12 Sep 09 3 Reasons You Would Not Like to Freelance

Till now, everyone said to you that freelancing is fun, and it gives you a control over what you want to do and how you want do the work assigned to you. You do not have a boss, and no one is going to tell you when to work and when to sleep.

Well…

This is not far from the truth but there is another point of view on this matter, which I am going to share in this blog post.

You should not take freelancing as a career if:

You do not want a boss

Well, if you do not want a boss for yourself than freelancing is not a career choice for you, indeed, you do not have “a boss” here, but you have bosses here. Your clients are your boss and often they will be more than one in number, and everyone will be asking for your 100 percent attention to his or her work, so if you feel uncomfortable in working with a boss then look somewhere else, freelancers have more than one bosses.

You do not like late night shifts

If occasional late night shifts make you convulse then freelancing may not be a right career choice for you. You need to work day in and day out, sometime without a break for days, if you want to be successful as a freelancer. Freelancing is a business, not a fix-time job. It will require your 1000 percent contribution, not just your presence in the employer’s office.

You cannot add value

Contrary to what you think, freelancers are supposed to be more efficient than the regular fix-time employee. Your client is outsourcing his work, instead of hiring someone fulltime to do that work, because he or she wants more work done by paying less dollars.

I know, “how much is less and how many is too many” are relative concepts.

As a freelancer, you will have to make many decisions. Decisions related to work, finance, time, negotiations and what not. You are running a one-man show, if you are freelancing. Can you do it? Do you have it in you?

Write to me, if you think you can. Use the comment box below or mail me on Bikram [at] biksy [dot] com.

Tags: Bikram, Boss, Break, Career Choice, Contrary, Decisions Decisions, Finance Time, Freelancer, Fulltime, Late Night, Man Show, Negotiations, Night Shifts, Point Of View, Presence, Relative Concepts, Running, Sleep, Time Employee, Time Job, Truth

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29 May 09 Teach Your Dog Frisbee!

Having a dog is fantastic on it’s own, but having a dog that can do cool things is on a whole different wavelength of fantastic. Which is why you should most definitely teach your dog as many tricks as possible, because it’s good for your dog to be active, and good for you to teach your dog how to obey commands. One fantastic game to start with, that’s also very visually appealing, is Frisbee.

But first you’ll have to introduce that disc to your dog, so that the two can make friends so to speak. One common method to start with is by actually using the Frisbee as a temporary food dish, so that your dog can grow accustomed to the Frisbee, and learn to like it’s presence. This way you associate something good, like eating dog food, with the Frisbee establishing a positive emotional connection in your dog’s brain.

Then introduce the fetch portion of the game simply by going outside and rolling the Frisbee on the ground for your dog. Then your dog should essentially fetch the Frisbee, grabbing it and bringing it back to you. After which you always make sure to get down low to the same level as your dog, and p raise him/her so that they grasp the concept of the game.

After that you want to get your dog used to grabbing the disc out of the air. After you’ve established the Frisbee as a fetch toy, you can take the Frisbee and act as though you are going to throw it to your dog. Your dog should start off running and get a good distance away from you before realizing that you haven’t actually thrown the disc. Then hold the Frisbee out level to one side, allowing your dog to run back and snatch the disc from your hand. This way you establish the same sort of catch that your dog will use to grab the Frisbee out of the air.

Now you’re pretty much set to try a few throws. Try to make the Frisbee go as slow and hover as possible, that way your dog has plenty of chance to catch up to the Frisbee and ample opportunity to try and catch the disc. With some practice your dog will be a seasoned Frisbee player in no time.

Tags: Act, Ample Opportunity, Brain, Cool Things, Dis, Dog Food, Dog Frisbee, Dog Run, Dog Tricks, Emotional Connection, Fetch, Food Dish, Frisbee Dog, Game, Hand This Way, Presence, Wavelength

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12 Sep 09 3 Reasons You Would Not Like to Freelance

You do not want a boss

You do not like late night shifts

You cannot add value

29 May 09 Teach Your Dog Frisbee!

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