CXO们在远程工作方面表现不佳，因此他们要求所有员工回到办公室工作。
获得一份远程工作并不难，但保持这份工作要难得多。
人们看到我在不同城市和国家工作的帖子，认为远程工作只是关于自由和灵活性。他们看到咖啡馆的照片、欧洲的旅行以及“随处工作”的生活方式。
但他们看不到的是，为了实现这一切，我付出了多年的自律。
找到并获得一份远程工作实际上比以往任何时候都要容易。公司正在招聘远程员工，机会随处可见，面试也可以通过Zoom进行。
远程工作并不难，难的是它需要一种完全不同的自律和组织能力，而大多数人在刚开始时并不具备这种能力。
让我来详细说明一下。
你需要在沟通方面表现出色。不仅仅是好，而是出色。因为当你不在办公室时，没有人看到你在工作。没有人知道你是否遇到了困难，也没有人知道你是否在取得进展，除非你告诉他们。你需要以一种起初感觉不自然的方式进行过度沟通。
你需要在没有人监视的情况下管理自己的工作。没有经理路过你的桌子，也没有同事因看到他人工作而施加的压力。当Netflix就在眼前，而没有人会知道你是否花了三个小时吃午餐时，你需要自律才能真正完成工作。
利益相关者管理变得至关重要。你不能随便找人聊几句。所有事情都需要计划、记录并清晰沟通。你需要在不同的时区之间让多个人保持一致，而没有随意走廊对话的便利。
你的组织能力必须完美。文件需要放在大家预期的位置。文档需要清晰。你的Figma文件不能杂乱无章。当人们无法轻易找到你询问某个东西时，一切都需要自解释。
而这里是大多数人低估的事情。要将自己培养成一名优秀的远程合作者，大约需要3到5年的持续自律。
三到五年。
不是三个月，也不是一年。是多年建立这些习惯，直到它们成为你的第二天性。
我自2018年以来一直在远程工作，已经七年了。我仍在学习更好的沟通、组织和远程协作方式。这不是你在头六个月就能搞明白的事情。
所以，当人们看到我在欧洲或不同城市工作，认为“这看起来很简单，我想要这样的生活”，他们看不到的是让我看起来轻松的七年实践。
远程工作并不适合每个人，这没关系。
它适合那些有耐心和自律，能够在多年中培养这些技能的人。适合那些能够独立工作而不依赖外部结构的人。适合那些能够主动沟通而非被动反应的人。
这并不容易，只是从外表看起来容易。
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