{"id":47599,"date":"2023-10-20T15:54:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/working-from-home-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:54:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:54:18","slug":"working-from-home-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/working-from-home-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Working from home – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When people say they\u2019re working from home, they\u2019re generally referring to one of two very different things.<\/p>\n

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On the one hand, it\u2019s a phrase that\u2019s used by many people as a euphemism for taking a day off on leave.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s especially common among that breed of person who never admits to being sick, let alone takes a day off for it. (How lazy \u2013 why in my day, Sonny Jim Crockett \u2013 scoff!) Sure, they might have a bad case of the flu or an insufferable migraine and can hardly get out of bed, but they\u2019ll still get that spreadsheet together by noon \u2013 just from home!<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, it\u2019s also used to describe the practice of conducting a full day\u2019s work from a home-based office.<\/p>\n

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If your business is based in your home office or your garage, this can create a slight dilemma for you. You tell your family or housemates you\u2019re doing the latter. What they think you\u2019ve said is you\u2019re doing the former.<\/p>\n

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This leads them to make all sorts of requests that would sound utterly bizarre in any other work environment.<\/p>\n

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Can you do the vacuuming? Can you iron my shirts? Can you stop by the shops and pick up a bottle of milk?<\/p>\n

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Of course, it would sound bizarre to ask someone to vacuum the house while they\u2019re working in an inner-city office. And could you imagine asking someone working on a construction site to also try to do some ironing while they lay down bricks?<\/p>\n

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What you need to do, dear home-based office worker, is to treat your home office or garage like it\u2019s any other work environment.<\/p>\n

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You will commence work at 9AM! You will work continuously until midday! You will enjoy 45 minutes break at lunchtime! You will then work continuously to five!<\/p>\n

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But what you also need to do is put your foot down when your cohabitants ask you to do things during your work hours. After all, they\u2019re not going to walk the dog, do the dishes or mow the lawn in their<\/i> workplace during their<\/i> work hours, now are they?!<\/p>\n

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No, they\u2019ll do it outside their work hours, when they get home! Well, why should you do things any different?!<\/p>\n

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So Old Taskmaster says this: It\u2019s time to lay down the law! After all, you\u2019re already working hard and earning a living! It doesn\u2019t matter where! It\u2019s not like you\u2019re taking a day off sick or something!<\/p>\n

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And if they don\u2019t like it, perhaps they need to take the schnauzer into their office for a walk \u2013 oh and would it kill them to leave their shop to pick up a loaf of bread?<\/p>\n

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Get it done \u2013 in your home office!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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