Hey guys,
I just wrote this quick article to help people that are beginning to work at home so
they can have a clearer picture of what is required to make a living with home office.
Hope this can be of use in your online journey!!
So let's get started!
1. First Step: Unleash the BOSS Within
This is one of the hard things about working on your own. Sometimes
we only have the discipline to accomplish something when we are under
external pressure. But do we have the sense of obligation required to work on
our own? This will be put to proff once you start working at home full-time.
You will understand that working at home is not as easy as it may seem, in
fact it will require that you change a lot the way you used to work before.
Working for yourself means you have to be your own boss, and that can be
translated as a lot of discipline and sense of obligation.
2. Watch Your Posture
People that spend long hours in front of a computer tend to disregard
the importance of a good posture. Aside from obvious physical and health
problems related to bad posture, your productivity and brain performance
are also highly affected.
It is known that a bad posture makes you lazy, and sitting for long
periods of time in an unconfortable chair can lead you to get tired
faster, thus leading to a negative impact on your productivity. Consider
buying a better chair or ergonomic input peripherals if you feel you're
not working in a comfortable way.
3. Limit Your Distraction
Distraction can be good to clear your mind after a lot of work, but
don't let it become too often, or else you can lose track of time. Try
to set small goals daily, so that you have a way to measure how much
distraction is impacting your work.
4. Go out for a while
Don't let yourself get overwhelmed and drained by your work, even if
you work at home. If you don't take care, that can be as overwhelming as
working for any big corporation out there with bad bosses. In the long term,
your productivity is related to discipline and organization, not overworking.
5. Increase Your Focus
If you can't get a quiet place to work, try the best you can to reduce
noise around you. You can try to use headphones, for exemple, with a nice
relaxing music, or something that could increase your focus, like binaural
beats. Always keep in mind that focus = productivity = money.
6. Combat Imediatism
Always try to think in the long term. That's a rule that applies
for most things in life and it's not different for home office. You will
need to develop your skills and improve your efficiency to get higher income.
Don't give up on jobs just because they are not paying what you expected
at first, just continue improving instead and try to aim for possibilities
in the future.
7. Turn Daily Failures into Stepping Stones
Failure is just a step towards success.. so, as insane as this may sound,
you could actually get very far if you let yourself fail more often. That
way, you will learn faster about what mistakes not to commit and thus your
path to success will become clearer.
I just wrote this quick article to help people that are beginning to work at home so
they can have a clearer picture of what is required to make a living with home office.
Hope this can be of use in your online journey!!
So let's get started!
1. First Step: Unleash the BOSS Within
This is one of the hard things about working on your own. Sometimes
we only have the discipline to accomplish something when we are under
external pressure. But do we have the sense of obligation required to work on
our own? This will be put to proff once you start working at home full-time.
You will understand that working at home is not as easy as it may seem, in
fact it will require that you change a lot the way you used to work before.
Working for yourself means you have to be your own boss, and that can be
translated as a lot of discipline and sense of obligation.
2. Watch Your Posture
People that spend long hours in front of a computer tend to disregard
the importance of a good posture. Aside from obvious physical and health
problems related to bad posture, your productivity and brain performance
are also highly affected.
It is known that a bad posture makes you lazy, and sitting for long
periods of time in an unconfortable chair can lead you to get tired
faster, thus leading to a negative impact on your productivity. Consider
buying a better chair or ergonomic input peripherals if you feel you're
not working in a comfortable way.
3. Limit Your Distraction
Distraction can be good to clear your mind after a lot of work, but
don't let it become too often, or else you can lose track of time. Try
to set small goals daily, so that you have a way to measure how much
distraction is impacting your work.
4. Go out for a while
Don't let yourself get overwhelmed and drained by your work, even if
you work at home. If you don't take care, that can be as overwhelming as
working for any big corporation out there with bad bosses. In the long term,
your productivity is related to discipline and organization, not overworking.
5. Increase Your Focus
If you can't get a quiet place to work, try the best you can to reduce
noise around you. You can try to use headphones, for exemple, with a nice
relaxing music, or something that could increase your focus, like binaural
beats. Always keep in mind that focus = productivity = money.
6. Combat Imediatism
Always try to think in the long term. That's a rule that applies
for most things in life and it's not different for home office. You will
need to develop your skills and improve your efficiency to get higher income.
Don't give up on jobs just because they are not paying what you expected
at first, just continue improving instead and try to aim for possibilities
in the future.
7. Turn Daily Failures into Stepping Stones
Failure is just a step towards success.. so, as insane as this may sound,
you could actually get very far if you let yourself fail more often. That
way, you will learn faster about what mistakes not to commit and thus your
path to success will become clearer.
