Remote Working Part 2 – Tips on self management
The key reason workers fail to succeed at working remotely is they fail to recognise the need for high-quality organisation and solid self management.
I have been operating remotely for almost a decade since I first discovered Quickbooks online an ‘on demand’ small business accounting software online system and was mesmerised by the fact that if you can perform accounting on the Internet then why shouldn’t it be workable to perform other key types of of work remotely?
Whilst working remotely has substantial gains there are numerous traps that people easily fall into which turn into problems that cause reduced work output and reduced morale. The top reason for reductions in productivity in remote professionals is interruption and it is a confirmed and well known fact that it can take a person up to twenty minutes to return to their original productivity level after experiencing a distraction.
Studies also show that persons who are regularly experience interruptions are more likely to be susceptible to lower memory ability and are prone to developing mental health trouble in old age. We live in an over communicated time and it is essential that you are aware of the problems this causes before you decide to work remotely. Whilst operating remotely you should do everything feasible to eradicate the jeopardy of being disturbed.
Here are things that really do work:
1, Get a habit, communicate it to absolutely everyone and rigidly adhere to it!
Good examples are a consistent time of day when you review or write and send electronic mail and make or will accept telephone calls. Before I began working remotely I used to get nearly 200 electronic mails every 24 hours. Now I think I am unfortunate if I receive greater than four. To ’reset’ my e-mail experience I modified my e-mail address and tenaciously took steps to protect the details being made available to anyone. I then made sure every individual who I gave my e-mail address to, to use it with special care. I also created an automatic reply that swiftly told anyone sending me mail my schedule for attending to mail and if an e-mail needed my immediate awareness to mark it as ‘Urgent’.
2. Get rid of alerts.
Disable every possible mechanism that can send you a interruption. This includes portable and
conventional phones and types of alerts from e-mail such as visual alerts, audible warnings, screen changes to your inbox folder and of course facing a window. Get a door on your work place and put up a ‘do not disturb’ sign on it.
In ‘Remote Working Part 3 – Top tools and tricks’ I will reveal my favourite tools and software.
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