From the course: Prioritizing Tasks for Maximum Impact
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Structure your day when working from home
From the course: Prioritizing Tasks for Maximum Impact
Structure your day when working from home
- [Host] Could you give us perhaps your top one or two best practices and worst practices for folks finding themselves in a work-from-home situation for the first time? - [Interviewee] Yeah, I think structure is really key. If you have never worked from home, some people aren't prepared for it. It can be lonely, it can be mentally boring, because you don't have all the same activity, and you find yourself, "Huh, wow, I didn't have that commute, so I have some extra time here." So I would first of all resist the urge to cram more in. In other words, if you left the house at seven to start work at eight, still start work at eight, don't let that time creep kind of make your day from eight hours into 10 hours, that's very easy to do in a home office. I would then say set some boundaries, because it's very easy to let your work life blur into your personal life, because now you're in an office that might be your bedroom, or the…
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Enhance the six steps of your workflow3m 18s
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Five problematic prioritization styles3m 48s
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Make technology work for you, not vice versa1m 58s
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Manage yourself with boundaries and rewards1m 27s
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Say yes to the person and no to the interruption1m 28s
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Craft an environment that supports productivity1m 33s
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Structure your day when working from home1m 55s
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Assess the value of each task2m 10s
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Watch your energy levels58s
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