"To help you tackle the specific work issues you’re likely to face, we tapped three work-from-home experts for their tips on how to maximize four key areas of home-based office life so you can boost productivity and success.

"Just as your home is, in some sense, a reflection of you, a company’s office says a lot about its culture.

"The ancient Stoic philosophers are often dismissed as joyless and boring intellectuals.

"Tal Ben-Shahar [photo, left] taught the most popular class at Harvard University — and it was all about happiness.

"In most organizations, continuous learning and self-improvement isn’t a formal requirement, but it’s one of the top unwritten ones.

"We all know a few people — probably just a few, actually — who win over everyone they meet.

"So here's what I want you to do: Challenge yourself to learn something new every day.

Jessica Stillman writes about the ideas on the subject developed by Benjamin Hardy.

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"Being more productive is about working smarter, not harder, and making the most of each day.

"Do your coworkers or boss show signs that they secretly hate you?

"What the CEO of a cyber security firm has learned from fighting the bad guys.

"Wharton operations, information and decisions professor Senthil Veeraraghavan [photo, left] has made it his business to help businesses figure out how to improve their outcomes with adjustable pricing models – without jeopardizing their relationships with customers.

"Just about every industry is undergoing some level of digital disruption, and the transformation is only in its infancy, according to McKinsey Digital global leader Paul Willmott, and Jay Scanlan, leader of McKinsey’s Digital Strategy Practice.

Aaron Orendorff (photo, left) has some tips.

"Want to boost your productivity?

"In his book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, author and productivity Guru David Allen discusses his “next-action technique,” which basically involves taking action with one task to empower you to get to the next task.

"Here are the top 10 network security challenges faced by small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in 2015 and tips to address them.

John Eades (photo, left) offers his 10 signs at LinkedIn.

"Barbara Pachter provides advice on how to properly act in business and social settings in The Essentials of Business Etiquette: How to Greet, Eat, and Tweet Your Way to Success.

"Our parents warned us about it, but it’s hard to understand until you experience it first hand: as you get older, time seems to fly.

"The title of Karen Friedman’s most recent book isn’t exactly subtle.

"Straightening my office bookshelf this weekend, I found a news clipping I had saved because of its wise words from advice columnist Carolyn Hax.

"In his book The Virgin Way, Richard Branson reveals that he loathes speaking in public.

Dann Albright reports at MakeUseOf.