The 5 D’s Of A Successful Freelance Career
From Freelance Folder, and perhaps not quite profound, but very very true!
In summary:
1- Decision Making
Your ability to quickly decide what needs to be done right now, to decide how you’ll do it and where, will increase your chance of success, no doubts there.
2- Delegate Tasks - Decentralize
Can't/shouldn't do everything yourself.
3- Dedication And Drive
The more dedicated you are, the better are your chances of success.
4- Decompressing
It’s extremely important to take some time off to decompress.
5- Discipline (Self-Discipline, I should say)
Yep, the last one, but maybe the most important one, Discipline.
It's well worth reading the full story, whether you're freelance or a self starter (or required to be one) at a formal "job"
Thanks to David Finch for the heads up!
In summary:
1- Decision Making
Your ability to quickly decide what needs to be done right now, to decide how you’ll do it and where, will increase your chance of success, no doubts there.
2- Delegate Tasks - Decentralize
Can't/shouldn't do everything yourself.
3- Dedication And Drive
The more dedicated you are, the better are your chances of success.
4- Decompressing
It’s extremely important to take some time off to decompress.
5- Discipline (Self-Discipline, I should say)
Yep, the last one, but maybe the most important one, Discipline.
It's well worth reading the full story, whether you're freelance or a self starter (or required to be one) at a formal "job"
Thanks to David Finch for the heads up!
posted by Ted Demopoulos at 1:17 AM
Comments on "The 5 D’s Of A Successful Freelance Career"
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Bobster said ... (Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:39:00 PM) :
post a commentI would add one more "D".
Don't Dig holes!
Meaning, know when to stop. I have seen more than one person continue beating a dead topic long past the point when it was obvious that it was a lost cause regardless of how "right" their opinion was.
Sometimes you just have to let a bad idea or approach play out to it's natural conclusion. Just make sure your objections or opinions were noted.
And you can also pursue a failed approach pouring good money and effort down a drain when common sense would tell you "this is not working".
I saw that type of thing often when "Analysis Paralysis" set in, since no one could figure out a better alternative, they just kept plugging away at the one they knew even when it was obviously not viable.