1. Communication Issues
1.1. Have Everyone Remote
1.1.1. By having everyone remote, everyone is on the same page.
1.1.2. There aren’t many different ways to communicate.
1.1.3. Everyone uses the same tool.
1.2. Limit The Need To Communicate Verbally
1.2.1. Use the Kanban approach.
1.2.2. Automate and have a clear indicator of who needs to do what when.
1.2.3. Use Trello with the Trello Butler to achieve that.
1.3. Be Fully Transparent
1.3.1. With the Kanban approach mentioned before, have different boards depending on the type of work.
1.3.2. Make every board public to everyone at the company.
1.3.3. Let people working with you know that you're not just barking orders from the beach working on your sun-tan.
1.4. Trust Your Team
1.4.1. Have everyone’s input on aspects you trust them on.
1.4.2. Let everyone submit their design ideas and collaborate on it. Have them vote on ideas
1.4.3. By trusting everyone, you know they trust and respect you more in return. They know you’re working towards the same goals.
2. Environment Issues
2.1. Removing Distractions
2.1.1. Change your environment so that it’s harder to distract yourself as opposed to doing your productive activities.
2.1.2. If your distraction is in your physical location, hide stuff, or better yet, make someone else hide it.
2.1.3. If your distraction is on your computer, use software that blocks access to apps and websites during certain hours.
2.1.4. Have someone you trust lock the schedule behind a password so you can’t easily disable it.
2.2. Finding Good Wifi
2.2.1. Use co-working spaces. They usually have good Wifi
2.2.2. Check the speed using speedtest.net.
2.2.3. Never trust your Airbnb host or hostels to tell you their wifi is fast.
2.3. Fighting Loneliness
2.3.1. Use coworking spaces
2.3.2. It’s always nice and motivating to meet other people who work on their own crazy ideas.
2.3.3. You build great personal and professional relationships just from being there.
2.4. Keeping A Schedule
2.4.1. Use coworking spaces.
2.4.2. Even though no one is monitoring you, it's good to feel like someone could judge you for not following your schedule.