By Mi-Ling Stone Poole –<\/p>\n
Recently, I interviewed Marsha Haygood, one of the authors of “The Little Black Book of Success: <\/b>Laws of Leadership for Black Women.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haygood is president and founder of Step Wise Associates, a career and personal development consultancy in New York.<\/p>\n
Before starting her company, she worked as a human resources executive at New Line Cinema, a division of Time Warner, and at Orion Pictures.<\/p>\n
Haygood told me that she had two home offices, one in New York and one in Florida. I asked her to describe them for me.<\/p>\n
Q: You\u2019re fortunate to have two home offices. How does your New York office differ from your Florida office, from a lifestyle perspective?<\/p>\n
A: The New York place is an apartment and is comfortable but smaller. It is however right next to the Hudson River, so I can look out and see water.<\/p>\n
The Florida office is a large room. The entire room was custom built, and there is more than enough cabinets and space for everything.<\/p>\n
Q: What colors did you select for each office?<\/p>\n
A: The New York office has cream-colored walls, a black desk, bookcase and file cabinets.<\/p>\n
The Florida office has yellow walls, custom wood cabinets and a bookcase. The green desktop compliments the small sofa. I have a small cork bulletin board in this office as well as a fairly large vision board, inspired by “The Secret.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: What advice can you offer on how to organize a work space?<\/p>\n
A: I think that the best advice that I could offer is to keep everything that you need close so that your thoughts are not interrupted when you need something.<\/p>\n
Marsha and her co-authors included MAMAisms at the end of each chapter in their book. These life lessons given to children from their mothers, grandmothers or other family members served as a moral code to living life.<\/p>\n
When asked what her favorite MAMAism was in reference to the design of her home offices, Haygood replied, “Positive energy yields a positive attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n
Do you have tips for organizing your home office?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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