We’ve all learned about the benefits of remote work over the past decade, especially since COVID: Lack of commute time, employee morale boosts, even potential improvement in productivity. In fact, over the past ten years, all of my work has been remote; however, over that decade-plus, I have realized there is one essential tactic to making remote work effective.
Leave your home in the morning.
Think about it. When you go through the morning routines of hygiene, breakfast / coffee, locking up, and driving (or however you travel) to work, you have already gotten yourself into the process of doing things. You are already making things happen. When you work from home, it’s very easy to fall into a rut of stumbling downstairs from your bedroom, sitting down on the couch, then staring at your computer screen, losing focus and checking personal email, Facebook, and so forth.
So when you work from home, don’t just go through your regular morning routines, but actually leave your home for a little while. Go to a coffee shop, pick up some items at the grocery store, grab breakfast somewhere, what have you: The point is to get outside. Doing this ensures that I’m not only looking respectable to the outside world, but I’ve also gotten myself into the process of getting things done.
When you feel good, look good and start the day off well, you will succeed.
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