Obviously not everyone is allowed to work remotely as some vocations require employees to consistently attend their employers premises or travel to undertake their work face to face. But for those of us are allowed to work remotely then I thought it would be useful to share my experiences and offer some practical advice by putting it on the Internet with the sole objective of providing valuable advice for adapting to remote working or supervising remote workers.

I must tell you you that there are a lot of people on the net who will try and get you to buy online education for substantial sums of cash, trust me you don’t need to do this.

I am lucky enough to be permitted to work anywhere I choose and just about everybody who asks me what I do for a living wants to get details of how I manage to work remotely. Don’t get me wrong here I am still perfecting the art of remote working as each day I meet tribes on the web who teach me new knowledge and I am continually unearthing new systems and ways that make my life easier and make me more efficient.

In the past 7 years I have significantly adapted my working practices to enable me to do all of my work remotely with a mixture of online tools and unfaltering self discipline. One lunchtime whilst searching the web I uncovered [2] Quickbooks online and this brought to my attention what just might be possible. My encounter with ’hosted’ [3] ‘on demand’ [4] small business accounting software was a pivotal moment for me and the start of my ‘remote working career.

I should say up front that efficiently working remotely is as much about the systems as it is about self management. Working remotely also means telling your colleagues, supervisors and customers as to what they can expect and how they will stay in touch with you.

In ‘Remote Working Part 2 – Tips on self management’ I discuss how to focus.