Have you been a member of the Boy Scouts or gone to summer camp? If you had, then you must have been taught some survival lessons. You know, those lessons on how to prepare breakfast or fold your bed without Mom’s or Dad’s help. Freelancing may not be as thrilling as camping but you need to know some skills to survive. You are making a living, not just cooking breakfast or folding a bed; and certainly no Mom or Dad will come to help you out. You are on your own; your family depending on you and things can get really scary.
To help you out, these survival tips, taken from the wisdom of the gurus, can help you out:
Frequently assess your business:
I once attended a business forum where the resource person said that if you are not making money in your business within two years, it is time to take stock of things; maybe change or stop.
Changing a business model is a tempting option and must be done if there is a better alternative. But stopping? Nothing is more certain of losing than to stop
Regardless, ask yourself these soul-searching questions:
- Do you really want to do it or is it because others are, too;
- Do you have the necessary skills to do it? If not, do you know where to get help?
- What have you done right, or wrong?
- Can you replicate the right and correct the wrong?
An honest assessment of yourself will definitely lead to some interesting areas of self-discovery.
Get help:
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