7 Insights I Got From Being Self-Employed

For years, I was a full-time lecturer. But in 2009, my online business took off and afforded me the opportunity to become self-employed. I no longer have a day job since then. At the time of writing, I have been self-employed for nine years! Wow, that’s quite a long time! Here I’d like to share with you some insights that I have got from being self-employed. I hope you will find something useful that you can apply to your situation. Here they are. 1. Control is what I like the most. What I like the most from my current work is the level of control I have. Instead of someone else telling me about what to do and when to do it, I can decide them on my own. Don’t get it wrong: just because you work independently, it doesn’t mean that you have control. Many people who work independently have their clients as their bosses. Their clients are the ones who decide what to do and when to do it. But I have decided from the beginning that control is important and have designed my work accordingly. For instance, I don’t take consulting jobs. I have a background in software development and people sometimes ask me to accept consulting jobs. But I never accept them. Why? Because they don’t match my work philosophy. With consulting jobs, the clients are in control. Instead, I develop and sell my own apps on the App Store. That way I’m the one who decides the what and when. 2. Never take things for granted. Because I have had this kind of control for years, sometimes I take it fo...
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