[Work at home?] Here's 2 simple but life changing tips.....

14 years ago

I add : Block Off Time to Focus as A recent study in Psychological Review suggests that intense focus for four hours results in improved effectiveness. If you can, block off time to focus on specific tasks. It doesn’t necessarily have to be four hours, but some focused time for your work can help you improve your overall productivity. Work in short bursts. Choose your most important tasks to accomplish first. Don’t answer emails, and avoid surfing the Internet during this time.

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DPM70

14 years ago

Shower less. Save water. It's ridiculous the amount of people around that feel that they need to shower at every opportunity. I'm halfway to thinking that's why there's so much hay fever, asthma, colds, eczema, allergies in general.

Forget the shower, come down in your pyjamas, fire up the coffee (free trade? ....ahhh here we go again...)

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Andy Hart

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DPM70

Shower less. Save water. It's ridiculous the amount of people around that feel that they need to shower at every opportunity. I'm halfway to thinking that's why there's so much hay fever, asthma, colds, eczema, allergies in general.

I pay a small fortune every year for my water, if I use it or not it stays the same, so i'll be damned if I'm gonna pay for something and not use it!

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DPM70

14 years ago

"Having an office or a space that you can work in is imperative"

No, it's not.

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bauger

14 years ago

Make a list of task for each day and stick to it.

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Melanie Crouse

14 years ago

Give the guy a break. Those are two fairly good suggestions. What works for him or me may not work for you.

Another suggestion - create boundaries. Let other family members know that when you're working - you're working. i.e. "Leave me alone!"

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theory expert Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Melanie Crouse

Another suggestion - create boundaries. Let other family members know that when you're working - you're working. i.e. "Leave me alone!"

Unless you're rich you can forget having your boundaries respected. After all you're just playing on the computer. :rolleyes:
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savvybizbuilder

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Melanie Crouse

Give the guy a break. Those are two fairly good suggestions. What works for him or me may not work for you.

Another suggestion - create boundaries. Let other family members know that when you're working - you're working. i.e. "Leave me alone!"

Everyone has a unique way to work at home. A cup of coffee will also do when working at home aside from dressing up and taking a bath.

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Paul Barrs

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Connell

I try and limit the time spent reading and participating in forums.

Karen, yes -

One of my best suggestions is to AVOID the forums (yes, even WF) like the plague until AFTER "work hours", whatever they may be.

My next best tip, and this comes from now working from home for nearly 15 years... is to LEAVE THE HOUSE at least once EVERY DAY!

Paul

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Charles Young

14 years ago

Wow 15 Years!! Congratulations on that haha, I may have to start putting the leave the house tip to use!

Originally Posted by Paul Barrs

Karen, yes -

One of my best suggestions is to AVOID the forums (yes, even WF) like the plague until AFTER "work hours", whatever they may be.

My next best tip, and this comes from now working from home for nearly 15 years... is to LEAVE THE HOUSE at least once EVERY DAY!

Paul

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JustFelix

14 years ago

This is exactly what I do! Yes this does work! If you take work on the internet very seriously and get your own office and treat it as a job it'll make your brain more active, it helped me make thousand of dollars each month.

Yeah no kidding, it does help more. You don't want to work from the bed, or sofa or in your underwear. It won't make you think that seriously or maybe it's just me.

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Charles Young

14 years ago

Seriously me too dude! Went from 4 figures a month to 5 figures...and it was all down to this change!

Originally Posted by JustFelix

This is exactly what I do! Yes this does work! If you take work on the internet very seriously and get your own office and treat it as a job it'll make your brain more active, it helped me make thousand of dollars each month.

Yeah no kidding, it does help more. You don't want to work from the bed, or sofa or in your underwear. It won't make you think that seriously or maybe it's just me.

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JSanti7

14 years ago

PRIORITIZE. Accomplish the most important tasks first and leave the least important ones for later.

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Charles Young 14 years ago

Yeh I've heard of that before, my friend was talking about it. Brian Tracy wrote a cool book about it. My start doing that, see how it goes.

Originally Posted by JSanti7

PRIORITIZE. Accomplish the most important tasks first and leave the least important ones for later.
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grandstar 14 years ago

Originally Posted by JSanti7

PRIORITIZE. Accomplish the most important tasks first and leave the least important ones for later.

Yes thats it. You first list out the most important tasks and carry them out. Its so easy to wander online and find out after several hours, you are nowhere.

Stephen Covey was right when he said" First Things Firsts"
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Stunata

14 years ago

Good advice.
And, just because someone has only a few posts on a forum doesn't mean they are inexperienced. It just means they possibly read alot and don't have a need to post. There are lots of people making millions of dollars from the internet and I bet they have never even visited this site.

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ayomyde

14 years ago

The most important thing is to follow your plans.

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LeeLee

14 years ago

Get dressed to lace up shoes.

That tip comes from an organization and house cleaning website called flylady dot com.

When you wear real shoes that you have to bend over and lace, you are less likely to kick them off and put your feet up. Pass on flip flops, slippers and slip ons.

When you wear your shoes, you are also ready to run out to do an errand if necessary and prepared for just about anything.

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Karen Connell

14 years ago

I try and limit the time spent reading and participating in forums.

WF is such a great resource that I can easily spend 2-3 hours reading and learning without seeing the time pass.

So I now set a timer to 30 minutes and quit when my time is up.

Regards

Karen

@DMP70 has too much time on his hands :rolleyes:

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HarrisonJ

14 years ago

Also, eat breakfast before you start working.
As the Russians say "Eat breakfast yourself, share lunch with a friend and give dinner away to your enemy."

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scsheldon33

14 years ago

Thanks for sharing

I agree on that...

How I wish to have an office to do online work too...

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icwtommy

14 years ago

Novelist Orhan Pamuk (Won Nobel Prize for Literature) used to get ready for work in the morning, kiss his wife goodbye as he left for work and then proceed to walk around the block and back into his house and into his office.

It really is a state of mind, I have worked from bed for a day and productivity gets thrown out of the window.

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Charles Young 14 years ago

Thanks everyone for their input too, learnt some really cool stuff!

Keep it up everyone!

Haha some of the replies made me laugh

Charles
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shuvo

14 years ago

I don't know whether they are life changing or not but these are the tips that can give you lots of inspiration,energy and freshness of mind during your work.

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Charles Young

14 years ago

Sure Shuvo... from the list you give me, it sounds like a changed life

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Nathy Curiel

14 years ago

I agree with the tips of charles . I works for me too.
And I use a schedule to focus on and try not the hang out here too much ;-)

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Rough Outline

14 years ago

Definitely agree with the showering tip, it really wakes you. When I'm lazy and don't shower, I feel extremely groggy and lethargic, also a cup of tea or coffee in the morning really helps.

But my best tip is to do something before you even go on your computer that gets your brain working. For some people that would be a crossword, I play Fifa and it really increases my focus and "brain power" after a few games.

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Charles Young

14 years ago

Haha a game of Fifa. I may give that a try

Originally Posted by Rough Outline

Definitely agree with the showering tip, it really wakes you. When I'm lazy and don't shower, I feel extremely groggy and lethargic, also a cup of tea or coffee in the morning really helps.

But my best tip is to do something before you even go on your computer that gets your brain working. For some people that would be a crossword, I play Fifa and it really increases my focus and "brain power" after a few games.

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WriterWahm

14 years ago

For me I have found that sometimes I need to leave the house so I can focus a bit more. So I go into the nearest Starbucks and give myself some hours to get my writing done. I also try to limit the amount of time I spend on WF...I have been reading for months and only started posting recently. So much to learn but it's easy to spend a lot of time learning and very little implementing.

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Charles Young

14 years ago

Yeah I've found going to my local coffee shop is nice every so often. You'll meet other people like you. Highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't done it before.

Charles

Originally Posted by WriterWahm

For me I have found that sometimes I need to leave the house so I can focus a bit more. So I go into the nearest Starbucks and give myself some hours to get my writing done. I also try to limit the amount of time I spend on WF...I have been reading for months and only started posting recently. So much to learn but it's easy to spend a lot of time learning and very little implementing.

Great ideas everyone!

Hope people who've just started to work from home have learn't something from this thread

Charles

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LynnLewis

14 years ago

I appreciate the tips. They reinforce something else I read today on how to be more productive.

For me, I need to leave home. What I'm going to try, starting tomorrow is to get ready for "work", take my laptop to my new "office" in the pool area at my apartment complex and work at least 2 hours before I come back. There will be no distractions there early in the morning and I won't be tempted to do other things during my specified work time.

We all have to find a way to get it done and different strokes for different folks!

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jezbiz

14 years ago

I work in my room upstairs, so I try to be cut off from all the commotions downstairs.lolz

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Alan Ashwood 14 years ago

Originally Posted by jezbiz

I work in my room upstairs, so I try to be cut off from all the commotions downstairs.lolz

Lucky Boy!
With only one shower room, and 3 girls under 12 plus 'She who must be obeyed', there's fat chance of getting wet till they've all gone to school/work.

The computer I have to use is in the busiest part of the house too, so escaping the chaos is virtually impossible.

My solution?
I start working at about 10.00pm, and work through to about 5-6.00am UK time, when the house is quiet, and I can hear myself think.

Don't get enough sleep tho'

Cheers
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Time for a cuppa.
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AmandaT

14 years ago

I suppose it is all about preference. Personally, this is what works best for me:

-Wake up
-Cup of coffee or tea
-Check email and forums
-Make sure my to-do lists are sorted and ready
-Go for a walk, do some Zumba, or spend 30 minutes on my elliptical
-Take a shower
-Put on some comfortable clothes, usually pajamas because I like them
-Roll my laptop station over to the sofa where I can work while being surrounded by my family

I work best surrounded by people and in comfortable clothes. It is very rare I need to separate myself from them to get my work done. I actually noticed that when I was doing the "home office" thing I got less work done!

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dsouravs 14 years ago

Mr. DPM.....thumbs down to you.....but I like Ur thinking to save water.
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jeofjingjeff

14 years ago

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JamieSEO 14 years ago

If working at home full-time make sure to get out and take a walk around midday. The exercise, fresh air and natural light does wonders for refreshing you before you start the afternoons work
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hardraysnight

14 years ago

Excuse me. I will answer appropriately when i have showered and dressed, or is it the other way around?

I will make my shower my office and please some of the people all of the time.

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Jacob Caris

14 years ago

I find when I am stuck for ideas if I do something mindless and repetitive it often sparks something inside - might just me though haha

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Charles Young

14 years ago

Thanks everyone! I kind of forgot about this thread till I checked it out and saw tonnes of more responses!

I agree with a lot of you, a light walk or run is great to add to your daily routine

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AshtonPereira

14 years ago

Good tips, personally exercising first thing in the morning, with a shower + breakfast after, does wonders in terms of feeling "pumped" and ready to tackle the day.

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johFF

14 years ago

I would only add this one:

Start with work on the same time every day. This way you will program yourself to work every day.

Anyway, great tips, thank you

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BabyMama

14 years ago

These are 2 good suggestions although sometimes I love to work in my pyjamas and something comfy. Especially cos I am pregnant you would never get away with this in a normal 9-5 lol!

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