10 Wise Lessons I've learnt from Freelancing

10WISE LESSONS I’ve Learnt from Freelancing Presented by Illiya Vjestica

“Our greatest weakness lies in givingup. The most certain way to succeedis always to try just one more time”Thomas A. Edison

IF YOU WORK FOR YOURSELF (Then you should pat yourself on the back)

AS IT TAKESCOURAGE & GUTS(Not everyone has the balls to do it!)

I DON’T CLAIM TO BE A BUSINESS GURU These are just some simple lessons I’ve learnt

I’VE FAILED MORETHAN I’VE SUCCEEDED

“Success is not ﬁnal,failure in life is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts” Winston Churchill

THE LESSONS

LESSON #1

ALWAYS WORKWith the decision maker

ALWAYS WORKWith the decision maker*They aren’t always who you think

LESSON #2

BUSINESS ISWAR!

YOU HAVE TO FIGHT!To achieve your dreams

LESSON #3

THINK!BEFORE PRESSINGSEND…

YOU CAN’T UNDO A SENT E-MAIL No matter how hard you may try!

LESSON #4

ALWAYS GIVE3 DAYS GRACEFor actionable tasks you have to do

ALWAYS GIVE 3 DAYS GRACEThe day you thought you’d do it

ALWAYS GIVE 3 DAYS GRACEThe day you The day you thought actually you’d do it started it

ALWAYS GIVE 3 DAYS GRACEThe day you The day you The day you thought actually will actually you’d do it started it complete it

LESSON #5

NEVERDISCUSS PRICE INCREASES OVER THE PHONE

I say old chap the new price for this will be £1,000,000.00

I say old chap, the new price for this will be Blimey! £1,000,000.00

ALWAYSDISCUSS PRICE INCREASESFACE-TO-FACE

LESSON #6

DO WHAT YOU SAY!MEAN WHAT YOU DO!*This is quite a diﬃcult thing to do

DON’T OVER PROMISE! BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DELIVER ON

LESSON #7

DON’T!PLACE ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET

FOCUS ONCREATING MULTIPLE INCOME STREAMS

LESSON #8

TAKE DEPOSITSUPFRONT$ £ € ¥

DON’T GET BURNTBY LATE PAYMENTS *Always get things down in writing – no matter how tight the deadlines or time constraints

LESSON #9

IT’S NOT A SIGN OF WEAKNESSTO ASK FOR HELP

DON’T BE SHY YOU CAN EVEN MAKESOME GREAT CONTACTS

LESSON #10

SAY… THANK YOU SAY… OFTEN!

IMAGE CREDITS Thank you to following people Mitch Barrie– Slide 1 Brad Kozlek– Slide 13http://www.flickr.com/photos/ http://www.flickr.com/people/simonov/ stopbits/Karin Dalziel – Slide 4 Bruce Guenter – Slide 16http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirak/ http://www.flickr.com/people/ 10154402@N03/Daniel Zedda – Slide 9http://www.flickr.com/photos/astragony/

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10 Wise Lessons I've learnt from Freelancing

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