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simple business roles for the self-employed

Posted 03-23-2008 at 05:05 PM by Goddess

People often wonder about being self-employed. It's one of those things people fantasize about after a bad day at the office or something. At least, I did...

It should surprise nobody that the reaility doesn't always live up to the fantasy.

Anyway, I thought I'd share some of my unoiffical business rules that I've found helpful...
  • The less they've paid, the more they expect. ALWAYS.
  • People that take up a big amount of time and energy before you've got a project always make high-maintenence, frustrating clients. See number 1.
  • If a client makes you cry, it's time to begin firing them. Ok, so not everybody is so emotional...but i can be.
  • Don't answer the phone when you're sleepy or not sharp.
  • Don't answer a client email when you're uspet.
  • say no when you need to. it's easist the faster you do it.
  • listen to your gut. it's always right even if you can't say why at the time.
  • take SOME time off every day, regardless of your workload. the downtime makes your work time more productive anyway.
  • fire clients that stress you out. it's not worth the money anyway.
  • projects always take approximately 3 times as long to finish as you think they should.

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