Obviously not everybody can work remotely as some vocations require people to be at their place of work or travel to undertake their work face to face. But for those of us given the opportunity to work remotely then I thought it would be useful to share what I have learned and present some practical wisdom by distributing it on the web in the hope that I could give others valuable advice for adapting to remote working or supervising remote workers.
I can tell you that there are a lot of self proclaimed ‘gurus’ on the net who will try and sell you e-books for significant sums of cash, trust me you don’t have to do this.
I am fortunate to be able to work in whatever location I choose and just about everyone who asks me what I do for a living wants to get an idea of how I am able to work remotely. Don’t be mislead here I am still perfecting the art of remote working as all of the time I bump into individuals online who teach me new tricks and I am repeatedly discovering new systems and approaches that make my life easier and make me more effective.
Over the past 7 years I have slowly but surely adapted my working processes to enable me to do most of my work remotely with a mixture of online tools and solid self discipline. One day whilst exploring the Internet I discovered Quickbooks online and this brought to my attention what just might be possible. The encounter with ’cloud’ based ‘on demand’ small business accounting software was a ‘light bulb’ moment for me and the launch pad of my ‘remote working journey’.
I want to say up front that successfully working remotely is as much about the software as it is about self management. Working remotely also means getting across to your team members, supervisors and customers 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.
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