Remote Working Part 1 – Overview
Obviously not everyone is able to work remotely as lots of careers require individuals to be at their place of work or travel to undertake their tasks in person. But for those of us who can or want to work remotely then I thought it would be useful to share my experiences and give some practical guidance by writing and publishing it on the Internet in the hope that I could give others useful timesavers for adapting to remote working or supervising remote workers.
I must tell you you that there are a lot of people on the net who will try and persuade you to purchase online education for vast sums of money, believe me you don’t have to do this.
I am blessed to be permitted to work in whatever location I choose and just about everybody who asks me what I do for a living wants to get details of how I manage to work remotely. Don’t be mislead here I am still learning about the art of remote working as each day I find tribes on the net who tell me about new knowledge and I am always finding new technologies and methods that make my life simpler and make me more efficient.
Throughout the past seven years I have steadily adapted my working processes to allow me to do the majority of my work remotely with a box of web tools and unfaltering self management. One day whilst searching the net I uncovered Quickbooks online and this made me think about what just might be possible. The encounter with web based ‘on demand’ small business accounting software was the turning point for me and the beginning of my ‘remote working experience.
I want to inform 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 colleagues, supervisors and clients as to what they can expect and how they will keep in touch with you.
In ‘Remote Working Part 2 – The art of working smarter ‘ I show you how to focus.
