“Putting a stake in the ground that you’re self-employed is important. It’s the only term that accurately portrays your lifestyle and your business model.”
Source: The Self-Employed Life: Business and Personal Development Strategies That Create Sustainable Success
“We don’t let go of something until the benefits of what’s ahead are greater than what we’ve been holding on to.”
Source: The Self-Employed Life: Business and Personal Development Strategies That Create Sustainable Success
“The worlds of corporate employees and freelancers are miles apart, even if they are producing the same deliverable. Imagine flying your own two-seat “puddle jumper” instead of taking a commercial flight. You’ll reach the same destination, but how you get there is a completely different experience.”
Source: The Freelancer’s Compass: Navigate Your Way from Corporate Cog to Solopreneur Star
“Perhaps, at heart, I am a storyteller; and the universe is my canvas.”
Source: "The 50 Conditions" Anthology
“As a freelancer, you’re not a cog in the (corporate) machine. You’re the gear, pinion, axis, and whatever other doohickey it takes for the entire mechanism to function. And the gearhead who designs and makes it all work.”
Source: The Freelancer’s Compass: Navigate Your Way from Corporate Cog to Solopreneur Star
“The best way to support your "friend's" business is to pay full price.”
“Please start a business during this depressive recession. Your opportunity only goes up from here. Opportunities come and go but if you do nothing about them so do you.”
“Beware of the dogs in the corporate woods waiting to fleece you. Don't let them take ownership of what is rightfully yours.”
Source: Lessons My Brothers Taught Me: How to Transform Your Personal Qualities Into A Successful Business
“The small stores are holding the one card that large retailers cannot, personal service. A clean bathroom, lounge chairs, and a sympathetic ear concerning weight gain, sagging skin, and "batwing" arms round it all off.
C.L. McManus, Adventures in Small Business”
Source: Adventures in Small Business: The surprising humor and realities in owning and running a small retail store.
“Owning a small business is like getting married. You're in it for the long haul, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer. And like marriage, there's a learning curve. You learn it's best to keep your mouth shut more often than not.”
Source: Adventures in Small Business: The surprising humor and realities in owning and running a small retail store.