How to Double the Workloads You Can Process to Double Your Income

Posted on 10. Apr, 2010 by Ashwin in Blogging Elements

Earning money online has multiple spin-offs: you can not only quit your corporate job and fire your boss but also be able to work from home, be your own boss, enjoy flexible timings, shoulder more responsibility( because you are on your own) and be able to work more (because you can earn as much as you want). You could be location independent and travel anywhere you want; you can still earn your money from wherever you fancy. Obviously then, doubling the amount of work you do each day would allow you to double your money, wouldn’t it? Here’s how you can go about it:

Take an office, away from home: It’s counter-intuitive, isn’t it? I have been harping about the benefits of self-employment and web-working but still recommend an office? Wouldn’t it be expensive? No, it wouldn’t be. When you work from home, there are lots of distractions that actually hamper your productivity. You might tend to doze off mid-work, take really long breaks, watch TV, visit friends or do nothing at all. As if that wasn’t enough, you might be asked to take care of kids, supervise household work, etc. Moreover, the isolation can kill you if you are the people person types.

Avoid answering-phone calls: Next to checking emails and browsing the Internet, answering phone calls is the biggest culprit when it comes to wasting your time. Tell you what? Just shut the damned thing off. It isn’t easy; I take a lot of criticism for this. However, people around you and those close to you must learn to understand your need to work hard. You are not working in corporate cubicles anymore where your salary is fixed and you could take any number of tea/coffee-cigarette breaks. If they understand you, they will call you later.

Work in Spurts and Work long: One of the secrets of working hard and working really long is to work in spurts. Work for an hour and then take 10 minute break. Force yourself to get back to work again and continue the cycle until you are satisfied with the amount of work you do per day. Working in one hour spurts allows you to work quickly, keeps you balanced, causes much less stress and gets more done.

Have you taken your new office, cut your phone off or started working in spurts already?

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