18 Nov 09 Should You Work From Home – Advantages

In the last post, we talked about disadvantages of work from home career, and after finishing writing that, I realize many of my readers may not be aware of the benefits, and get dissuaded from taking work from home career. Hence, I decided to write about the advantages of work from home career as well. As said in the previous post, my goal is to help you decide on what you want to do by giving you both perspectives.

Advantages of work from home career

Flexibility: Once you start your work from home career, you will notice that though you have to work a bit more, but you are not slave of a clock. You are free to work whenever you want and leave the work whenever you wish to, until you do not missed the deadlines.
No Hidden Expenses: How many of us count the hidden expenses one incurs when one goes to work, everyday. I am talking about the traffic fines, paid parking, vehicle petrol, commuting expense, etc. You save all this, when you work from home.
Custom workspace: Unlike your regular 9-5 job, you can customize the way you want your office to look and feel. You can set your own lighting, adjust air conditioner according to your wishes, and organize the stuff the way they suit you, etc. This mi=ay not look much, but believe me it is a huge advantage, as it will significantly increase your productivity.
Time for family: Many 9-5 professionals leave their day job in favor of their work from home career because they feel this way they can spend more time with their family. Indeed, what could be better than being with your family even in office hours? After all, family matters.
Improved work-life balance: Professionals engaged in 9-5 regular job (which is neither 9 to 5 nor regular ever) are often found struggling to balance their work and family life. The kind of pressure put by greedy corporate always tilt this balance in favor of work and more work, which leaves the professional struggling. This struggle never ends until you switch your “career type” from regular (irregular to be more precise) to work from home.

Tags: Air Conditioner, Career Flexibility, Career Type, Clock, Customize, Day Job, Family Matters, Hidden Expenses, Home Career, Leaves, Lighting, Perspectives, Productivity, Struggle, Traffic Fines, Work Life Balance, Workspace

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08 Oct 09 Curb Your Procrastination

Procrastination will kill a career very quickly, if you don’t curb the behavior. Whether you own a personal business, or are a career minded employee at a big corporation, procrastination is the enemy. Through procrastinating you fail to get tasks done. Or worse, you rush to get tasks done at the last minute, not reflecting your best work. Either is bad, and could cause your business to fail, or for you to lose your job.

Make a goal, and write it down. Then post that goal around your workspace, so that you literally never lose sight of that. If you feel like procrastinating, take a look at the goal, and think about how your current path doesn’t lead to that end. That should be a good start to learning how to curb your behavior.

Next you need to prioritize your tasks to get them done. This way you make a concise list of what you have to do, preparing yourself for the upcoming work. With a clear list of what you have to do, you’re better served to start working. Go through that list, starting with the first item, and get those projects done in order. Don’t make the list and then think, now I’m set to start working tomorrow. That’s the definition of procrastination. No better time than the present, so start now!

Stay focused and cross off each item on your list as you complete them. Feed off the positive energy of doing your job, and doing it well. Let that carry you into getting more work done, at the top level, in orderly fashion. The more you keep plugging away the better. Before too long if you stay true to yourself, you’ll start seeing the positive effects of fending off your procrastination. Getting your job done, having more guiltless free time, running a business successfully. Once you achieve all of those through your list of objectives, you’ll never want to procrastinate again.

Tags: Better Time, Definition Of Procrastination, Free Time, Job, Last Minute, Orderly Fashion, Personal Business, Positive Energy, Procrastinating, Running A Business, Workspace

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18 Nov 09 Should You Work From Home – Advantages

Advantages of work from home career

08 Oct 09 Curb Your Procrastination

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