“Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save by trial”
~Sophocles
If you’ve ever had to work from home before, you know the problems. You get lazy and think you’re on holiday so you think you can slack until the end of the week since nobody is watching you. Here [...]

“The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire”
~ Mark Twain
The following exercises will explain a process on how you can systematically test to see for yourself whether you are capable of teleworking from your job.
This is an important step because if you attempt to telework before you [...]

Sometimes you can’t really appreciate something until it’s gone, and this applies to companies as well. I can relate an incident when the network engineer of a friend’s company decided to take 2 weeks off in the middle of the work season. Two days into his holiday the server crashed and they had absolutely no [...]

“Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself.”
~John Harold
Why is Trust is Important
Although anyone who says this might sound like a naggy mum, the fact is: Trust is really important. In order to increase your value to the company and eventually gain the flexibility of [...]

“The Depth of your Mythology is the Extent of your Effectiveness.”
~John Maxwell, American Author and Motivational Speaker
Why you need to do this
If your boss (good or bad) does not believe you are effective in the office, they aren’t going to think you are outside the office. You will need to convince your boss and your [...]