Are you self employed?
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They would still be considered self-employed since they own and operate their own business, even if they’re also working for another company.
No. I am not.
It takes immense talent to be self-employed in my view and I don't have such talent 🙁
It takes immense talent to be self-employed in my view and I don't have such talent 🙁
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It also takes belief. That is to say that you've got to have full confidence in yourself before you can be able to do it. Being self-employed is not easy, and one would have to push harder in order to achieve that.
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You're absolutely right about that. I know from my experience of running my own business of poultry and fish farming for 6 years. It was never easy from the beginning.
Yes. It takes careful planning, budgeting, marketing and the execution of every other strategy to make it a success.
I don't think I have what it takes to do all of that.
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Congratulations on being a publisher! That’s awesome.🤩
How has it been since you were able to get your book published? Has there been a decent amount of sales?
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It is great that you don't have to answer to anyone. The reason some people don't like working for others is because of the fact that they will want to make them work extra at the workplace without considering whether they are in good state to do the job.
lens
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That's the life of the self-employed, isn't it? You have freedom to work in your way, but in return, the income is not steady like in a job. I'm self-employed, and I learned how to budget and plan to cope with the peaks and lows in income. It's not easy at times, but that's what I do for a living. I have no choice.
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It is a misconception that you won't be able to answer to anyone when you are self-employed. Anyone saying such is not telling the whole story as there are a lot of people (those in authority) that you will answer to even as you are not employed by another person.
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A lot of people have this notion that being self employed means you do not have a barking boss and you work according to your flexible time structure. This is just not true. I do have to answer my clients, sometimes they are rude. I have to work according to their time zone, which sometimes ,means waking up in the middle of the night.
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It's how the nature of earning for someone who works full time online as a freelancer. It's not possible to put a tag on how your income will flow in.
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Being self-employed doesn't mean you don't need to answer to anybody but the sweetest part is that you will be more freer and also take your time in doing things as you want it. There won't be no reason to over work or stress much, you rest and start again.
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Yeah, you're still answerable to your direct customers if you're self employed. If you don't do things for them in ways they expect it, they will not patronise your business/service.
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That's true but it won't be so difficult the way when you are working for an employer. Being answerable and doing things right to direct customers is a must to do in order to keep them. Besides, some customers are still rude no matter what.