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Laziness can be defined as the desire to do nothing or to stay idle. Laziness is a huge deterrent to productivity, and productivity is necessary to attain success. Success is an output of productivity.

One can only achieve success in a venture, only if one is productive at it.  The time spent watching television, surfing the internet could be put into achieving things that would steer your life towards success. It is not that it is wrong to have time for oneself, human beings are not machines. After so much time is spent working, a period of relaxation and rest is needed in order to recuperate. However, when the rest becomes excessive and starts to interfere with one’s productivity, it becomes laziness. So, how to fight laziness? How to spend your time productively?

Below there are discussed some of the causes of laziness and how to tackle it.

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Who is a teleworker or an agent?

What is a telework?

In 1975 American scientist D. Nellis introduced a new concept «computer-based technology». This is a job that can be done remotely with the help of computer technologies.

One should distinguish four notions. Today telecommuting is a common term for «distance work» in Europe and other countries when in the meantime teleworking as «remote working» is more often used in the United States and Canada.

Both terms mean a work managed from home with a help of telecommunications equipment or using mobile telecommunications technologies to work in restaurants, cafes or other public places.

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The modern world dictates the rules of doing business. Sometimes they are cruel and unjust, onerous and difficult. But each company that wants to succeed in its activities should be customer-oriented. Otherwise, nothing good will come out of its activity.

            What is the meaning of client-orientedness?

Client-orientedness is the ability of the company to put the client’s interests above its own. Ideally, any firm should be guided by this principle, and thus to go forward, to become better. Customer-orientated could be either a company or a specific employee. In practical terms it looks so: if you have a choice meanwhile to serve the customer or to drink coffee, the customer-oriented employee always does not choose a cup of fragrant drink.

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                 Who is the country manager?

Country-manager or city-manager is a remote employee with experience and knowledge of doing business in the country with its own culture and language: he/she provides access to the unknown business world with its mentality and laws.

First and foremost, the country-manager represents a foreign company as a Director, manages a branch office in a particular country.

In other words, the Manager without borders: despite the difference in hundreds of miles with him/her, you can always stay in touch with the assistance of telecommunications and messengers.

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