Group Tasks Together Divide your day into similar activities. Make all phone calls in morning and work on important tasks. Do errands later in afternoon after lunch-time rush or when you go to pick up kids.

Learn How to Say NO! Inform your family and friends of your working hours and that because you're working from home doesn't mean you're 'available'.

Take Time Out for You It can be easy to lose yourself in your work. Take time to smell roses…and make human contact.

The Final Word Not everyone can work from home successfully. Some need daily discipline and people interaction encountered in office. However, for many others, being able to work from home has greatly improved their productivity and enhanced their lifestyle. They have more flexibility, more time and opportunity to work much more effectively without all usual distractions encountered in traditional office environment.

Lorraine Pirihi is Australia's Personal Productivity Specialist and Leading Life Coach. Her business The Office Organiser specialises in showing small business owners and managers, how to get organised at work so they can have a life! Lorraine is also a dynamic speaker and has produced many products including "How to Survive and Thrive at Work!"

To subscribe to her free ezine visit www.office-organiser.com.au

4) Chunk up - If you can't figure out how to achieve your goal, try looking at bigger picture. If your goal is to earn $10,000 this month and you can't figure out how, think bigger - maybe you want $10K because you want to earn six figures this year. Then start to brainstorm ways of earning six figures. Don't get so caught up on your problem that you lose sight of bigger picture.

5) Chunk down - The opposite of chunking up. Think in terms of smaller details. Continuing with $10K example, if you can't think of how to earn $10,000 this month, can you think of ways to earn $333 per day? Maybe, but even if you can't it gets mind working in a new way.

6) Take a REAL Break - Stop working on problem for a bit and let your subconscious work on it. This requires two things. First, you need to actually give your mind a break and recharge. Switching from thinking about one problem to another will not do it. Get away from problem an your work, even if for only five minutes. Second, make sure you are not dwelling on problem. Taking a walk to get away from work is great, but if you continue to mull over problem your not really giving your mind a break from it.

7) Move - Get blood flowing! Exercise, walk, run, stretch, whatever. Be it from blood flow, endorphins, or a change in focus, physical movement enhances creativity. I do some of my best thinking while shooting baskets. Find out what works for you and do it.

There are many different techniques you can use to solve a problem. Try few above to start, and then come up with your own. Use them well, and watch yourself create new and exciting solutions faster than ever.