Smart Quotes on Working from Home
Smart Quotes on Working from Home
In the past few
weeks, social distancing and the COVID-19 outbreak made millions of working
professionals set up an office in their homes. It seems like a dream for many
working professionals to work from home until you had to do it yourself. Work
from home comes with a sudden vacuum and a realization of how lonely you are
especially if you are an extrovert and love your office space. You get to know
the importance of setting ground rules with the people you share your space
with.
Over the years,
we heard a lot about working from home and workplace flexibility. Work from
home for most of us is a planned voluntary action, not something sudden we have
to do. However with a COVID-19 outbreak suddenly a huge number of workforces
are compelled to work from home. So, to make this process better here we are
with a few pieces of advice from those people who've been working from home for
years.
Stay calm
"Staying
home can be very lonely. ... Try and remain calm. Listen to music, play a funny
movie in the background--in the early years of launching my own coaching
practice, old episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, literally saved my life
and allowed my business to thrive. But, do whatever it takes to create a warm
environment."
--Carlota
Zimmerman, career strategist
Build a stress-free zone.
"Make sure
you have a stress-free zone, at work (yes even your home office). ... Look for
a break room.. No need for a fancy setting. All you need is some soft lighting
and something comfortable to sit on. Put together a nice relaxing playlist and
listen to it."
--Dr.Tasha
Holland-Kornegay, author, speaker and mental health professional
Get up
"Don't work
from bed. You want your bed to be a place of peace and calm, not work
stress."
--Liz Grossman
Kitoyi, co-Founder and CEO of Baobab Consulting
Get some green
"If you work
from home, especially in cold-climates, you can go days without going outside.
Getting a snake plant, money tree or areca palm can make a big difference for
your work space."
--Michael Alexis,
CEO of Team Building
Set up a place *not* to go
"Not
everyone has an office, so it's all right [to work at] your dining room table
or couch. My advice is to ... try and create some space between the places you
are working and the places you are relaxing, even if it feels a little silly to
be on two different sides of the couch."
--Hailley
Griffis, communications lead at Buffer and podcaster
Get ready
"Wake up and
get ready just like you're going to work. If you stay in your slippers all day
you will not be as productive."
--Elijah
Schneider, CEO & founder of Modifly
Close the door
"The most
important thing is to have dedicated office space where you can CLOSE THE DOOR
and have set office hours. ... I did the opposite and allowed work to swallow
my home life for a while. ... Stupid mistake."
--Kathy Kristof,
editor of SideHusl.com
Create routines
"Establish a
pre-work routine and an after-work routine. Working in the same place where you
wake up, eat, and sleep can make anyone go crazy without proper boundaries in
place."
--Marissa Owens,
Opportunity Business Loans
Stay connected
"Keep a team
chatroom open. There is nothing more important in a group remote project than
casual communication. Not just official emails and work updates, but the
ability to sit back and chat."
--David Rabin, VP
of Global Commercial Marketing, Lenovo
Don't forget about security
"Hackers
will be exploiting the security vulnerabilities that come with remote work.
When people are scared and isolated, it's much easier to target them because
they are not using good cyber hygiene--it's the last thing they're often
worried about in a panic."
--Aleksandr
Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard
