Work alone or from home? (article)

Work alone or from home?
How to “have a party” while working

By Kaare Bøje

These guidelines are for the people who work mainly at computers during their workday, but the rules can also be used by all who work alone or from home. Although most of the things are quite obvious, people tend to forget them. Be confident in yourself and try not to lose control.

One of the things I’ve taught myself is to work smart – not hard. If you work too hard you will never get to see anything else than the inside of your home/office, and we can’t have that. Working smart is not about taking advantage of other people or cheating yourself. It’s optimizing your daily work life, and getting more spare time.

How do you keep yourself motivated? Is this what you really want? Can you take the pressure? Is the relationship between you and work based upon passion??
So many questions and even more answers, and that’s why I’ve created this article series, as I really couldn’t find some basic guidelines about working alone which suited me.

Read the 10 guidelines here:
http://blog.nordicadmedia.com/wordpress/2011/02/04/work-alone-or-from-home/

 

i have checked the site and the information provided is quite valuable, thanks for sharing.

 

The only point that's missing is that your need a lot of caffeine intake. Coffee is must.

 

@faheem - thanks a lot

@ekushey, hmmm, somehow you're right

 

I've high blood pressure and my doc has asked me not to take coffee but I can't work without it. I'm allowed to have Tea but it doesn't help much.

 

Tea has nothing to do with coffee!!

 

Both are sources of caffeine.

 

Try chocolate, it's the tastiest source of caffeine.

 

After reading this article, I found it that I am already working with same strategy.

 

Yea it can be quiet exhausting working the whole day.

 

Seriously the way you have portrayed the most important points in the article are really appreciable. Thanks for the article, it was a great read. Above all, the conclusion is I can get these points in my strategy too and implement them accordingly.

 

Thanks for sharing. It's a very valid strategy to success when working from home.

 

THis is an excellent article, short and sweet but to the point on the key things for home workers. My biggest issue is staying focused and not getting distracted by the email coming in from what is now about 5 different sources (including social media messages).

One addition to this list... if you work at home, invest in a really expensive office chair... it's worth it.

 

I love chocolates, but they ridiculously overpriced here in Bangladesh since the import tax is too high.

 

I love working from home

Motivation
Being free
And earning more money then any possible job ...

 

I would add #11) Shut your door.

I've worked from home for years, and family and friends always seem to think that means I don't work. The blurring between home and work can be difficult, but I would never trade it to go commute to an office.

 

Thanks you all for the nice comments

I'm currently writing on the first guide and I hope it will be available end februrary.