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Work From Home Guide — Entrepreneur/Employee Edition
Have you ever noticed how WFH Guides are typically for the employer’s benefit? This is not that.
I’ve been working from home since 2008, so I’ve picked up a few tricks over the last 15 years. Here are nine of the best and easiest to implement.
Take a few photos at the office — in the conference room, in your office, in the lobby, with your colleagues — and use them occasionally as your backgrounds on your home zooms. It’s an easy way to leave visual clues to make it feel like you’re around more often than you are.
On conference calls, multitask intentionally. If you are expected to participate or need to be on camera or at your desk, keep your full attention on the meeting.
But if you’re on a webinar or typically muted for the duration, do mindless tasks simultaneously — like sweeping, vacuuming, laundry, cooking, or dishes — that don’t derail your mind, but give you a sense of balance and accomplishment.
It’s essential to cross things off your list, and working from home, especially in middle management, can feel like doing a lot with very little to show for it. So get that sense of satisfaction and productivity endorphins from personal accomplishments.
