Often the transition from working in an office for somebody else to working for yourself is bigger than you expect. You dream a lack of interruptions, a lack of a sometimes-irritating boss, and a lack of unrealistic deadlines.
But the reality of working for yourself often brings a lack of community, a lack of structure, a lack of accountability, and a lack of priorities!
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Here are some ways to counteract each of these issues and make working for yourself truly be your best work move ever.
Build a Community
There are many ways to replace the "over the cube" conversations that used to both stimulate your thinking, and alleviate boredom and isolation when you work for yourself. You can have a standing weekly lunch date with an additional one self-employed professional. You can join a networking group, which will contribute community and build your business. You can join a expert society in your field, or the local room of Commerce. Toastmasters provides a great way to improve speaking skills, and also build a network of friends. Finally, even extra interest groups such as writing groups or book consulation groups can fulfill the desire for community when you work for yourself.
Create Structure
When you shift from Corporate America to solo professional, you often feel the luxurious sensation of being able to set your own hours and work "when you want." The next sensation you might feel is the disappointment of spending your whole workday doing errands and laundry, and not producing any income! Creating some very simple structures, like setting specific working hours and sticking to them, and not doing any chores or errands during work time, often transforms your workday from non-productive to very productive.
Find Accountability
Once you work for yourself, you might find out that your new boss stinks! She is too lenient, she doesn't elaborate what you're supposed to do, when, and she lets your deadlines go way too frequently! Being the boss of yourself isn't all the time the easiest thing to do. Creating some external accountability, especially at first, is often a very critical convention for solo entrepreneurs. This can be done very for real with an additional one solo expert who can be your accountability partner, or by looking a mastermind group or coach to hold you accountable.
Clarify Priorities
Once you work for yourself, you go from wearing one or two hats in your old role, to wearing every hat in the business. This can seem quite overwhelming. Clarifying roles and priorities in your business will make a world of difference. This means making sure you have time set aside to work on all the varied areas of your business, along with (but not puny to) marketing, sales, accounting, and customer aid and support. Knowing what to focus on, when, helps alleviate a lot of the stress of wearing a variety of hats.
When you work by yourself, for yourself, you naturally have to adopt a few new behaviors that aren't critical in other work situations. By taking time to build a community, generate structure, find accountability, and elaborate priorities, you can make your business run a lot smoother and more profitably.
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