{"id":5667,"date":"2020-03-10T18:43:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T14:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/?p=5667"},"modified":"2024-07-04T12:52:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T08:52:52","slug":"productivity-principles-remote-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/productivity-principles-remote-work\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Timeless Productivity Principles for Remote Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

After pouring months into productivity books, devouring productivity podcasts, and experimenting with a <\/span>myriad of productivity hacks<\/span><\/a> in the last 5 years, these 4 timeless productivity principles work for me, even today.<\/span><\/p>\n

To help you address productivity challenges, this guide will cover the following principles:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Visualize Your Ideal Day<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Getting In Your Flow<\/span><\/a>\n
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    1. Become Harder to Rea<\/span>ch<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
    2. No Emails In The Morn<\/span>ing<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
    3. Use Productivity Tools To Your Advantage<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. The Rule of 3<\/span><\/a>\n
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      1. Do The Hardest Task First<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
      2. Build a Not-To-Do List<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
      3. Say No To Multitasking<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      4. 80\/20 Everything<\/span><\/a>\n
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        1. Less is More<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        2. Do Regular Life Audits<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Bringing It All Together<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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          Let\u2019s not waste time, shall we?<\/span><\/p>\n

          1. Visualize Your Ideal Day<\/span><\/h2>\n

          I\u2019m going to let you in on a productivity and <\/span>time management<\/span> secret that I should have used much, much earlier:<\/span> if it\u2019s not on my calendar, it doesn\u2019t get done. No exceptions.<\/b><\/p>\n

          And this even includes meeting friends, chatting with my parents or even something as trivial as doing my laundry.<\/span><\/p>\n

          I\u2019ve never been a calendar fanatic, but recently I started scheduling my days in advance since I started <\/span>managing multiple projects<\/span><\/a> in tandem and also realizing that adding to-dos to my calendar also helps preserve my sanity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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          Scheduling your tasks in your calendar has a psychological effect: <\/span>you\u2019re less likely to let somebody else\u2019s priorities or <\/span><\/i>your own procrastination<\/span><\/i><\/a> affect your productivity.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

          My color-coding strategy isn\u2019t about me being cute. Blue events are all things <\/span>Venngage<\/span><\/a>, the red events are my personal\/non-work tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n

          Ever since I\u2019ve defaulted to using Google Calendar, I\u2019ve found it easier to stick to my schedule without exerting much willpower.<\/span><\/p>\n

          If you\u2019re not a fan of calendars and how clunky they can get, you don\u2019t need to use them. A <\/span>timeline maker<\/span><\/a> can help you achieve the same thing minus the clutter:<\/span><\/p>\n

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          Source<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

          While this will not replace your calendar and it\u2019s robust functionality, visualizing your day using a timeline will still help you plan your ideal day and make sticking to it that much easier, especially when you\u2019re working remotely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

          2. Getting In Your Flow<\/span><\/h2>\n

          The invention of the internet, email, social networks, slack, etc. has allowed us access to the world, its information and allowed us to work from anywhere in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

          Unfortunately, this has also given the world access to <\/span>us<\/span><\/i>. Misusing these tools can prevent us from getting into a <\/span>flow state<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

          To get in your flow, when working from home (or remotely), it\u2019s important to identify internal and external interruptions and deal with them appropriately — <\/span>especially because time without focused attention is meaningless.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

          Which is why over the last year, I\u2019ve spent a lot of time reducing my reliance on always being connected, limited my outbound communication and identified tools to help me get more done.<\/span><\/p>\n

          a. Become Harder to Reach<\/span><\/h3>\n

          If you take away anything from this post at all, optimizing how you use your smartphone could perhaps be the best productivity principle you could apply in your life right now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

          Or for lack of a better phrase, \u201c<\/span>get a distraction-free<\/a> phone.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

          There are tons of posts on how to limit your smartphone usage but let me share a couple of neat tricks I\u2019ve personally employed:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n