Jan 18, 2024
- Lifestyle Design, Mindset, Time
- Boundaries, Mindset, Motivation
Articles about Mindset for freelancers
I write about Mindset for solopreneurs
FAQs from solopreneurs about Mindset
What’s one thing I should do to grow as a freelancer?
The one thing that propelled me from 5 to 6 figures?
Reading. 🚀
Here’s some topics to explore that can really shape you from a frantic freelancer to a sytemized solopreneur:
Human Behaviour
🧠 Reading books on human behavior gave me priceless insights into understanding people…
Understand your team, your clients, your audience, yourself.
When you understand how people tick and why they do what they do…
- You’ll be able to sell things
- You’ll be less aggravated by the silly things people do.
- You’ll understand your own motivations and weaknesses.
- You’ll get along with people better
- You’ll be happier and more connected.
Business
💼 Sales and business books became my mentors.
You don’t build a solo business by doing things the way everyone else does them.
The foundations don’t change much, but you have to think differently and figure out new ways to do things.
Luckily someone else has probably done it first.
Learn from the greats.
Philosophy
💡 And then there’s philosophy.
The OG life coach in my opinion.
Helps you deal with all the curveballs that get thrown your way,
AND helps you stay happy once you’ve made it.
In my opinion, Stoicism is something they should teach in school to help with…
- resilience
- happiness
- realism
- coping
- ambition
Application
Now, let’s talk about reading every day for 15 minutes.
If you can make time, in 6 months you won’t recognize yourself.
Your mind is your biggest weapon, train it and feed it. 💪
Don’t know where to start?
These books helped me shortcut my journey from 5 to 6 figures in a couple of years.
Here’s my 6 figure reading list for solopreneurs
- — from Anon
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How do you juggle all the roles you need to do in a solo business?
The short answer is you do have to do a hell of a lot of learning.
At the start, you’ll need to learn all the skills that a business normally has staff for.
You’ll spend half your time doing the work, half the time on “support tasks” that run the business and find the work.
So there’s the project work itself, having some kind of marketing strategy (which you’re always improving), sorting out background admin like contracts and invoice etc.
Once you reach a certain level of retainer income you can invest that regular income to get a VA.
This is a game changer which will free you up to focus on big-picture thinking instead of “doing”
In the meantime systems and automation are the way.
If you’re going to do something more than twice, then spend a little extra time to figure out a system or a way to automate or reduce the steps.
Use templates for everything.
Create template emails for onboarding, feedback request etc.
I’m going to expand this later…
- — from unkown
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What are the risks of starting freelancing?
There aren’t really any. Here’s why:
You might fail and then you’ll feel shitty for a few weeks before you get back on the horse 😆
You might fall out with clients and get stressed about it. Stress won’t kill you.
The biggest risk is you don’t make enough money. Then you can always get a job!
Capital?
You don’t need an office you don’t need staff. All you need is a laptop.
It depends on what country you are in, in a 1st world country most people have a laptop but if a laptop is beyond your means, you can use a local internet cafe to get started.
There’s literally nothing to lose. With a solo business the overheads are minimal. you can literally get going with a laptop and a £500 of savings.
What’s the biggest risk?
Well you might fail and feel embarassed. That is if anyone even notices you failed.
I’m going to tell you one thing which will alleviate your fear:
YOU WILL FAIL.
You will fail regularly.
you’ll spend weeks on an idea which bombs.
You’ll invest in a pitch which doesn’t pan out. and you’ll learn.
You’ll move on. and you won’t make that mistake again.
Successful solopreneurs are just the ones who are willing to fail often and keep going.
- — from Anon
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