Thread by @NeelBParekh

Now that everyone CAN work remotely, you can pick where in the world to work from.

But working in a funky timezone when you have a local biz can get hard...I work w/ ~30 diff countries for my LA-based biz.

A 🧵on how to make timezones work when running a remote local biz👇

The “digital nomad” dream of working from anywhere at anytime is nice…but maybe not realistic for the growth of your new business.

Every person is different and the timezone you’re living in will really affect your work quality.

When I’m home in LA I’m “at the office” (aka the world HQ of my home desk) by about 8:00am, when business is officially open. Simple.

But when I’m working from Europe, my workday runs from about 5pm to midnight, which is still generally fine for me since I’m a night person🦉

While that can sound rough, keep in mind that the following morning I’m free to sleep a bit and when I did get rolling on work I was “in the future” so no one was bugging me.

I was able to get a lot more deep work done on a regular basis👇

While this concept can work for places like Europe, what happens if you want to spend time in Asia?

In the #remotework world, Asia is the top-level achievement for many digital nomads (in terms of the life that you can enjoy). Food, housing, and adventuring is cheap…

…but?👇

The Asia timezone sucks for me.

When you’re trying to run a remote business in Asia, this can translate into the “digital nomad graveyard shift.”

AKA, that moment when you go to a coworking space at midnight to do a video call and see that you’re not alone👇

The time difference between Bali and Los Angeles is 15 hours.

When I was in Thailand, that meant I had one hour a day (around 11pm Thai time) for meetings.

I could do this because I was no longer in the building/scaling phase of my biz. I already had a team I could trust👇

But I definitely couldn’t do this early on. I pretty much exclusively traveled in Latin America in the beginning, bc of timezone compatibility with CA

You can’t be in building & scaling mode in your business and hope to succeed with one effective hour with your team per day 🚫👇

The dream of being able to work from wherever in the world you want and whenever you want is the ultimate “freedom” in my book.

The reality is, few have this luxury when they are starting out their business, especially a business which is tied to a specific timezone👇

The cool part is that when you do have a remote local business, YOU can pick which timezone works for you and go there.

My sweet spot was being 3-5 hours ahead of my “business hours” and I actually picked locations in the world that allowed me to live this ideal daily schedule👇

The moral of this thread is: you need to pick a timezone that works for YOU and your biz.

This can change depending on the phase your business is in.

Everyone has their own “favorite schedule”., and the beauty is that with WFH and remote life, you can craft your ideal schedule

What does your ideal schedule look like? Where would you want to work remotely from?

Learn more about running a remote local business across timezones here: anchor.fm/remotelocal/ep…

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