Being self-employed has it rewards; however, too many times work and organization gets in the way of our personal development, which can actually help our business, thrive. The following tips should you with personal development as well as help make your business thrive at the same time.
1. Goal Reaching
Too many times, self-employed individuals have goals of reaching the sky whether it is in the amount of money they wish to earn or the number of customers they wish to serve. The first you must remember is to start slow. You can set long-term goals, which are great, however, it will take to reach these and the long wait may cause you to begin to feel like a failure. The best way to reach your goals and feel accomplished is to set smaller goals for shorter amounts of time. This way you will see progression and be able to boost your self-esteem.
2. Balance life and work
Self-employed individuals often work, work, and work and never take out time to relax or enjoy the benefits that come with being self-employed. Being self-employed means, you are the boss. Create a schedule of the hours of day you will work and the days of the week you will work and stick to it.
3. Manage your time
This may be similar to balancing life and work but this tip is more detailed. You need to learn how to use your time wisely. If you need to answer emails, telephone calls, place orders, etc… Create a schedule for each task you must during the day. If you can see the tasks down on paper on a notepad on your computer, you should be able to manage your time better and even get more work completed in a shorter amount of time.
4. Stress management
This can be a very difficult thing to do since you know that the entire company rests on your shoulders as well as ensuring your company is making enough money to sustain your household and the household of your employees. Learn how to relax.
This can be a very difficult thing to do since you know that the entire company rests on your shoulders as well as ensuring your company is making enough money to sustain your household and the household of your employees. Learn how to relax. Once you have accomplished the first three tips, you will actually be able to see some of your stress leave.
5. Watch your health
It does not matter how much work you have to do today, take out time to eat and ensure you are eating healthy foods. Do not just grab a donut or a burger on the run. Take time to exercise during the day if you only take a walk or get up from your desk and do stretches every couple of hours. You will notice that when you are healthy, you feel better and will be able to accomplish even more.
6. Manage your money
You need to create a system that will allow you to pay yourself a salary and put so much back into your company. Do not dip into either account to fund the other. Make a list of the monthly costs of your household and your company and set priorities.
7. Manage employees
The best way for you have time for your own personal development is to learn the weaknesses and strengths of your employees. Once you know which employees are best at the various tasks that need finished in a day, you will be able to coordinate all the work and enjoy some time for yourself.
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Charles Henry works for RenterIsnurance.net which helps people find affordable rates for rental insurance.
Balance – easy to say but almost all people find it hard to do (even those who are not self-employed). I think if you are able to manage your time and stress well, the rest will follow. Thanks for sharing, Charles!
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Hi, Charles! Great post. I’d like to add my two cents regarding tip #2. Self-employed should also create at least a “mini-office” in a corner of a room, so they would know there’s no watching TV allowed while working, no house chores, just business and tasks. When they finish their working hours, they can do whatever they want, but while they’re “in the office,” they should forget they’re working from home.
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Charles Henry Reply:
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Cristian, Great tip! Yes, I completely agree with you on that. I think too many people can get caught up with what’s going on around them and lose focus on their work.
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I think TIME and LIFE is to main factors here.Time should be completely consumable and life should be totally balanced.
This strategy can set the task and business at top.
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Charles Henry Reply:
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Bhushan, I think most people struggle to find the right life/work balance. I know I’ve done it before. Sometimes you just get too focused on work.
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Bhushan Reply:
October 2nd, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Yes,I do agree what you have said here.Most of people have ability do smart work but they don’t know how i should do that and there is no-one which can give him a support.
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Thanks charles…..i am looking to start a new company, your article gives much information for me and of my company
regards
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Hi Charles,
These are great tips for personal development. And I believe that #4 stress management can be achieved when you take a step back once in a while and breathe. Mind clarity is one way of activating great ideas because we all need that to create success.
Thanks for the great tips Charles!
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It certainly helps if you’re single! Being self-employed was a lot easier when I was single and could just spend the whole day in front of the computer trying to meet deadlines (in retrospect this was probably not the best way to work.) Unfortunately when you’re surrounded by family you have to share your time with everybody and can’t simply shut yourself off from the world.
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This career development tips would definitely win you the confidence of your employees and their dedication and hard work.
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Wow those tips are really helpful I love to see this page in here… I will share this one to my friends so they can see it…
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Hi Charles,
I agree that no.2 can be pretty tricky, and I totally agree with Cristi’s advice. However, it’s hard to implement that sometimes. However, I love working from home, but I don’t think it’s for everybody.
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It’s great. Because I’m trying to Self-Employed here. So,i need to learn about the strategy of it. So, i like it and seems very helpful to me.
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Thanks for sharing your useful and valuable points, I think they are helpful for all the self-publishers and writers in the scene!
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Hey Charles
Thanks for these great tips. I am self employed from past one year and my biggest concern is my health. Working from home, I am not able to pay much attention to my workouts. I have my little space in my house and I am stuck there for the whole of the day.
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Great tips Charles, but as an entrepreneur myself my one BIG thing has been learning how to be more realistic when setting my goals. Entrepreneurs by our nature are optimistic and if we’re fortunate enough to be doing work we love that just adds fuel to the fire. The problem is our eyes and passions are often bigger than what we’re realistically capable of doing – at least all at once. Learning to pace ourselves and taking time to celebrate small victories and milestones along the way is so important to enjoying the journey (not to mention mental health!).
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Great tips here Charles,we all need to learn how to be more realistic when setting goals. Although we tend to become reclusives and withdraw from the world by spending far too much time in front of the computor, being self-employed still beats working in mainstream jobs ANY DAY.
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Being self employed is tougher than working for someone else. You do not have the headaches, but the rewards can be great. Time is your most precious resource. You will run out of money before you run out of time.
Trying to balance a life with self employment is tough. However, it can be done. You have to rearrange your priorities.
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My personal development is of utmost importance to me so these pointers are definitely worth considering. I personally need to improve on striking a good balance between work and leisure time. Thanks!
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Being self-employed requires a great deal of discipline, perseverance and dedication but we must never neglect the value of rest and recreation to keep ourselves motivated and ready to face challenges that may come our way. Thanks for sharing these insightful tips!
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i think self employee is not for everyone.but i think who works home online your tips really help them.i like it.
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very good post
let me also add: give yourself a day off
self employed people rarely take it easy and this causes some stress
thanks for the post
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Personal management is very useful in every wake of life. Without it every success is temporary. For long run success do hard work but also do scheduled exercise to keep yourself healthy,
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As to your point #1, I always say “start with the easiest goals first.” Generally we are motivated when we achieve our goals, so starting with the simplest first helps build up momentum. As to balance, well – you’ve got to work hard in the first few years to build income. Then you can have balance. Just my opinion…
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I’m bad at #2 and right now lucky not to have to worry about #7. These are good tips overall, and I wish someone had mentioned these and a lot of other things 11 years ago. I think the biggest one is to take time for yourself, potentially every day, because no one can work 18-20 hours forever.
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A lot of work-from-home people forget to find the balance-they start ignoring their appearances, looks and health, as you have rightly mentioned. it has happened to me too. A wake-up call every once in while is essential. Thanks for sharing-very insightful
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These are all very important tips that are easily forgotten, sadly enough! Thank you for the great reminder, we should all get to work on working for ourselves, to make sure we are the best we can be.
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Hi Charles,
This post is a great guide for all those who are slightly confused with themselves and the environment they live in. They do not know how to conduct themselves and their businesses in an organized manner. With some efforts all this can happen.Personality development happens in stages and over a period of time.
Regards,
Vijay
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For me, achieving balance has always been a challenge, even though it forms part of my personal mission. At present, you are right, for me it is ‘work, work, work’ and it is high time I changed that – thanks for the reminder.
Will
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Personal development shouldn’t be ignored, because if you have a good job/business without personal development, it becomes useless to you anyhow. Thank you for the wonderful tips, bless you.
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As freelancers, we all have the tendency to neglect our personal development when in fact we have every opportunity to rest, pamper ouselves and take concrete steps to ensure that we stay healthy. Thanks for these great tips!
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Great postI totally agree with Bhushan TIME and LIFE is to main factors here.Time should be completely consumable and life should be totally balanced.
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Sometimes being self-employed can make us forget that we have personal development needs to address too. Most of us are often sedentary and we fail to recognize the need to go out every now and then, exercise and reap the rewards of our hard-earned success. Thanks for these great pointers!
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Interesting tips. I recently started being a self-employed and have been looking on internet for some kinds of tips and advices for self-emplyoed. It is difficult to be our own boss being responsible for every decision, profit making, planning, etc regarding our business. It is very stresfull sometimes to do everything right…
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Life always sprinkle us with lessons. So there are still a lot of room for growth even if one is self-employed. Thanks to this article I was able to realize that.
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Well done Charles. The things you said here are very true.
When I first started out with a home-based job where I managed my own time, I found it hard to get myself off work. I felt like there was so much to do. I worked on tasks not assigned for the day so that I could relax on the next day but I’d still work on another scheduled task the following day. I couldn’t get myself out of the loop. So I ended up tired and stressed. What snapped me out of it was my friend telling me to stop and just work on what needs to be done. I got too caught up trying to make room for more time for myself that I lost track of actually having time for myself.
I guess what you can learn from my experience is that when you are self employed, you need to strictly give yourself a specific time for work. If the day is over and you don’t feel tired yet, don’t do other tasks scheduled the previous day. Instead, use that time to relax and enjoy the rest of the day. Since you don’t have a boss to tell you when to stop and there’s no office clock saying work is over, you might forget about stopping and just go on working like I did.
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Hi Charles
Thanks for Important Tips. Yes, I could agree that having people dependent on you definitely could keep you motivated to work more and earn more. Thinking of the bills to pay monthly could also help you keep working since it is very hard to have many debts. If you also have goals or something you want to buy and achieve it, use it as your motivations. Loving what you are doing is a good way of making yourself more focused.
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I agree. These are the seven areas of your life one should look into to maintain a healthy and happy lifestyle.
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Hi Charles
These tips are pretty much common sense, but for various reasons we don’t apply them. Thanks for making a useful list of suggestions. I’ve already installed Strict Pomodoro, and I think I need to clean my office next and clear the clutter. Much appreciated.
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Hi Charles
It is Excellent Article and very important information. This is my second transition from home all summer to school, so I feel a lot more prepared than I was last year. (Although I THOUGHT I was prepared last year!) I’ve worked hard all summer so I’m taking the next couple of weeks to basically be on maintenance mode so I can be with my kids and organize for the school year, but also revisit my goals. For me, autumn is the time to revisit my goals anyway, so it really makes sense to me with this big transition time.
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A healthy body and brain is the pre-requisite to personal development. So, eat, sleep and exercise well. Also, spend some time taking care of the way you look. Your appearance gives you confidence and motivation and helps develop your personality.
I enjoyed the article greatly and bookmarked your site. Thanks for the educative post.
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Hi Charles,
Self-employed is another way to be successful. It also has a lot of pros and cons to understand and it is important to be prepared. Management in all aspects is important, the time, the workload and more. As what you have discussed, all of these are important to understand because it is the key to accomplish your goal properly.
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If you are self employed as an individual I think it’s important to allow some time to develop skills and personal development. Sometimes it isn’t always about generating as much money as possible.
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Really fantastic points charles.
A good employee always seeking personality development tips.Manage your time and manage your money those are vary important in factory employee life.Don’t waste your time and money.
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If you want to succeed in life, you should not waste your energy on activities that do not bring any benefits.
Such useless activities include surfing the internet without any purpose, watching TV, worrying and wasting money.
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Yes it’s true that self employed is another way to get success in one’s life but , personal development is always necessary for self employed person and this post provides so many ways to strong the personal development
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Lovely post.#5 Watch your health my point of view it is most important while compare to all points.Because of with out good health you can’t do any thing.You are listed grate points in this article.
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These tips on Personal development seems to be very useful.These are really very important points.
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I think #3 is the most important one. When you are working as an employee at some company,
there is always someone else who manages your time. As a self employed you are responsible for
your own schedule. It is very easy to spend most of your time on unimportant tasks, but it will get you nowhere.
So the first trait a self employed person should have, is effective time management.
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Being self employed is a whole different ball game then working out in the rat race. It’s not always all it’s cracked up to be. I think it’s also important to keep a lively and bright work area and take alot of breaks. Many people are isolated most of the day when they are working from home and it can really drive you a little nuts!
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