Jennifer Sorentrue: "Coffee shops, book stores serve as offices for self-employed"

A societal shift is occurring when it comes to the "office" and has been for a few years now. An interesting read; here is an excerpt:

     Small business owner Vanessa Calas commutes from her Wellington home most days to work in downtown West Palm Beach.
     But when Calas hops in her car, she isn’t headed to an office on Clematis Street. Instead, Calas, a marketing and public relations consultant for a start-up businesses, likes to run her company from a select group of downtown coffee shops and restaurants. [emphasis added]
     “I just love the people there, and I get really distracted at home,” Calas said. “I really like working in public places. The noise and everything, it forces you to really zone in. When you have that, you can get more done then if you are in a room all by yourself just kind of staring off in space.”

A reader of my blog forwarded me this story along with some insightful observations. Would encourage everyone to read this reporters article and challenge your own biases of how work is done and, more importantly, where. Everyone is different and some would suggest not being able to work in an office is a lack of discipline or focus. Try that argument on a Millennial at Starbucks who is already at work while you're grabbing coffee on your way to 'work'.