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The key reason members of both sexes fail to adjust to operating remotely is they don’t see the criticality of having first class organisation and sustainable self management.

I have been working remotely for over seven years since I first unearthed Quickbooks online an ‘on demand’ small business accounting software service and was struck by the fact that if you can perform accounting online then why shouldn’t you be able to perform other important types of work remotely?

Whilst working remotely has substantial gains there are numerous mistakes that people make which turn into problems that result in decreased productivity and reduced morale. The number one reason for reductions in effectiveness in remote workers is disruption and it is a confirmed and well publicised fact that it can take a person up to twenty minutes to establish their original output level after experiencing an interruption.

Deeper insights reveal that individuals who are regularly experience distractions are more likely to suffer from lower memory power and are prone to developing mental health issues in later life. We live in an over communicated time and it is important that you are aware of the issues this causes before you start working remotely. When working remotely you should do everything possible to reduce the jeopardy of being disrupted.

Here are my most important tips:

1, Get a consistent schedule, tell everyone about it and obsessively maintain it!

Good examples are a fixed time of day when you read or write and send electronic mail and make or receive telephone conversatiions. Before I began working remotely I used to receive up to 200 e-mails in 24 hours. Now I think I am unfortunate if I get in excess of four. To start over with my e-mail experience I altered my e-mail address and vigorously took precautions to shield the details being made available to anyone. I then made sure every party who I gave my e-mail address to, to use it prudently. I also set up an automatic response that swiftly told anyone sending me mail my schedule for attending to mail and if someone should have my urgent attention to mark it as ‘Urgent’.

2. Get rid of alerts.

Turn off every function that can send you a perceptible alert. This includes portable and
conventional telephones and types of alerts from e-mail such as on screen pop ups, warning sounds, display changes to your inbox list and of course facing a window. Get a door on your study 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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