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| As someone who spent only a few years of my adult | | | | happy with your services, you are the only one |
| life working for other people, most of my life I've been | | | | involved in that process. There is no boss to write you |
| self employed. I can tell you that at this stage I cannot | | | | up if you do poorly and there is no boss to give you a |
| even imagine being anything but working for myself. | | | | pat on the back when you do a great job. It's just you |
| Not only am I my own boss and get to set my own | | | | being accountable for you. |
| hours, being self employed has afforded me the | | | | There have been various studies on the personality |
| opportunity to always be here for my children-my | | | | traits of entrepreneurs. Some will tell you that it takes a |
| number one priority in life. | | | | type A personality to be successfully self-employed. |
| With that said, I can tell you firsthand that starting your | | | | Others disagree and say that it just takes certain traits |
| own business and being self employed can be very | | | | and not one specific type of personality. Through my |
| hard work-especially when first starting out. You need | | | | own experience, I'm not so sure that it takes a type A |
| to get your head around the fact that there will be | | | | personality to start your own business or be |
| many lessons to be learned and many adjustments | | | | successfully self employed, as I wouldn't consider I |
| that one has to make along the way-both to your | | | | have a type A personality, yet I have been |
| business and yourself. | | | | successfully self employed for over 10 years. |
| Through my experience of starting my own | | | | However, I do agree that it takes certain personality |
| businesses and being self employed over the years, I | | | | traits to start and run your own business. |
| can tell you that it is very different than working for | | | | Being self-employed also means learning how to |
| someone else and it takes much more than just simple | | | | handle the various aspects of running a business, like |
| desire to be successful. | | | | finances and marketing. Mostly you'll find yourself |
| When you work for someone else, you usually have a | | | | learning these things along the way. For example, if |
| boss of some sort, a specific set of responsibilities and | | | | you are somewhat on the shy side, it may very well |
| you are accountable to others. But when you are | | | | be self employment that brings you out of your shell, |
| self-employed, you are the boss and you are | | | | mainly because you will learn that in order to achieve |
| responsible for just about every factor of your | | | | your dream of running a successful business of your |
| business. Many times, especially when first starting out, | | | | own, you have to be assertive and put yourself out |
| you will not only be the boss, but you will also be the | | | | there. If you don't consider yourself a numbers person, |
| book-keeper, project manager, clerical staff, supplies or | | | | taking the time to learn how to account for your |
| purchasing officer, as well as whatever job title you | | | | income and expenses will help you to grow in that |
| have for the job or service you actually provide. | | | | area. |
| When you are self-employed, there is no one to report | | | | The upside to being self-employed can be brilliant, but |
| to other than yourself. Yes, there are clients that you | | | | be honest with yourself and research this topic |
| have some level of responsibility and accountability to, | | | | thoroughly before you embark on this career choice. |