Are you returning back to a formal office setting after being away for a
very long time, by the end of this video I'm gonna give you my best tips on how
to return back to work, after being away for a period of time, with ease and
enthusiasm, and stay tuned to the end of this video, because I'm gonna tell you
how to get your hands on a really cool list, on how to make you more productive,
so when you get back to the office, you can hit the ground running,
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office, and in a home environment remotely, and I've been doing this for
over 20 years, so I've mastered how to transition going back into an office
setting, so what I'm going to share with you, are my top tips, so that you can
transition back into the office setting, and you can remain productive, so if
you're excited about learning about these tips, like this video, and let's get
to it. Mirror mirror on the wall, okay, it's all
about self reflection, now that's the first thing I highly recommend that you
do, as you're preparing to go back to the office setting, really think about your
habits, what's been really working well for you, what has not been
working well for you, and put a list together, because this is the stuff you
want to either continue to do, that you were doing from home or remotely, and now
you want to continue with that in the office setting, so really do a
self-reflection, you have the answers, you just have to call them out, so do a
little bit of reflecting, a mirror mirror on the wall, Jack of all trades, master of
none, all right, you were reflecting beforehand, and now I really want you
to think about, what is it that you need to better your skills, your
re-entering the office setting, so things may have changed from when you left, and
you were working remotely, and now you're heading back, are there new skill sets
that you have to have, this is a great time, as part of reflection to think, what
is it that I have to do, to better my skills, you may need to have some new
project management skills, maybe some communication skills, facilitation skills,
who knows what that may be, but really, you want to get really honed in, and
upgrade anything you can, and what a great opportunity when you go back into
the office, to sit down with your boss and say, hey I've been really reflecting
on this, and I think I need to do ABCD to even become a better employee, and
deliver on everything that you need from me, You're stronger than you think, so
this is really interesting, because this is all about discipline, when people work
from home, they tend to, on average, not everybody, kind of get little more
lacks on the rules, maybe you get up later, work out at a more convenient time
for you, etcetera, and then when you get back into that office setting, where you
have like really strict hours, because you have to be at work at a certain time,
you have to deal with rush-hour traffic in order to get there, who knows what it
may be, some really great things that you've started to incorporate may go off
the wayside, don't, just really rethink about when you
can do those things, so if you've been working out while working from home
remotely, and you've been fitting it in, let's say in the afternoon, because you
can, right, that's the ability and the joys of working from home, you may really
want to say this is a priority for me, I want to continue doing this, you have it
in you, you are stronger than you think, you have the discipline to say, I'm gonna
get up really early in the morning, 6 o'clock, in order to get my work
out in, don't give up on things that give you joy, and pleasure, particularly during
a period of time when you've maybe gotten new habits that you're loving, so
remember, you are stronger than you think, and really get clear with what's
important to you, and instill discipline, and just reorganize your day accordingly
to still make it work for you, Maintain effective communication, all right, you're
heading back into the office setting, and for those of you who've been in an
office setting before, you know how distracting it can be, and if you were
working from home, and now you're heading back in, you probably realize how much
more communication you've actually had with people around you, why, because you
had to set and schedule,those virtual meetings in order to interact, so when
you get back into that office setting, you want to keep, and maintain that style
of communication, yeah, it's gonna be easier for people dropping by your desk,
to kind of have those hallway conversations, all that stuff is
wonderful, and for some of you, you're probably missing out on it, but on the
flip side of it, there was something really powerful when working from home
about having structure, and scheduling, right, ensuring that you
talk to people, at certain amounts of time, or at certain periods of time, so
what is really gonna help you as you move back into the office setting, is to
still honor that, still have the communication, still have that
connections, but honor your time as well, and what I mean by that is, you need to
set aside what I call power hours times, when you can really focus on stuff, and
shut the door, and not be interrupted, because when you're back in the office,
it's really easy for people to go, hey Sally, can I just talk to you for a
minute, you know what interruption that gives to
someone's day, particularly when they've been really thinking quite heavily on a
report, or a project, or whatever that may be, but I have a solution for
you, you can have power hours,
and you can put that in your calendar, so don't block your calendar with just
everything, block it with hour sections, and try 2 a day, because I promise you
have meetings in between there too, and if you also, not in your calendar, you can
actually put a Power Hour on your door, so something like this, and, if
you have an open office setting, you can even do something where you can say hey,
I am really busy, check it out, you can come in, you can talk to me, and if ,
you're not able to, teach people how to use this stuff, it makes a huge
difference, particularly after being away from the office, when you didn't have to
worry about people knocking on your door, how do you do it politely, this is a
great way to do it, Glass-half-full, this is all about
perspective, how are you looking at it, about you returning back to an official
office setting, are you really excited about it, are you nervous, are you even
like dreading it, listen, one thing I know for sure is, how we think, and how we feel,
has a huge impact on people around us, they pick up on our energy, so I'm gonna
highly recommend, really take a perspective of, the glass half full, so
really be positive, think about all the good things, I promise you, it's not all
bad, have a gratitude list, what are you grateful for, for getting back into the
office, and don't forget, you're gonna have a whole bunch of other lists with
you to, to help keep you productive, to ensure that you still do the things that
you love, but your perspective is going to be huge, because people pick up on
that energy, so be positive, have that gratitude list, to help
stay into that positivity, because even that in itself, can get you into the
right mindset, and I promise you, when you're positive, people pick up on that
energy, you may just come across things, and opportunities, that you would not
have gotten if you, maybe have been on the more negative side, because people
didn't want to approach you, it makes a huge difference, and it will boost your
career, because people will see you in a different light,
now that you are better equipped to go back into the office setting, I want you
to be really productive too, so go down in the link below, grab this guide that's
going to give you a whole bunch of tips, and tricks, on how you can knock
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