Working Smarter From Home

Tips for Telecommuters and Home-Based Businesses

Nancy Struck

ISBN 10: 1-4239-5081-X

ISBN 13: 978-1-4239-5081-3

 

Table of Contents

 

Part 1: Getting Started

Work…What Work?

What Is Work to You?

Identifying Your Strengths

Obstacles in Working from Home Successfully

Lessons Learned

 

Part 2: Juggling Time

What Is Time?

Finding Your Anchors

Recognizing Your Peak Time

Jiving with the Rest of the World

Me…Overcommitted?

Your Day…Your Way

Lessons Learned

 

Part 3: Managing Meaningful Clutter

Only in Your Dreams?

My Office…Somewhere, Nowhere, Everywhere?

Planner…What Planner?

Electronic Helpers

Your Ideal Planning System

“Hold the Phone”

Lessons Learned

 

Part 4: Self-Management

Personalities, Preferences, and Habits

Am I Lonely?

Lead Me Not into Temptation

Who Me…A Workaholic?

I Think I Can…I Think I Can!

Lessons Learned

 

Part 5: Managing Others

An Ounce of Prevention

Managing Interruptions

Matching Your Needs with Others’

Lessons Learned

 

Part 6: Pulling It All Together

Reality Check

Habits…Keep, Change, or Discontinue

Lesson Learned

 

Part 7: Special Considerations for Telecommuters

One of a Growing Population

The 5 Percent Problem

The 5 Percent Solution

Lessons Learned