Pat Kitano from TranparentRE sent a nice note about Steven Pavlina so I went looking for more. This is from his article “10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed”:
1. Selling to the wrong people.
2. Spending too much money.
3. Spending too little money.
4. Putting on a fake front.
5. Assuming a signed contract will be honored.
6. Going against your intuition.
7. Being too formal.
8. Sacrificing your personality quirks.
9. Failing to focus on value creation.
10. Failing to optimize.
One point I might add is learning to master your own time. The only benefit I can think of to having a job is that there’s always someone to tell you to get busy. Not so for the self-employed. If you don’t learn to monitor and manage the hours of your days, you’ll be back on the clock in no time.
This is a very long article, and an outline-like summary does it little justice. Read the whole thing — particularly if you’re self-employed or want to be…
Technorati Tags: blogging, sellsius 101, real estate, real estate marketing
jf.sellsius says:
Thinking things will get done without you.
September 26, 2006 — 6:35 pm