Have you ever sat down to your desk and felt un-inspired?

Desks are not only places to carry out repetitive, mundane tasks...they are places to develop and nurture your genius.

No doubt your office should reflect you and support your genius.

From Martha Stewart's clean white office to Al Gore's stacks of books, papers and monument to monitors, our offices reflect us and how we create our genius.

Despite what works in a company environment, there must be different rules for the home. The first rule for getting the most accomplished—and stealing the least amount of time from family—is to get your own work space. If that means converting your garage to an office and parking your car on the street, then it’s a necessary compromise if you’re going to successfully work from home. If you have no space to set aside, it doesn’t mean you can’t work from home, but be prepared for a more difficult experience.

Many set up offices in a basement, over the garage, or right off the living room, but one thing productive offices have in common is closed space. Though some share space with a spouse or work from the family couch, the consensus is that it takes a quiet place, cut off from the world, to do one’s best work.