The 4 Winning Personality Traits of the Successful
Telecommuter
By: Sylvie Fortin
Did you know that all successful
telecommuters share four basic personality traits? That’s
right; ALL successful telecommuters have four winning qualities
that help catapult them to the top of their game. To help
you on your way to becoming the next most successful telecommuter,
I’ve assembled the following list of personality quirks
that exist in ALL successful telecommuters. If there is something
on this list that doesn't sound like you, don't worry! Learning
what you need to be is part of learning how to get work from
home. Even if you weren't born with these traits, you can
definitely learn them.
- Self-Motivated. This is the number one
personality trait you must have in order to be successful.
This means that you are completely reliant on your own steam
to get things done. You don't need a boss looking over your
shoulder. You don't need anyone to remind you about
deadlines. You tend to find your own answers instead of
asking others to answer your questions for you.
- Obsessive-Compulsive. Granted, using the term
that is most commonly associated with having a “disorder” is
a little odd. However, this particular personality quirk is
also critically important when you work from home. To be a
successful telecommuter, you have the type of personality
that feels compelled to finish what you start, no matter how
much it may inconvenience you to do so. When you begin a
project, you will never rest until that project is finished.
You may be sick as a dog but will keep working until the job
is finished, knowing that the deadline is too critical to
miss. You simply refuse to fail. You are someone who will
stay up all night if that's what it takes to complete a
project.
- Perfectionist. This refers to individuals who
are never quite satisfied with the work that they do. You're
the kind of person who is fussy about the details and will
drive yourself nuts if you make mistakes. You are more
likely to find your own mistakes, rather than wait for
someone else to point them out to you. If you miss one of
your own errors, and your boss or client points it out to
you, you tend to have an emotional reaction to it and tend
to go 'above and beyond' the call of duty to not only fix
your mistake, but make up for it to the client in some way.
- Cheerful and Optimistic. This personality trait needs to be in
place before you should consider working from home. You need
to be the kind of person who sees the rainbow in every
thunderstorm, views the glass as half full rather than half
empty, and looks for the light at the end of every tunnel.
Sure, this sounds kind of fluffy and silly, but if you have
this kind of personality trait, you will be able to weather
every storm and confidently handle the stress that goes
along with working from home.
When you have the above set of personality
quirks, you definitely are well-equipped to handle the
difficult times. Not only will you be able to handle the
stages when you don't have projects to work on, you will
also be able to handle the projects as they happen.
You won't be the type of person who
disappoints employers and you will definitely become one of
those rare gems that employers tend to rely on for lots of
different projects. This keeps you employed for ever because you
live and breathe success and independence. If you don’t have all
of these traits, don’t worry; start cultivating each in your
daily work and before you know it, you’ll be the most successful
telecommuter you know!
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This article is excerpted from “You
Can Work in Your PJs”, a real world guide to telecommuting.
Sylvie Fortin works from home full time and wrote this book
to share her unique techniques with others. You can download
your copy of “You Can Work in Your PJs” by visiting
http://www.inyourpjs.com
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