Working Smarter From Home
Tips for Telecommuters and
Home-Based Businesses
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