How to Work
At Home Effectively
Most of the suggestions below use
external means to keep you working, instead of going down the willpower
track, which is fraught with effort!
1. Have deadlines with a
consequence.
Ouch. When one HAS to get something
done, they usually do.
2. Have a buddy,
colleague, coach or staff members who keep you focused.
Rely on others to help you stay focused
and productive.
3. If you don't love what
you do, change it so that you do.
Then, you don't need to TRY to stay
focused, because you'll naturally be.
4. Develop a
schedule/routine, or not.
Some folks work better with a schedule,
others don't. Get to know YOUR style and preference, which by the way,
may change with the seasons.
5. Train your family
members what work time means.
Lock the home office door if that
doesn't work.
6. Make your home office
absolutely perfect.
A great home office will naturally keep
you focused.
7. Keep your
beverages/snacks close at hand.
If you leave your home office to go to
the frig, you may get distracted by what's going on in the rest of your
house.
8. Set daily goals.
And time line your day, if that works
for you.
9. Get off to a great
start for the day.
Whether it's a walk, or time with the
paper, or a cup of coffee or tea, have your rising/getting started
routine something that you genuinely like!
10. Have something
interesting/exciting to work on for the next day.
The afternoon/night before, have
something you're looking forward to working for the next day. This will
get you into the home office. If you don't have something exciting to
work on the next day, invent something that is exciting.
Food For Thought
The biggest obstacle standing between
you and anything you want, is your lack of belief that you can have
it. Once you truly believe it is possible, once you can see yourself
doing it or being it or having it, the rest is just details. With
belief, plus the commitment to follow through and do whatever it
takes, anything can be yours.
Everything you need to get there is available to you, when you believe
and when you commit to getting there. Know that you can do it. Nothing
can hold you back once you have belief and commitment. You will find a
way. You can. Do it.
Pleasure is a matter of conditioning. A teenager
smoking her first cigarette doesn't enjoy it at all. She's almost
certainly doing it to "fit in" and it probably even makes her a little
sick. After a while, though, she likes it so much she finds it hard to
quit.
Strategy for achieving your success: Choose the pleasures that move
you toward your goals.
For example, there is just as much potential for pleasure in jogging 2
miles as there is in eating a bag of potato chips. The person who is
trying to get in top physical shape would be well advised to find his
pleasure in the jogging rather than the chips. Just like everything
else in your world, your pleasures are under your control. Use them to
your advantage.
What is it that you truly want to do? You can do it. Realize that you
are as capable as any person. See yourself doing it. Touch it. Hear
it. Taste it. Walk inside of it. Drive around in it. Believe in it and
believe that it is yours. |
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