How to Productively Work From Home

With the internet allowing modern age business owners to run their operations from just about anywhere in the world, many are choosing to run their business entirely out of their house. Those who choose to forego the office and instead work from the comforts of home need to learn to manage their daily schedules in a manner that will keep productivity at a maximum.
Organize an At-Home Office
Aside from the tax benefits that some at-home business owners are entitled to, creating a space in your home that is specifically for work has advantages for your mental health as well. Creating a space in your home that can function as your office will allow your brain to transition into work mode and allow you to focus without the distractions of the television and other domestic chores that may call your name when spending time at home. While it may seem tempting, simply waking up and pulling your lap top into bed with you is not the recipe for a productive work day.
Set Your Daily Work Hours
It’s important to make a distinction between the time you spend working at home and your personal time at home. Making sure that you stop dealing with work and start spending time with your friends and family during the evenings is beneficial for your own mental health. By setting specific daily work hours, your associates will know which times they can contact you via phone or email. Putting down your laptop at 5pm and leaving it until the next morning will ultimately make you more productive during your set work hours.
Take Advantage of LinkedIn
Being active on LinkedIn is a great way to make sure that your face is recognizable to your business associates as they will not be seeing you around the office.  LinkedIn is the preferred social network for business networking as it is a strictly professional network where experts share articles with others in their industry. Unless you’ve built a personal relationship with a business associate, connecting on LinkedIn is the most appropriate social network to use that can still keep your personal and professional life separate.
By Brendon Pack.

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