Quickbooks online edition

Obviously not all of us is allowed to work remotely as there are some types of work that require individuals to be at their employers premises or travel to perform 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 give some practical wisdom by putting it on the web with the sole objective of providing helpful shortcuts for adapting to remote working or managing remote workers.

I would caution you that there are a lot of people on the web who will try and persuade you to purchase courses for substantial sums of cash, take my word for it you don’t need to do this.

I am privileged to be allowed to work in whatever location I choose and just about everybody who asks me what I do for a living wants to get details of how I am able to work remotely. Don’t get the wrong idea I am still learning about the art of remote working as everyday I meet tribes on the net who show me new approaches and I am continually discovering new packages and processes that make my life easier and improve my productivity.

Over the past 7 years I have slowly but surely adapted my working methods to let me to do all of my work remotely with a portfolio of internet tools and rigid self discipline. One late night whilst surfing the Internet I discovered Quickbooks online and this got me thinking about what just might be possible. The discovery of online ‘on demand’ small business accounting software was a ‘light bulb’ moment for me and the start of my ‘remote working journey’.

I have got to state up front that efficiently working remotely is as much about the tools as it is about self management. Working remotely also means imparting to your co-workers, superiors and customers as to what they can expect and how they will stay in touch with you.

In ‘Remote Working Part 2 – Why self discipline is important’ I write about how to focus.