What you'll learn

  • Boost focus and productivity while working from home

  • Time management, motivation, and stress management

  • Eliminate distractions

  • Find comfort and fulfillment while working from home - enjoy the process

  • Organize your work area to maximize productivity

  • The benefits of this course will be lasting for the rest of your life!

Requirements

This course has no prerequisites, just a desire to work from home more effectively.

Description

Learn to love working from home while being your most productive. I've done that for myself and have worked from home every day for over 10 years. I love it, and I want to share it with you. Learn how and when to use self-discipline, when to practice self-love and self-understanding so you aren't too hard on yourself, and how to deal with situations like working when family members are around. NEVER FEEL LONELY Some people say that working from home can be lonely. But that's just another way of saying that you have fewer distractions which means that you can focus better and do better work. After you do better work and accomplish more in less time, you will be able to have plenty of time to socialize and have a work-life balance. But only if you take full advantage of the fewer distractions and calm work environment.

ACHIEVE WORK-LIFE BALANCE

Because you are home, you can do light exercise, light cleaning, and have more family time - all during breaks. If you combine that with no commute and flexibility in being able to do everything on your own time, you open up hours in your day to do whatever you want when you want to do it. HELPFUL DURING COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC AND BEYOND All of us now have to be more responsible and go out less. That means working from home indefinitely. This is the perfect course to take during the Coronavirus epidemic to get ahead while everyone else is falling behind.

Who this course is for:

Professionals and entrepreneurs who need to work from home

Course curriculum

  1. 1
  2. 2

    • Create calendar to work from

    • Discipline for working from home

    • Subconscious management of making people think they are good
  3. 3

    • Balancing resourcefulness and your own problem-solving with getting help

    • Working in bed vs. desk? Secondary work areas & matching tasks to environment
  4. 4

    • If you are an employee, make sure people know the great job you are doing

    • If you manage people or show leadership
  5. 5

    • Setting boundaries with family members

    • Employ family members to work

    • Chunking and Pomodoro techniques

    • Automation, delegation, and budgeting introduction

    • How to take breaks productively

    • If you have kids at home

    • If you are by yourself
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

    • Exercise: Creating healthy habits that naturally motivate you to do them

    • Checklist for motivation through work-life balance and avoiding burnout

    • Case study: How I get long-term motivation that you can use too

    • Examples of two tasks with equal motivation but different procrastination
  9. 9

    • Stress management section introduction

    • Cortisol & good stress vs. bad stress

    • Impact of stress on decision making

    • Four A's of stress management and stress journal

    • Leading causes of stress

    • Immediate stress relievers in the moment

    • Stress is a choice - you have control

    • Additional quick stress relief and management tips

    • Stress management in the moment exercise

    • Stress management in the moment exercise - answer

    • Exercise - The 4 A's of stress management

    • Exercise answer one - The 4 A's of stress management

    • Exercise answer two - The 4 A's of stress management
  10. 10
  11. 11

    • Doing calls vs. written communication

    • Phone communication basics

    • Skype or video call communication

    • Video call preparation

    • Video call technology and gear
  12. 12

    • Phone communication skills exercise

    • Phone communication skills exercise - answer

    • Phone communication skills exercise 2

    • Phone communication skills exercise - answer 2
  13. 13

    • Organization section introduction

    • Standing desks and bike desks

    • Everything must have its own place philosophy

    • Different types of organizers and shelves to store things

    • Desk organizers

    • Whiteboard to draw up big ideas and visualize projects

    • Everything a reach away and few additional work area organization tips

    • Should you eat at your desk?

    • Case study of reversing the eating at desk behavior with more focus & motivation

    • Something to try 5 minutes per day

    • Work environment organization exercise

    • Work environment organization exercise - answer