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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” or “I sneak in on the weekend.”
offices have become interruption factories.
Meaningful work, creative work, thoughtful work, important work—this type of effort takes stretches of uninterrupted time to get into the zone.
The ability to be alone with your thoughts is, in fact, one of the key advantages of working remotely.
The big transition with a distributed workforce is going from synchronous to asynchronous collaboration.
Shed the resentment of golden handcuffs that keep you from living how you really want to live.
The new luxury is the luxury of freedom and time. Once you’ve had a taste of that life, no corner office or fancy chef will be able to drag you back.
Keep in mind, the number one counter to distractions is interesting, fulfilling work.
Sometimes, distractions can actually serve a purpose. Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, they warn us—when we feel ourselves regularly succumbing to them—that our work is not well defined, or our tasks are menial, or the whole project we’re engaged in is fundamentally pointless.
Most people want to work, as long as it’s stimulating and fulfilling.
