[Tyrone]

I have been working from home for just over three months now, in the beginning I found it hard to focus and my productivity dropped, especially in the summer months when the sun was shining and beckoning me to go out. Today I’m going to share a few tips that I have put in to practise…

1. Write down special goals - If you work from home, you have to do this - There are just too many distractions and no boss watching over your back every minute of the day. On my table I have a small card that I write down 2 mission critical tasks for the day. That way I focus on the most important tasks and outsource the rest.
2. Wake up at the same time everyday - Set a time to get up each day and stick to it. I get up at 7.30am to exercise, then have my breakfast and start work around 10am. I stick to 4 hours of work a day.
3. Turn off phone and instant email notifications - Having constant interrupts makes it harder to stay focus. I make sure there are no interruptions when I am writing a blog post because my readers want the best from me. Don’t you?
4. Exercise - I find doing exercise in the morning gives me so much more energy and motivation for the day, if you don’t regularly do exercise, try it for one week and see how you feel. Your mind will be clearer for the day and you might shed a few kilos along the way!
5. Tidy office - Keep your office clean by filing away piles of paper. If you have notes written down, transfer them to your computer and put a reminder to complete them. That way you will have less clutter and paper lying around.
6. Music - Not for everyone but I find music really helps me work during the day. Put something light and soothing on in the background.
7. Daily schedule - Even though you are working from home and don’t have to follow the usual office rules, try and set out a daily plan for yourself - start at the same time, have lunch at a set time etc - I find it helps to have a daily routine.
8. Just do it - If you are like me you have certain jobs that you try and put off because they’re dull or take ages, make sure it gets done first thing in the morning when you are fresh and motivated.
9. Outsource - Even though you can do a job doesn’t always mean you should do it - why not outsource that boring coding job which will leave you free to concentrate on more important jobs or jobs that you enjoy doing more.
10. Close your door - If there are distractions at home, like people calling round or noisy kids, make it a rule to not be disturbed when your door is shut.

All of these are pretty obvious things to do but if you don’t do any of them, give it a go and see if your productivity improves.

Tyrone Shum
Increasing Blogging Productivity

[alexlao]

Good topic, as for me the most important - this item 7.

[evanday]

great post! thanks

[Dr_Placebo]

Good tips, appreciated

[discountedclothing]

Writing down your goals is a perfect suggestion. Without listing them, you're lost.

[jingwen]

Great, i think your life are so enrich and orderliness,i like it but i can not.

[andrewlm]

Excellent post! Those tips are really very useful. Thanks for sharing.

[ellaanderson]

True. All we need to increase our productivity has been discussed here.

[andrewmeredith]

I totally agree with the concept of always having a list (but at the same time keeping it short). I've found it keeps me on track. However, if you make your daily-objectives list too long I end up only half-completing a number of the tasks. If you can narrow it down to just a few big things to accomplish for the day, every day, you'll find great lasting success.

[Sirdayor]

useful information there man.

[vesonexdean]

Awesome and informative list to stay productive.

For me the important ones are listening to some music (classical), making sure I get a good workout in and getting it done like you said.

One thing that's really helped me to grow my business is writing what I have to do the night before, I usually average one to two articles a day, a couple videos, a newsletter message and a training video for my back office. So I right down the outline for each article, video and newsletter entry so when I wake up the next morning I just have to fill in my article template and it's done, the ground work is done the night before.

Alot of people could benefit from what you've posted here, it's crucial to keeping your eye on the prize and maintaining success.

[Stephon_Y]

Great Information. Thank you

I heard that if you listen to classical music it helps you focus..Any truth to that you think?

[belablasko]

hello.

its very nice as well as knowledgeable information.

Thank you for sharing .

[feint]

yeah goals and a daily task list works well for me

[Anca]

thanks for sharing. it's good to have all these together in one place