Working Remotely Tips

After working office jobs that required long commutes and stringent 9-to-5 work schedules, I woke up and decided it wasn't how I wanted to spend the next 50 years of my life.

I love office camaraderie as much as anyone, but an over one-hour commute before and after a more than eight-hour workday leaves little time for fun, and the belief that a workday has to fall between certain hours feels super outdated to me.

So, I joined the remote work world in 2015 — transitioning from freelancing to a full-time work-from-home job and back again.

Of the six years I've been working remotely, three have been as a freelancer, and three have been as a full-time employee at a fully remote company. While there are definite differences between the two, they both offer MUCH more flexibility than a traditional office job.

But I would be lying if I said working remotely was always easy. Here's what I wish I knew in the beginning:

1. Don't be afraid to ask if you can alter your working hours to make time for things that are important to you.
This one depends on your boss and company, but chances are, if you consistently show up, put in your time, and get your work done, they'll be flexible with you.

If you're training for a half marathon, ask if you can shift your hours from 9-to-5 to 10-to-6 so you can get in a long, early morning run. Or if there's a boxing class every Thursday evening at 5 p.m., ask if you can start your workday an hour early so you can cut out early every Thursday.  

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Do You Want To Become Wealthy?

HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL NEED IF YOU

WANT TO BECOME WEALTHY...

YOU MUST HAVE/POSSESS/BE WILLING TO:

• Inherit Wealth From Your Families
• Wealthy friends give you money with which to take risks
• Become the best of the best in all that you do
• Do whatever you have to do, regardless of the guilt
• Break most or most all the rules and not get caught
• The intelligence greater than everyone else
• Athletic Abilities in the top 1% of all athletes
• Musical Abilities in the top 1% of all musicians
• Artistic Abilities in the top 1% of all artists
• Acting Abilities in the top 1% of all actors
• Writing Abilities in the top 1% of all writers
• Cheat, Lie, Steal, and/or Gamble
• Convince others that you are telling the truth when you are not
• The mind and/or insights of a genius
• Develop products and ideas that no one knows they want
• Become involved in organized crime
• Pick up other people's garbage

Most everyone is not on this list and will never be on this list because they were simply not born with the skills and/or abilities to be on this list and the odds are that they will spend a lifetime hoping to acquire them but never will...

THIS IS JUST THE WAY THAT IT IS...

You might be good at what you do, but today just being good is not enough...  you must become EXCEPTIONAL or you will never reach that level of success where you will be able to call yourself wealthy...   unless you measure wealthy in a NON FINANCIAL WAY...

If this is you...  then all I can say is that YOU ARE LUCKY even if you do not believe in LUCK...  because being born with skills and abilities, in my opinion, is and has always been the LUCK OF THE DRAW...  and maybe some divine intervention...  but, if this is not you...  then, all I can say is that you need to simply accept your position in life and try to make the most out of what you have been given, maybe become a little better or even better than just a little, but outside of that, the odds are you never will have or become any better than you already are...