CareerJournal - Roll out of bed, put on a pot of coffee, and stumble over to your desk to check your phone and e-mail messages, all while still in your pajamas. While this might be some people's idea of telecommuting, it is not an approach destined for success, according to the experts.

"The day you decide to wear your bathrobe, the CEO will want to do an iChat [videoconference]," says career counselor and executive coach Clay Parsons at Alternative Futures. "The people who succeed will be the ones who take it very seriously and go into it with their eyes and ears wide open. They are also disciplined people who work hard and can be their own boss."

To read the rest of this story, and learn six tips for success at taking on a telecommuting position, visit the Wall Street Journal's Career Journal Web site.

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