Telework: parasites to eliminate for better focus

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Job at home equals no distractions? Far is needed. The parasites to avoid to be more concentrated.

According to the Observatory of telework, the opportunities to be distracted from his work every day in open space approximate the number of 150. While the offer of remote employment is continually increasing, teleworking could be the ideal solution to address this scourge. It’s not that simple. While the sources of distraction are of a different nature in the context of a job at home, they are equally important. To know them is to learn to avoid them.

The call of the bed

At the risk of getting too far away from conventional working conditions, the beneficiaries of a telework job offer cannot escape the usual time constraints. You will not escape the morning awakening, the shower and the clothing: take your worker costume to perform your missions with maximum efficiency. From the rest, matching your schedules with those of your colleagues will allow you to communicate easily with them, despite the distance.

Media and household chores

The time to start work has arrived. But immediately installed at your desk, here is your laundry basket that makes you soft eyes to be worn up to the washing machine, your shopping list starts to shake, your vegetables to peel seem to slide from themselves to the knives and TV lights up spontaneously… To avoid being distracted when working, try to temporarily forget household chores and other home entertainment. There’s a time for everything. The best solution is certainly to install yourself in a room equipped with a functional Office and in which you can truly isolate yourself, for example by closing the door.

Invasion of privacy

The possibility of working in an isolated room will have the other advantage of avoiding the potential sources of distraction that your family members represent, especially if you live with young children. Tell your loved ones about your telework schedules and explain that you are not reachable, although you are at home.

Overexertion

This is not new, overexerting harms productivity! Running 12 hours of work in a row will not make you a more efficient teleworker, quite the opposite. To maintain an optimal level of concentration, take care of the dedicated periods… to distraction! Change your ideas completely during the lunch break, or find time to take a quick stroll to aerate. These moments granted to resourcing are paramount: the job offer in telework should not make you forget that your home is also a place of relaxation and privacy.