Tuesday, August 14, 2018

How to Be Successful Working from Home


When people hear working from home, the picture that first comes to mind is sleeping in late, lazing around the house in pyjamas and hot pants, home cooked meals at leisure and flipping the channels to catch up with the latest series any time you are bored with work. On the contrary working from home and succeeding at it is not for the faint hearted.
It is has its perks (being your own boss, determining the volume of work, working whenever you like, minimal human contact, flexibility to connect with your core values among others) but needs laser sharp focus and utmost professionalism.
For productivity when working from home, you should draw a fine line between work and home life. When this line gets blurred nothing much will be achieved making the whole idea a flop. The excitement and enthusiasm you started your work-at-home journey with should carry on every day. Otherwise your journey will lead you back to the office.
When one day you take a plunge and decide to convert one room in your house to an office, here are some pointer guaranteed to make your quest a success if only you follow them.
You should be organised
Falling prey to distractions while working from home is very easy. To make deliberate concentrated efforts that will lead to success you will need to get organised by creating a schedule to follow on a daily basis.  It will help you to be consistent with business hours and help you strike a life-work balance.  Another key importance of a routine is that it helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses. Through a routine you can set up your optimum working hours. These are hours when you are most productive. You can schedule your less productive hours for something else other than work.
A schedule will help you handle each project at a time eliminating any chance of multitasking. Handling many project at the same time will burn you out.
You should have a designated work station
This could be an extra room or an idle space that you convert to your work station. When you are working from home any place you chose to work from is ideal so long as you focus. However having a designated work station where you can store your files, stationary and reference materials is paramount for success. It makes work flow easy in case you have to follow up on old projects or researching for new ones. The location of the work station is also crucial. It should mimic a true working environment free from the television, pets, family members and any other kind of distraction.
You should be computer savvy.
Familiarize yourself with the latest technology. You will have minimal physical contact you’re your colleagues or clients. Since most of the time you will be using your computer for communication and to carry out most of your tasks, you should have ample knowledge on computers. You should know the necessary soft wares needed in your line of work and be able to use the mediums of technology that are available for online communication. You should be abreast with basic computer troubleshooting to so as to be able to keep your computer running smoothly and be able to bring it back up in short time frames in case of minor break downs.
Polish Your Communication Skills
Phone and e-mail etiquette are crucial for the success of any business. Businesses conducted from home are no exception. In fact people working from home should have A grade communication skills considering most of the time they will be communicating remotely with clients and colleagues. This means that you will not enjoy the visual and verbal cues that help to guide communication hen engaging people physically. Phone calls and face time on Skype have helped to ease communication but do not match one-on-one communication.  Good communication skill will help to communicate exactly what you mean Cleary and concisely.
Remember to take breaks.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Working from home comes with some comfort . This might tempt you to work all day nonstop. As you create your structure to work from home include breaks in your schedule. Even in offices people take breaks. Working nonstop will make you exhausted and end up not achieving anything. Work in small spurts and take breaks in between to refresh. Set realistic goals for each spurt and you will make enormous stride over all.
Limit the number of times you check your emails.
When working from home you are alone. You figure out most staff by yourself. There are no colleagues sited next to you for consultation. This might make you feel disconnected and left out. You end up checking your mails every so often to make sure you are in the loop. This is a distraction too. You end up wasting a lot of time cumulative. This time could have been channelled on important tasks or projects.


Woking from home is no easy feat. Succeeding or failing depend purely on the individual’s discipline and independence when it comes to administrative issues. It might take you time to garner up the discipline to set up a structure for your home office and follow it but it is definitely worth it.  Those who have kept focus and have succeeded at working from home would never dream of going back to the office setting.

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