{"id":6045,"date":"2015-12-23T10:29:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T10:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/blog\/?p=6045"},"modified":"2023-10-27T08:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T08:49:12","slug":"7-ways-work-remotely-like-santa-claus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/blog\/mission-values\/7-ways-work-remotely-like-santa-claus\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Ways to Work Remotely Like Santa Claus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows Santa Claus delivers presents to good little girls and boys every December 24th. How he does it is not so well understood.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, it\u2019s obvious: Santa is one of the all-time great practitioners of what we like to call \u201cAnywhere Works.\u201d Work is what you do, not where you do it. And Santa works around the world, almost all at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you\u2019re at home at your personal North Pole, or zipping around the world behind Rudolph\u2019s glowing nose, you can take a few cues from Old Saint Nick and work remotely like Santa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Sleigh Your Commute<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though Santa works at ho-ho-home almost all the time, when he does head out, it\u2019s go time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To do a global job, you have to be mobile. Check Craigslist for flying sleighs, or regular sleighs and flying reindeer, or all of the above. If you don\u2019t find anything, don\u2019t worry. You can be mobile virtually, with a good chat client like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skype.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/chat\/answer\/161934?hl=en\">GChat<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\">Slack<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>By traveling just one day a year with renewable reindeer fuel, Santa has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/why\">low, low carbon footprint<\/a>. You can too!<\/p>\n<h2>Get Elves<\/h2>\n<p>When you have a big job to do, you need the right team. And while magical elves are hard to come by, anyone can find help.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you need to take Christmas orders from anywhere in the world, a live answering service can be your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">team of little helpers<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Make Your Workshop Jolly<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa works at home every day except Christmas Eve. If you spend a lot of time in your home office, make it jolly!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magical elves are not going to show up at a workshop without the right cookies and tinsel. When you like to be in your workspace, work is fun! We recommend a candy cane-based interior decoration theme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Handle Your Mail<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to work remotely like Santa, you can\u2019t miss a letter from little Bobby or Susie. For Santa, losing track of messages isn\u2019t an option. You should approach your communications the same way!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Make a List, Check it Twice<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa could never get the presents out to all the kids if he wasn\u2019t so organized. Apps like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/workflowy.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workflowy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trello<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> make keeping your lists straight as easy as sliding across a frozen pond. After all, you need to know who\u2019s naughty and who\u2019s nice.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Wear a Red Hat<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re not sure why this helps, but there is a strong correlation between wearing a fuzzy red hat and becoming a global icon of remote working. Why mess with success?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>See Your Customers When They\u2019re Sleeping<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actually, never mind. Leave this one to Santa.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>You Better Not Cry<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working from home or on the road (in the sky?) doesn\u2019t have to be hard. With a little magical (or technological) help you can work anywhere, just like Kris Kringle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Got some tips on how to work effectively no matter where you are? Share them in the comments!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Work is what you do, not where you do it.<\/p><cite>AnswerConnect<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows Santa Claus delivers presents to good little girls and boys every December 24th. How he does it is not so well understood. 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