Who Shouldn't Freelance: 11 Signs

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

In the comments to the previous article on the topic of freelancing, serious battles flared up and diametrically opposite opinions were expressed - from the classic "KG / AM" to "… but in fact everything is correct". Well, this is not surprising at all, we are all different, each has its own individual inclinations and character traits, which ultimately determine the success or failure of our endeavors. Therefore, let's talk today about the personal qualities necessary for successful entrepreneurship and freelancing. Although no, they write about it on every corner. Let's better on the contrary, find out which people are strictly contraindicated to "work for themselves."

I will give you a list of the worst character traits that can interfere with the success of your business. Try to calmly and objectively apply them to yourself. If you find similarity in less than a third of the points, then you need to work on yourself, but in general, it is not so bad. With a coincidence of about half, you need to think seven times before leaving for "free bread". Well, if it seemed to you that this was all about you, then you better do not even try.

1. You are easily distracted and disorganized

Do you think that if you periodically check the news, check Facebook and check your email while working on a project, then this is multitasking? No, you're just wasting time. When working for yourself, you must be super-organized and disciplined. You yourself assign tasks to yourself, the timing of their completion and you yourself monitor their implementation, otherwise you will have to constantly experience time pressure and make excuses to customers who will not tolerate it for a long time.

2. You can't see the main thing

Sometimes there is a lack of work, and sometimes it is too much. If you had to manage several projects at the same time, then it is very important to set your preferences correctly. Which order to give preference to - where do they pay more or their regular customer? What is better - to correct mistakes in the old order or to quickly create a new hack? If strategic planning and foresight isn't your forte, then you need a boss.

3. You can't imagine yourself

You can be a genius writer or the most creative designer, but if only you and your cat know about it, then you will not succeed. You need to create a name for yourself, forge your fame, be able to advertise yourself. Maintaining profiles on social networks, communicating on professional forums, creating and updating a portfolio, announcements and negotiations - all this will take you as much time as your creativity itself. Remember, in Odessa they say: "show-off is more expensive than money", and this is still true.

4. You don't know your worth

I never understood what makes people respond to proposals like “… urgently need 100 articles, 1500 characters each. tomorrow morning, I pay 10 rubles. for 1 thousand. without spaces . Probably, these people simply did not read the fourth item on this list. Set yourself a limit, below which you can not fall. If you cannot set and maintain your price, then a fixed salary in the office is better for you.

5. You don't like your job

Yes, this happens quite often. But this is catastrophically dangerous for a freelancer who has to burn at work. If you do not wake up in the morning with a joyful feeling that now you are going to do what you love, then it is better to look for something else.

6. You don't know how to handle money

We have already mentioned that income when working as a freelancer can be very uneven. Here are some great orders in a row, and you glance thoughtfully at an advertisement for a new car, and after six months the flow has dried up, and you decide what to eat for dinner. You will need the ability to optimally plan your spending and save some of your earnings "for the worst times."And you will have them, do not hesitate.

7. You do not care

If you are used to making a minimum of effort in your old job to complete the task, and your main principle is in the words "it will do," then you will fail. The truth is that a freelancer has to put in a lot more effort and do a much better job just to stay afloat. And keep in mind that there are no colleagues who will correct your mistakes!

8. You are a perfectionist

The opposite of the previous point. The desire to do everything as well as possible, to achieve the ideal quality can, of course, add fame to you as a good specialist, but it will definitely hit your wallet. If you find in yourself an excessive desire to create a "perfect product", then get rid of it before joining freelance.

9. You are not proactive

You are just doing your job well, conscientiously following orders from your superiors. This is an excellent and very valuable quality, but it is completely unsuitable for independent work. Here you will have to come up with promotions and events yourself, look for new directions and knock on all doors. Not everyone can do it.

10. You are waiting for inspiration

You lie in bed and wait for the moment when the muse will descend on you, and then immediately give birth to a masterpiece. Great creators may do just that, but earth freelancers work in any condition. Sometimes it seems that the tired brain cannot produce any more lines, and the monitor is already hurting your eyes, but you still have to work.

11. You give up easily

Don't really believe the happy stories of successful freelancers. All of them have come a long way, full of mistakes and failures, and only perseverance has helped them to become what they have become. If you do decide to take this difficult path, be persistent and persistent to the end.

And may the force be with you!