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Here is an extract from an excellent article written by Gary Ryan who is the founder of Organisations That Matter, a boutique consulting firm in Melbourne, Australia. Gary Ryan shares 15 lessons for successfully working from home.
February 2007 was when I first started working from home. At the time I had three children aged seven, four and two. Later that year my fourth child was born, and another was born in September 2010.
Since then, I have continued to work from home as my wife and I have raised our five children and I have successfully operated my business. I’ve learned what works, and what doesn’t work and below are 15 lessons for successfully working from home.
A MINDSET SHIFT IS REQUIRED
Successfully working from home requires a significant mindset shift.
Before working from home, I believed I was productive. I believed that I used my time effectively and produced great results. My career has been a journey of constant progression, so I have every right to believe that I was, in fact, highly productive.
Working from home taught me that my capacity for productivity was at least three times higher than I had previously thought it was.
However, having a young family meant that I had to completely re-think my mindset about what I thought constituted a “work-day”.
I also had to re-think how I thought about the interaction between ‘personal time’ and ‘professional time’. The change in my thinking is reflected in the 15 lessons below.
As you read each of these tips, expect to be challenged, curious and possibly uncomfortable as they challenge your thinking. Ultimately, focus on practical outcomes that match your current circumstances.
TIP#1: PRIVACY
As much as is practical, create a private space in which to work. If you can shut a door to your workspace, then shut it. Teach young children and adults to knock before they enter. Put effort into this training as it pays off over time. Believe me, with five children; this practice has paid off many times over.
TIP#2: REMOVE DISTRACTION FROM YOUR WORKSPACE
One of the advantages of working from home is that you can control the distractions that reduce your brains ‘bandwidth’, which in turn, reduce your productivity. Even if you think that you work better with background noises, turn off your television and don’t play music. If you have very young children, this allows you to have an “ear out” for them, so you can hear them when they call for you. If you have a baby or toddler, then a baby monitor is an allowable caveat to this practice.
TIP#3: MESSY OR CLEAN DESK?
Einstein is rumoured to have said, “If a messy desk indicates a messy mind, what then, of an empty desk?”
Pictures of Einstein indicate that he was a messy desk person. Personally, that’s my excuse, and I’m sticking to it!
While being a messy-desk person is more how I tend to operate, the fact is, one principle from clean-desk people that works, is only to have the file (or priority) that you are currently working on, open on your desk. This behaviour helps maintain focus and helps you to avoid being distracted from the ‘shiny objects’ that continually appear while you are working.
TIP#4: DRESS APPROPRIATELY
You don’t have to wear a suit (unless it is appropriate), but you probably shouldn’t be wearing your pyjamas either. In our modern age, there is every possibility that you will be on a video call of some description. Your appearance matters. Also, when you are new to working from home, how you dress helps you to adopt the mindset that you are working.
Read more of Gary Ryan’s article here
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