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If you ask people where they go when they really need to get work done, very few will respond “the office.” If they do say the office, they’ll include a qualifier such as “super early in the morning before anyone gets in” or “I stay late at night after everyone’s left.” What they’re trying to tell you is that they can’t get work done at work. That’s because offices have become interruption factories. Fifteen minutes here, ten minutes there, twenty here, five there. Each segment is filled with a conference call, a meeting, another meeting, or some other institutionalized unnecessary interruption. It’s incredibly hard to get meaningful work done when your workday has been shredded into work moments.
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The ability to be alone with your thoughts is, in fact, one of the key advantages of working remotely.
When you work on your own, far away from the buzzing swarm at headquarters, you can settle into your own productive zone.
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