Freelancing is often associated with freedom, flexibility and control of one’s own life, and for a good reason, freelancing is all those things and much more. To put things into perspective and help you truly understand what freelancing is, simply contrast it to a full-time employment of 9-5. Assuming you’re employed and are familiar with what the corporate world is like, freelancing is complete the opposite.
Before long we become people who are deeply rooted in their ways, believes, doctrines and values. But did we become who we are by design and if so who’s design, ours or society’s? That’s right, most of us are the product of society we are born into and live most of our life. Our surroundings and company of friends and acquaintances we keep have a tremendous affect on each one of us. While all of this is perfectly normal, the question is are you happy with who’ve you become and if not, who would you like to be instead?
Nine months later and $150K you’ve borrowed from family and friends, you have the first version of your revolutionary platform ready to go and so naturally you launch it with a drumroll. You’ve built your platform without much thought of anything else, let alone client’s acquisition as you believe they sure will come, for after all your platform is so revolutionary and more importantly designed to meet the needs of your target audience. There’s only one problem, no one shows up to your $150K party! But why, you wonder?
The system world over is designed in such a way to discourage individualism, creativity, uniqueness and independent thinking. If you think about it long and hard you’ll realize just how indoctrinated and blinded most of us are. Starting at an early tender age, we’re being molded into something that we aren’t – at school we are being asked to wear a school uniforms, conform to societal norms and follow the followers without ever questioning why and if there’s a better or a different way. We simply take it at face value and embrace it all the way.
oday, freelancing is in full swing globally and is projected to continue steady proliferation at the same jaw-dropping rate, well into the future. While outsourcing and freelancing benefits to startups, SMBs, SMEs and even enterprises are obvious and many, freelancers also reap great benefits for their contribution. So if you’re considering jumping ship and getting into freelancing, here are three main reasons why you should do it.
The innate human need to belong and fit in is often one of the major causes of such self-destructive behavior. Countries and communities worldwide are structured in such a way to support the ‘follow the follower’ system which often leads to a mediocre life at best. But why live such a life of mediocrity? Why follow the followers?
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