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Working from home – Part I

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WORKING FROM HOME PART - I



Vocabulary

To devote time: Give all or a large part of one's time or resources to a person, activity, or

cause.

Attrition: A reduction in size, numbers, or strength

Isolation: To set apart or cut off from others.

To Juggle: To handle or deal with usually several things (as obligations) at one time so as to

satisfy often competing requirements

Despondent: In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.



Why work from home?



Work from home job options



Qualities needed to work from homeMatch the following proverbs with the qualities

Determination Self-Motivation Concentration

Organization Self Discipline

A. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

B. When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem

multiplies tremendously.

C. The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.

D. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

E. File, Don’t Pile!



Fill in the blanks with the words from the list

Do your family and friends think that since you "work at home" you can stop everything at once and go shopping, take a ________, go for lunch?

Generally speaking, it's ________to your business to explain your ________, to your family and friends and make them understand that your job is just like ________other job.

It requires ________ so many hours each day for you to ____ money and if you don’t put in your required hours, you don’t get ________.

Yet, if you own a ________ you can go to a park or a coffee house and ________ your work.

It's important that you try and ________ some kind of human ________ on a daily basis.

any connection crucial day off devoting do duties laptop maintain make paid



• ________ you to be successful ________ your home business, you need to work hard ________ it.

•Motivation, consistency and patience are the keys ________ success.

•If you spend most ________ your time ________ home ________ one room ________no

connection with other people, eventually ________ some point ________ time, you are likely

________ feel alone and isolated.

•Face it, it gets a little lonely when there's nobody to talk ________ or to share ideas, or to

discuss your problems ________- business or personal.

Use PREPOSITIONS to fill the blanks and complete the sentences

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