Highly Productive Remote Work: A Pragmatic Guide

by Darius Foroux

Welcome to the age of remote work. Technology gave you and me the opportunity of a lifetime. No more commuting. No more time-wasting. No more annoying meetings. This collection of articles shows you how to be highly productive no matter where you work. You can work from home, your bedroom, hotel room, bedroom, guest room, or any other private space into your primary workspace. Remote work leads to better output, higher work satisfaction, and more free time.  But remote work is not easy. It requires a system. When you work at home, you’re your own boss. That means you must adopt a “work first” mindset.
In this “best of” collection, I’ve handpicked my best articles that show you how
1. Form the mindset you need to get things done from home
2. Improve your productivity with proven techniques
3. Manage and improve yourself When you adopt the ideas, strategies, and habits that I share in this collection, you can take on any work-related challenge that life throws at you. You no longer wish that you had a perfect office or the best resources in the world,  you will be highly productive with what you have. Wherever you are.

Genres: Productivity, Self Help, Nonfiction

117 pages, Paperback

Published March 23, 2020

About the author

Darius Foroux (pronounced as Da-reeus Fo-roo) is the author of 7 books, and the creator of 6 online courses.

He writes about productivity, business, and wealth building. His ideas and work have been featured in TIME, NBC, Fast Company, Inc., Observer, and many more publications. Until now, more than 30 million people have read his articles.

Reviews

[Sooraj Naga · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading Atomic habits, this book plays the role of a flashcard, a top-down approach to your productivity itch

[Bookish Devil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darius Fox is a well-known persona in the blogging industry. I have read his articles on Medium and he is a true professional. The tips and techniques he offers are very easy to adopt. His suggestions are logical and practical. The book is bifurcated into two parts. In the first part, he helps us establish the 'work first' mindset and in the second, he provides us with quick remedies and ideas which would yield good results when implemented. At the end of each part, he gives a summary of the key points discussed, which in my opinion, acts as good reference material. The book isn't just for remote workers, people from all walks of life can read this and take away a bunch of important ideas.

[Rita Riscada · Rating 3 out of 5]

It seems as a reuse of the ideas from "Do it today". For this reason, I think it can be useful for someone who didn't read that one yet, but it could have been much more specific for the remote work challenges.

[Sarabjeet Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book tells us all the things we all know, but ignore, in a very structured and straightforward manner.

[Himanshu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read to align yourself back to productivity

Loved the framework of this book and the summarization.

Darius has put timeless productivity advise (not necessarily for remote work) but loved reading the book.

As he mentioned, there are a few typos in the book, but his writing styles delivers the message what he wants to.

I'm a long time fan of Darius since reading his blog on Medium.com for the first time. Really great to see him progress to be author of 7 books and becoming a successful self published writer.

Recommend reading this book.

[Vishnu Kartha · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read. This is a very small book, but packed with some good ideas on how to be more productive, by focusing on the things that actually matter and keeping away from all the unimportant things that causes distraction to your actual work. There are so many steps the author offering in this book, which you actually can apply without much effort. I got many useful tips from this book, which I am definitely going to apply, by selecting those which actually aligns with my lifestyle and the nature of my work. Also, I believe the book is not just about remote work, but as work in general.

Being said that, I have some ideas of the author which I have different opinion on, but that is fine, as everybody has their own point of view and nobody can judge anybody on that.

All in all, I believe it is a little book from which can consume more.

[Kokilla (Stillreadingbook) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Positive point on this book is the language used. It was so easy to understand. Writer didn't use any fancy/difficult words.
The book covers all the important yet achievable points to be productive.
I loved that writer didn't share task/activities that would have made me procastinate more. I found this book somewhat motivational.
It felt writer is trying to motivate us to be productive.
Writer shared the pointers that he practiced or practises to be productive.

[Omkar Subakade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Productivity boosting tips, not only for Work from Users but also for daily life

This is my second consecutive book after Think Straight from Darius. One thing worth noticing is that his books are short yet give exact message through pointers, no long essays.

A must read within couple of hours!

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, straightforward advice on personal productivity: it's quite focused and pragmatic. I'm unfamiliar with the author but I gather he writes quite a bit around productivity, and the book did feel like a repackaging of personal productivity advice without a clear line to remote work as most of us encounter it: with teams, collaborators, clients, others.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read, but I would've liked a little more detail/more in the way of tying his practices to actual remote work. I got a lot from this, but I didn't see any tie-back to the life of a remote worker - the book catered to your every(wo)man just as much as it catered to a remote worker. Still some valuable insight here.

[Rajeshkumar Yadav · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good summary

This felt like a good summary of all the self help books that I read till date. It makes all the ideas to the point and concise. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to be more productive. I like that this book is short and does not waste time in expanding a one line idea into a 10 page essay

[Juscelino Junior · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mais do que simplesmente derramar algumas poucas dicas, o livro consegue fazer com que reflitamos nas diversas desculpas que usamos para nos afastarmos do trabalho "home office" produtivo.

Procrastinar é um hábito terrível do ser humano e deixar o trabalho acumular é pior ainda. Então, a única forma de vencer isso, nas palavras do autor, é sentar na cadeira e fazer o que tem de ser feito.

[Prajakta · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an easy and quick read.

It is filled with a lot of helpful tips and tools you can use to become more productive.

Few important takeaways are
- keep it simple
- have a clear set of goals
- take care of your energy
- stay focused
- use pomodoro
- log your time to manage procrastinating
- always be learning

[Ashwini · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the way the book started, was expecting more about how to gain more from remote working and tele-commuting, the book to a certain extent was a repetition of his earlier books. Never the less a good read.

[JERIN SANTHOSH · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth reading

Highly recommend to read this book especially these days when everyone is switching to WFH mode and Darius really put together some great ideas to keep moving ahead more effectively.

[Aditya Tah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darius is a blessing and an angel .

The author is super good in simplifying what he wants the readers to understand. There is no jargon and over use of explaining the core point .
God bless ,Darius .

[Vikrama Dhiman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book, misleading title

This is a great book. Quick, snazzy read with two brilliant chapters. However, it's not about remote work per se. Still recommend picking it up ya!

The chapter on ambition stood out.

[Abi Ajay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant, Practical and easy

This is amazing. Good short explanation to each key concept, followed by summary of whole section. Easy to understand and busts a few myths as well. Very relatable and practical enough to apply NOW

[Amit Ranjan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The way Darious write that actually very different from others. Simple and crazy ideas but easy to implement. One should read this to understand the gaps and then fill those gaps with better input. Good one 👍

[Sriram · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read but lacks depth in terms of details

[Anoop Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoughts of the author is directly connected to heart. This he suggested in this book is very easy. I love to read his books.

[Walter Straus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good ideas for thought and some implementation - if you need this activity.

[Jaival Mehta · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good to know the pointers we all are aware of

[RKP · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple tips and Yet effective too

Book narration is simple and no unwanted crap.
A must read for those who want to correct their actions and being more productive in every day life

[Juan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to read and useful

A simple approach to convey ideas to be more productive and focus on your goals. You will not regret read this book

[Ashok Raghupathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read 👍

To the point and valuable tips that one should bake into their routine
For productive day over time i believe results would be rewarding

[Tushar Mathur · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is a collection of all the great things that you can think of but what author did not succeeded in telling us how to successfully work from home

[Hina Majeed · Rating 4 out of 5]

I saw this book shared by another person on Instagram and fortunately it was free to read on the Kindle :D

I loved how simple and easy it was.

My favourite takeaway has to be the 'create an activity log' suggestion, have totally started doing and totally loving it, great ideas! And it was nice to see how I was already following some aspects covered although what I loved the most was the book made me think about things I didn't really think about before such as different energies and how important it is.

[Ffi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice easy read, great collection of tips and ideas.