Remote Working Part 1 – The Rough Guide – Summary
Obviously not all of us can work remotely as lots of careers require employees to consistently attend their office or travel to undertake their work face to face. But for those of us who can or want to work remotely then I thought it would be useful to share my experiences and offer some practical advice by writing and publishing it on the net in the hope that I could give others valuable advice for adapting to remote working or supervising remote workers.
I can tell you that there are a lot of so called ’experts’ out there who will try and make you purchase e-books for enormous sums of money, believe me you don’t need to do this.
I am lucky enough to be able to work anywhere I choose and just about everyone who asks me what I do for a living wants to understand how I am able to work remotely. Don’t be fooled here I am still perfecting the art of remote working as each day I encounter persons on the Internet who show me new ways and I am always coming across new technologies and processes that make my life simpler and make me more efficient.
Over the past 7 years I have steadily adapted my working processes to let me to do all of my work remotely with a kit of online tools and unfaltering self discipline. One lunchtime whilst searching the net I uncovered Quickbooks online and this brought to my attention what just might be possible. The encounter with online ‘on demand’ small business accounting software was the turning point for me and the beginning of my ‘remote working experience.
I have to tell you up front that effectively working remotely is as much about the software as it is about self discipline. Working remotely also means imparting to your colleagues, supervisors and customers as to what they can expect and how they will stay in touch with you.
In ‘Remote Working Part 2 – Self discipline essentials’ I discuss how to focus.
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