How to Remove Workplace Distractions and Increase Productivity in a Virtual Work Environment?
“Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.” – Adam Hochschild Caroline is a work-from-home mom. Everyday she would plan to finish work on time. However, at the end of each day, she found herself with piles of incomplete work and she would end-up staying a couple of hours later than her regular working hours. This has started to eat into her time with family. Her work quality started to drop. When Caroline looked at her work day carefully, she realized that she was ending up wasting a lot of time due to distractions. To be able to be productive and hence happy, she would have to block out these distractions. Weeding out distractions at the virtual workplace/home office can make a remarkable difference in your productivity. True, completely getting rid of distractions is an impractical goal, but one has to accept that distractions have a deep impact on the way we work. It is crucial that you keep them in check. Every time you get distracted, it takes you 25 minutes to
