Obviously not everybody is able to work remotely as there are some types of work that require us to go to their employers premises or travel to perform their tasks in person. But for those of us have the chance to work remotely then I thought it would be useful to share my experiences and offer some practical wisdom by putting it online with the sole objective of providing helpful timesavers for adapting to remote working or supervising remote workers.
I can tell you that there are groups of so called ’experts’ out there who will try and get you to buy videos for enormous sums of cash, take my word for it you don’t have to do this.
I am privileged to be allowed to work wherever I choose and just about everybody who asks me what work I do wants to get an idea of how I manage to work remotely. Don’t get me wrong here I am still refining the science of remote working as all of the time I find persons on the web who teach me new methods and I am always uncovering new packages and ways that make my life easier and make me more effective.
Over the past 7 years I have substantially adapted my working processes to enable me to do just about all of my work remotely with a collection of web tools and solid self discipline. One late night whilst browsing the web I came across Quickbooks online and this got me thinking about what just might be possible. The encounter with ’hosted’ ‘on demand’ small business accounting software was the turning point for me and the start of my ‘remote working journey’.
I must inform you up front that efficiently working remotely is as much about the software as it is about self management. Working remotely also means getting across to your colleagues, supervisors and clients as to what they can expect and how they will interact with you.
In ‘Remote Working Part 2 – Why self discipline is important’ I write about how to focus.
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