Becoming a freelancer, 90% of people dream of it

 

Becoming a freelancer, 90% of people dream of it

 

 Becoming a freelancer

 Becoming a freelancer, 90% of people dream of it but are you qualified?

Most "corporate people" put the boss's preferences over their own to get a stable income. But there is always a small group of "company people" with a strong sense of freedom who choose to become freelancers to pursue freedom outside the company. The benefits of freelance work, the freedom, and the flexibility of working may seem like a good idea, but in reality, the way they get the benefits is not that easy.

Economically speaking, freelancers have a greater job density than corporate workers and are more tiring. For the sake of income, they must continue to develop their business, which seems to be free, but is more shackled. On the other hand, although corporate people have lost their free time, they have a stable income, and they do not necessarily earn less than freelancers. Then you, yes, you are talking about you, are you more suitable to be a company person or a freelancer?

[Contrary to common sense, let’s talk about it first: who is not suitable for freelancers]

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People who choose freelance because of laziness

Many people choose to freelance because they are lazy. Yes, it is because of laziness that they want to get rid of the constraints of the company and yearn for work that can control their time freely. For company people, they only need to do their daily work well to get a stable income. As a freelancer, you not only need to seek business sources and ensure economic sources but also worry about many things outside of work, such as personal insurance, industry cyclical issues, etc. Often the labor intensity is higher, so "lazy people" are not suitable for you to be a freelancer.

Those who have a difficult career path and have cognitive biases against the workplace

The coin has two sides, either head or tail, but not in the workplace. A lot of people start with bad office politics or a boss or boss who doesn't have a good temper. Some people tend to generalize and have a unilateral cognitive bias towards the workplace. Thinking that the workplace is only for intrigue and intrigue, I decided to leave the company and engage in freelance work.

Think about it, isn't social work more "dark" than the workplace? The workplace is not tossing a coin. The other side of it is not necessarily its opposite. Some encounters are just a small conceptual event.

For example, I belong to is a very loving team, welcome to harass.

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Those who have a single source of business and are too dependent on the business entity

If you feel that your business can provide you with a long-term stable income, you can choose to be a freelancer. This is very dangerous, and you have to prepare for unemployment in advance. Why is the editor alarmist? Because, once this business source changes, you will most likely lose your income source.

I remember a photographer friend who for a long time relied too heavily on a fashion magazine editor who provided him with business. Later, the editor's position changed and he was no longer needed. As a result, the photographer lost a solid source of income and had to spend more energy finding new sources of business. Therefore, a freelancer needs to have stable and diverse business sources.

People whose work is cyclical or seasonal

Many industries are cyclical or seasonal, such as traditional paper media workers. Before the new media, much well-known paper media in the industry could easily earn more than 100 million USD in annual revenue. The huge magazine orders make these traditional media companies need to outsource a lot of business, which has spawned many freelancers, such as professional contributors, magazine photographers, etc. Now that the paper media is declining day by day, to cut expenses, there will be a corresponding reduction in a lot of outsourcing business, and the associated effect is that many freelancers are unemployed.

If you decide to become a freelancer, be sure to keep your eyes open, keep an eye on the cyclical nature of your industry, and prepare yourself for a retreat in advance. If you are not careful, the professional skills you rely on for survival are likely to be useless.

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People who are not good at managing personal negative emotions

The vast majority of freelancers or company employees will have negative emotions during the work process. These negative emotions will more or less affect your work status, especially as a freelancer. If you are easily dominated by emotions, you can't bear the anxiety of not having a business and the depression in the face of human affection, let alone boost yourself after emotional setbacks. Then, your mood will only get worse. Therefore, people who are not good at emotional management are not suitable for freelance work.

Can't handle things outside of work well, and be a well-rounded person

In the company, the administrative, financial, sales, and cleaning aunts who work with you are providing services for you. They invisibly improve your work efficiency and help you get things done outside of work. For example, sales provide you with a source of business, finance provides you with income bills, the administration provides you with office supplies, and cleaning cleans your workstation. For a freelancer, these trivial things need to be done on your own. Otherwise, you will not be able to do any job well.

People who mistake the power of the platform for their charisma

If you work for a well-known company, get frequent visits, invite lectures, and gain outside-the-company benefits through your charisma, you may feel like a freelancer. But you have to figure out whether it's your fame or your platform that gives you your charisma. If it is the latter, it is recommended that you put away the heart of becoming a freelancer as soon as possible. Without a platform, chances are you are nothing.

[Who is suitable to be a freelancer, welcome to take a seat?]

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A person with complete financial freedom

A person who does not worry about money is very suitable to be a freelancer. Money is the biggest problem for freelancers. If you don’t worry about money, it means that you will not have financial burdens, will not have negative emotions such as anxiety and depression, and have enough financial resources and energy to focus on doing something well.

Attentive enough, able to settle down in a certain field and work hard

Before Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize, there were few works. However, after a long period of intensive cultivation, a work can win awards and become a leader in the industry. Therefore, people who can maintain a high degree of concentration in the field they are engaged in, persist in, and work hard, will succeed sooner or later, and such people are often more suitable for being a freelancer.

He is very famous in the industry, has a high reputation and fans, but is not suitable for being a company manager

There are many such people in the media industry. They are big reporters and editors with talent and wisdom. They are the elites in their field, with extremely high popularity and fans, but they are not suitable for "living" in the company. These people are too substandard to be an ordinary reporter or editor in a company, but they are not suitable to be company managers. So, such a person is very suitable to become a freelancer. Looking back, many of the "powerful" self-media people are those "unruly" talents.

If you are now a freelancer or about to become a freelancer, the following suggestions are welcome to collect:

Insurance is a must, especially accident insurance and medical insurance

Whether it's a freelancer or a company person, there is a possibility of illness and accidents. At present, most company employees have the company to pay five insurances and one housing fund for them. This is a benefit and can save you a lot of money in the event of an accident. For freelancers, if you don't have affordable insurance, in the event of an accident or illness, you'll need to spend a lot more money than you earn.

Prepare cash that can be consumed at any time for more than 6 months

You have food in your hands, don't panic. In the face of industries that are cyclical or highly seasonal, reserve liquidity in advance, allowing you to calmly deal with the troubles caused by this cyclicality. Banks are a typical example of a cyclical industry. If your job is to train a bank, then you are likely to have no job in the first half of the year. In the first half of the year, the bank mainly increases the business volume, and then the vocational training will be carried out in the second half of the year. If you're unfortunate enough to run into such a cyclical or highly seasonal industry, you're likely to be out of a job for a while. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare enough cash.

Make good use of pen and paper, it can solve 90% of your troubles

When you work, you will inevitably encounter non-standard companies. Keeping accounts and clearing the transaction process, or drawing up a written contract, can allow you to avoid a lot of unnecessary economic losses. Freelance work is so complex that it's easy to forget the timing. Writing down your future work plan and reminding yourself at all times can effectively improve your work efficiency. Recording the reasons for your negative emotions can also help eliminate them.

Allocate special funds to broaden social circle

"You can suffer yourself, but you can't live without the social expense of entertaining guests", this is what Guo Degang once said. Expanding the circle and accumulating resources is a compulsory course for almost every freelancer, and socializing requires an economic foundation. For these things that cost money and must be done, prepare special funds, which will not only allow you to gain circles but also remind you to do these things, so as not to give up because of laziness.

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[Last of the last]

The second-hand economist said: Freelance is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. If you are not fully prepared, choose enough retreats, and be a company person, the cost performance will be higher.