Remote Working Part 1 – Start here
Obviously not everyone is allowed to work remotely as many types of employment require people to consistently attend their employers premises or travel to perform their work face to face. But for those of us given the opportunity to work remotely then I thought it would be useful to share what I have learned and offer some practical guidance by distributing it online with the sole objective of providing useful advice for adapting to remote working or supervising remote workers.
I should warn you that there are a substantial number of self proclaimed ‘gurus’ on the Internet who will try and get you to buy videos for preposterous sums of cash, take my word for it you don’t need to do this.
I am privileged to be allowed to work anywhere I choose and just about everyone who asks me what I do for a living wants to get details of how I manage to work remotely. Don’t get me wrong here I am still perfecting the art of remote working as each day I discover folks on the Internet who teach me new knowledge and I am always coming across new tools and approaches that make my life simpler and make me more efficient.
During the past seven years I have steadily adapted my working processes to enable me to do just about all of my work remotely with a collection of internet tools and robust self discipline. One day whilst searching the Internet I found Quickbooks online and this opened my eyes to what just might be possible. My discovery of online ‘on demand’ small business accounting software was inspiration for me and the launch pad of my ‘remote working history.
I have to tell you up front that successfully working remotely is as much about the software as it is about self discipline. Working remotely also means educating your co-workers, managers and clients as to what they can expect and how they will interact with you.
In ‘Remote Working Part 2 – Things you should know about managing yourself’ I discuss how to focus.
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