13 May 2010

The Remote Worker Awards Sets Up Young Devon Woman In Business

Abbe Martin won a home based franchise in the Remote Worker Awards

Last year Abbe Martin from Exeter, in Devon, had her life completely changed in the prestigious Remote Worker Awards Ceremony when she was crowned as the winner of her own home based business worth £15k. With this week’s announcement that the 2010 Remote Worker Awards is once again open, Abbe encourages young people to enter.

Abbe entered the 2009 Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business, and competed against many people to win the Helen O' Grady special award. This life changing award saw her being given her own company and overnight Abbe was a new business owner.

Although the judges had the difficult task of deciding between the top favourites, the decision was unanimous - Abbe was the outright winner to become a Helen O’Grady Principal and run her own exclusive territory.

Abbe’s extensive background in Drama working within her local community as a volunteer, to keep her passion alive, impressed the judges immediately and she leapt ahead to the finals. Her love of children and recognition of how they can benefit from a self-development programme was key to her winning this award and a £15k drama-academy franchise.

Abbe Martin is now the now the proud principal of Helen O' Grady Exeter, which launched in January 2010. Helen O'Grady is a worldwide Drama Academy that has been running successfully for 30 years and Abbe is thrilled to be part of this organisation.

Abbe said: "I would encourage anyone to enter this Award. You have every chance of success if you really believe in yourself and you want it enough. I got to meet some inspirational Entrepreneurs such as Karen Darby, whose business advice will stay with me forever. It is a scary to go out there on your own, but it is worth it when you start to reap the benefits and can feel really proud of yourself. A little fear is better than a lot of regret. So go for it!"

Award winning website, Remote Employment, Google’s No 1 job site for flexible and home based jobs, launched The Remote Worker Awards in association with BT Business to highlight how home working and remote working benefits the British public and their working life.

More details here www.remoteworkerawards.com.

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Your Home Office
Ideally, you will have a spare room to create a home office. If not, a corner of another room, will be fine as long as you are not constantly distracted in the family fast lane. Set up your kitSet up your computer, files and phone to give you maximum comfort for long hours. Have enough plug points for PC, printer, phone, scanner, mobile charger, fax machine and answer phone. Even better get an all in once mod con to save on a jumble of cables and wires.

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Working Hours
Working outside 'normal' working hours helps to balance your work and home life so don't feel guilty dashing off to take the lads to footie after school, as long as you get your work done. Catching up in the early morning or later in the evening works well, but also watch out for going OTT. Make sure you close down and walk away at some point or the family will go hungry.

Have a breather
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Goal scoring
Give yourself little goals and objectives and then reward yourself when they are complete. Make sure family and friends know your hours or days of working at home and stick to that. Don't be tempted to pop over for a coffee or cook a large meal. Give yourself this time as a reward for getting up early on a Monday to finish a long-winded report. Or if you score well with a new client take five to put your feet up before the school run. Whatever incentives work for you, use them to motivate yourself to balance your time around your other responsibilities.

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