How to cope with teleworking: 4 necessary psychological changes

The famous teleworking (that is, working remotely or online, using new technologies, either from home or from any other place that does not involve moving to an office) has become a necessity in times of pandemic, but also a breakdown of head.

It is an added difficulty to our new times. How to face teleworking to buy time instead of wasting it? In this article (with video included) you will find the 4 psychological changes necessary to transform your telework into a help for your day to day instead of a problem.

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Why do we talk about psychological changes?

The results or experiences you obtain in your work, in your daily life, in your personal, romantic or family relationships, they depend first and foremost on your personal development: how do you interpret situations, how do you manage resources, how do you communicate, how do you build your self-esteem, your way of understanding and managing your emotions, your self-knowledge, etc.

Working remotely today is a challenge for which we were not prepared; Not only because of the situation of the pandemic, but because in many cases we had never done it before and it represents a break with all our known work schemes and structures.

Already before the pandemic, technological progress and our new social needs (the 8-hour work in office or in another place is unproductive and consumes a large part of our day to day) did telework necessary. But if we are not used to doing it and it involves stress, anguish, disorganizationHow are we going to transform it into an advantage?

First of all, is it possible to transform teleworking into an experience that brings more comfort to your life instead of being a nuisance? Yes, it can, but only through your own personal change. Only if you develop the necessary key skills will you be able to face it to save time, achieve more and better results, feel better and harmonize it with your daily and personal life.

A job, a service in short, does not have to mean that you spend a certain number of hours in a specific place. Many of the social needs that different jobs cover can be done remotely. It is not at all a cold approach, but a productive one, which allows you to harmonize it with your life and improve the personal aspects that we tend to neglect more (partner, family, personal satisfactions, interest in others knowledge).

However... We already know that the opposite can happen with telework if we do not learn to take advantage of it. For this reason, I have left you a video where you can delve into the following: why teleworking is so difficult for us (social structures that unproductive people have made us) and what are the 4 psychological changes necessary for teleworking to be an experience for you favor.

In the last 10 years I have accompanied, as a psychologist and coach, to people who wanted to achieve changes in their lives through processes of change, be they personal or professional. Since teleworking is increasingly necessary (sometimes mandatory, without anyone having taught us how to do it) this need to promote personal change has become more immediate.

Summarizing from those seen above, the main problems that make teleworking an added difficulty are the following:

1. External structures

These delayed time instead of optimizing it according to specific and inflexible schedules.

2. Work according to minimum times

Equally they made us stretch out time and lose focus (To understand what the maximum and minimum times mean, watch the video).

3. Lack of confidence

This lack of confidence can be oriented towards you or towards your results, and decrease your mood and it makes you feel more and more insecure.

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What to do to face teleworking?

You also know what those 4 necessary psychological changes are (which you can find developed in the video above).

1. Learn to manage time

Work according to maximum times instead of minimums to gain focus and time)

2. Planification and organization

In order to prioritize what is important over what is urgent, learn to make decisions and save resources)

3. Create your own structure

With clear routines that are totally different from those in the office but do not stretch time and keep you at work longer than necessary... you know, no working in pajamas)

4. Learn to understand and manage your emotions

These lead you to make one or another decision or to interpret what happens one way or another.

In conclusion...

If you want to develop these skills and experience the change you need, at empoderamientohumano.com you find the possibility of scheduling a first exploratory session with me to take that first step. In addition, people who experience their processes in the month of November will have extra help to improve their productivity.

First of all I send you a lot of encouragement, and rest assured that teleworking, thanks to your own personal change, will end up being an experience you want to stay with instead of abandoning it. Our life is worth living if we have it available to be lived, not just as a weekend break. Having the time at your disposal is, in principle, a decision. A decision that leads you towards your personal change.