right now honey, I’m busy,” the interruptions are constant and endless.

Sudden inexplicable tension has only a 50::50 chance of being about the situation taking place. Chances are great that the person escalating the situation is upset about something else.

The only thing worse than getting too much feedback about our performance and behavior is getting none at all. For the indepndent professional who lacks a feedback partner – or the senior executive who has become insulated from feedback – here are a few tips to help you put some feedback back into your day.

First of all, this blog maintenance thing requires a lot of discipline. I don’t know how people do it every day, and sometimes I manage to forget all about it until I get an email telling me there’s a comment posted.
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