Become Freelance

Jeez. Being up for 100 projects at once is not very sane. I admit that during the past 12 months I didn’t give this blog the time it deserves. Financial turbulence got me involved aswell (I managed to get out of it and with considerable profit, though. More on it in a later post!) and I have been working like crazy on other bunch of projects. Add 45 hours a week at my regular job and you don’t have any time left for other things.

Well, not anymore! Because as of Monday, the 17th November 2008, I am independent freelancer and advisor! Weahooo! Almost two years of planning, saving and learning to take this step and NOW I am ready to roll, independently from the crisis everyone is talking about! (more on it in a following post, aswell)

Anyways, I want to share with you a joint-project I was working on in the past 8 months. It’s an eBook about freelancing and entrepreneurship. The idea was to offer a most complete guide about all the facets of the “business” from scratch to success incluiding, financing, planning, outsourcing, time, resources and client management, etc.

Become Freelance

I have noticed that there were pretty good books about accounting, client relations, etc.. But there was no much reference combining this knowledge and applying to the freelance world. Maybe, because it’s still a pretty new/unpopular concept. My aim was to create a handy how-to that would be like a roadmap, for total beginners and professionals alike, and talk about anything and everything involved.

Voilá! The result turned out to be far better than I could ever hope for! Take a look at this freelance bible and become freelance today!

November 19, 2008 | Filed Under Books, Entrepreneurship, Freelance | Leave a Comment 

Why to be entrepreneur?

Being a labour worker has the advantage of a certain “security”: a fixed number in your monthly paycheck makes the life easier. You don’t have to worry whether you will earn enough to cover next month’s expenses. And if you needed financing your bank can give you a loan since your financial situation is easy to predict. The fear of unknown disappears.

Certainly, the life seams “easier” being dependent and not having to worry about anything. But stop and think for a minute how many times you took an easy road and it turned to be not the best choice after all? And how many examples from any area of life can be taken where the hard things and actions that require some effort are the best choice: be it fitness, relationships or whatever. Surely, it is easier to sit on the couch and watch TV. But isn’t it a better choice to get up you butt and do some exercises to improve your health? Have you ever heart quotes like: “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” or “faint heart doesn’t get fair lady”? The life is full of examples that the easy way is mostly not the best choice. Said that, lets get back to our topic. There are two big downturns being labour worker:

First, we become lazy and dumb sheeps. Like slaves we are doing what we are told to. We are working a fixed +40 hours week on some monkey-job we don’t even like. We have a fixed amount of holidays a year. The rest of the time we ARE slave of the system. We lack of freedom and flexibility.

Second, your work is undervalued. Just run the numbers. For example: if a company owner has 100 workers and pays each 50 bucks, that’s 5.000 a month. But if he makes 10.000 dollar from the value all workers produced that’s a return of 100 bucks per each worker’s generated value. And he only pays you half of it! Ok, his organizational work has to be paid, too. But not with 5.000 dollar! Or is the work of one man valued as much as the work of 100?

And worrst of all is that the fears do not disappear. The fear of unknown and fear of failure you might have had as an entrepreneur is replaced with fears of being fired and not being able to pay for all the consumer good you acquired with all those loans you have taken.

Suming up, you replace fear of unknown with fear of being fired and lose your freedom in the process. A fair trade…? Think about it!

June 2, 2008 | Filed Under Entrepreneurship, Freelance, General | Leave a Comment 

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