hyperconnected yet saturated, it's time to get down to work and be effective working from home ...
magazine Entrepreneur has published its last edition a note dedicated to all those who work from home and gives us some tips on how to be efficient in this task by generating a real office environment by dividing the work and leisure:
"Working from home is hard work"
Some guidelines to help you work from home efficiently and where pajamas are not allowed.
For many the home office sounds like a great fantasy work.
able to work in pajamas, spending more time with family, and can schedule their own time might actually be better?
But unfortunately all these images are just that - fantasy .
When the line between home and work things can be diluted a bit complicated. There are certain obstacles that make working from home is a more difficult task than initially thought, and generally requires a lot of discipline to ensure a better job than being in the office.
Luckily we found some recommendations that can help to accomplish this.
consulted some experts and through the testimony of self-employed
first thing to clarify that working from home is not available to everyone.
They must have some personality traits to be aware of:
Would you accountable to others? Having trouble putting your Blackberry under the table at the end of the day? Do you doubt on prospering in professional interaction?
The bad news for him is that features like these can mean you are not a great candidate to work from home.
most important thing in this is: "Be self-motivated" . Some people just need someone to push them to work or to make sure they are not distracted.
According Jeff Erickson, marketing consultant online workers, advises: "This is a difficult task to do on your own"
A well should know that you must first make a self-evaluation before committing to the idea of \u200b\u200ba home office.
The environment should be as follows: you need a desk, a door, and enterprise-quality materials. Since the creation of a professional quality work is crucial.
If you have a real office with a desktop solution gives no putting it in the living room or kitchen, it does not provide separation and the comfort you need for this to work.
Erickson suggests having a laptop (notebook or netbook), printer, office supplies, high speed internet, good lighting, etc..
A separate room is ideal, since in particular, helps create a sense of separation so it is easier to go home at day's end. " Says Kate Lister , co-author of "undress for success - The naked truth of making money at home" .
And it is very important that you "get along with technology" adds Lister: You are your own IT person now - not having the latest business tools could be put at a disadvantage .
Of course your home office should be a place where you expect go and where you enjoy spending time.
Treat your home office as a "real" office and really interact professionally in the office.
Erickson offers a daily routine: wake up at a time relatively early, eat breakfast, shower, dress and go to your home office. Stay out of Facebook or other social networking sites not impresindible are recommended except for lunch.
At the end of the day like a working day, to do what you do after work, go get the kids to school, go to the gym, training in any Institution, out of happy hour or whatever.
The end result is to create a routine for your day. also diminish the level of distraction, working efficiently and allow a clear demarcation between work and play.
Easier said than done, of course, but doing so should be a priority.
Keep separate: work and personal life .
Distraction can be a major obstacle when attempting to work from home because if this becomes a habit, productivity repid fall apart.
is very important to note that one of the greatest difficulties in working from home is too much work and this is a great challenge for personal reasons.
Some solutions?
A person interviewed for his book Lister told him that at the end of the day, take your car to drive around the block and then at night goes home to continue their routine.
Ken Sheridan, CEO and co-founder of distant employment, advice: Establish rules that may help:
- Do not talk about work when your notebook is turned off.
- No talk of work elsewhere in your home where the family lives.
- No work-chat in this range. Recommendation
especially for those who have children at home:
It's a bit difficult to build an effective office at home for people who have children, but not impossible.
can help children have to understand what it means to work at home.
Narrow spaces, teach them to be silent when it comes to the phone and they hit the door into the office, etc..
sooner the educated avoid future problems, says Erickson .
A source offers this solution: Put a sign on the office door to make them know right away when they enter. Especially for younger children use the color-identification where green to enter, "red" Do Not Disturb .
teach all about these habits from a young age to avoid a disability.
important thing of all is to understand that if you work outside the home does not have the opportunity to have deep personal connections that you can do when working with the same people every day. That physical distance may also result in mental isolation, and may affect the extent of stifling innovation and quality of their work.
"Do not waste your external orientation" . Get out and stay in touch with people and nature. Also look for advice, according to Sheridan
Making a real effort not to become, in a figurative sense, a hermit.
Because you're out of sight should not neglect their personal appearance and social for meetings with customers, partners and other partners, says Lister .
Anecdotally, Erickson recalled that he once had to have a one-hour meeting with a client who also works at home, easily done by phone, and because after being 40 years surrounded by people at work, social interaction lacked and desperately needed to leave the house.
Then Sheridan provides us with some recommendations:
- not underprice because he works from home.
- not underprice because he works from home.
- Keep your products shown.
- Never overload of hours to compensate for the exits.
- Know when to expand your business is not considered to be forever young.
- Keep your other interests, motivated but not boring.
According Lister: Common sense suggests that if you work at home is advisable to maintain a certain behavior to excess food or drink as it would be unhealthy option.
Finally, if we take into account this advice is certainly primed for success. The rest is up to you.
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