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So Coronavirus Has You Working From Home: 5 Things I’ve Learned in 13 Years of Productivity

You’re doing your part by social distancing in the midst the COVID-19 pandemic.

But you also need to stay productive while working from home. You know, to do your part in preventing global economic collapse.

No pressure, right?

I’ve been working from home for thirteen years. Along the way, one of my first clients was a remote-work-pioneering startup, and I helped design productivity features in Google Calendar. I also write books on staying productive, even when the chaos of the world gets in the way.

Here are five of the most important things I’ve learned about working from home:

1. Productivity is about Mind Management, not Time Management

Working in an office is about getting as much work done as you can in eight hours. Working from home is simply about getting the work done, however long (or short) it takes.

There are only so many hours in the day, and so you can only get so much out of those hours. Eventually, “time management” is squeezing blood from a stone.

Meanwhile, there’s almost no limit to what you can get out of your mind, as long as you’re in the right mental…