142 Reasons Why You Should & Shouldn’t Work For Yourself
by Admin Joe
updated – Sept 20th 2021
Tired of working for yourself and getting nowhere fast? Instead, maybe you’re sick of the bureaucracy and micromanagement of a regular day job working for someone else?
Both of these thoughts have crossed my mind in the past. It’s certainly fair to say that there are ups and downs to both career paths.
A lot of conventional employees dream of one day throwing in their nine to five day jobs and venturing out to other opportunities. They might want to become their own boss.
Take it from me, starting a business working from home is an exciting and terrifying prospect. Life is seldom this easy and it takes a lot work and persistence in order to reach that goal.
Some weathered entrepreneurs might feel they don’t have what it takes to run a business.
Their patience might be wearing thin after grinding it out for a long while with little to no results. There are times when I’ve felt hopeless in business so I completely understand this.
Being an entrepreneur isn’t just about the tired clichés (or lies). You know what I’m talking about. Sipping cocktails on the beach and then pulling up to the driveway of your mansion in your Maserati.
It might be the case that a self-employed person would rather pack it in. You can change direction in favor of the financial security and stability of working for someone else.
There is great simplicity in being a cog in somebody else’s machine. By the way, that’s not as bad as it sounds and there is no shame in doing so.
A measly 6% of citizens in the whole of the US run a business as their main source of income. (Kauffman Foundation)
This just goes to show that there is a huge gap in the market for you to do just this. New start-up businesses can thrive. Why not take advantage of this by becoming an entrepreneur and launching a profitable business today?
In contrast, one of the reason the numbers might be this low is because of how hard it is to succeed in business. Entrepreneurship requires you to learn certain skills. A lot of people give up too soon because of the steep difficulty.
“An entrepreneur must deal with more uncertainty than a professional with a well-defined role.”
Peter Thiel (Entrepreneur & Author)
A conventional job will be relatively secure. You kind of know where you stand. However, an entrepreneur will go through struggles that a company employee might never understand.
Self-employment sounds enticing on the outside but there are plenty of downsides that go along with it.
Why should I start a business? I can definitely understand both sides of the argument. I’ve personally been on both ends of the spectrum in my lifetime.
Employment or self-employment? That is the real question, isn’t it? I will now try to help you learn what it’s like to explore both routes of employment.
Let’s take a look at both sets of circumstances in more intricate detail. You can then decide which one might be a good fit for you.
1. Finding Work
I know that it can be hard to build up a steady workload if you are working for yourself. This will probably be relevant to you as an employee too if you are on a zero-hours contract.
You will only be able to work and earn depending on the number of shifts your boss gives you. This means you are basically at the whim of your employer.
It can actually work in your favor if you are in this situation or if you are working on a part-time basis. This is because you can use all that spare time to launch your own side business. Turn a negative into a positive. This will give you a good view of both worlds.
2. Working Hard
Not to offend anyone here, but you probably don’t need so much of a sense of get up and go under regular employment.
Let’s think about this. If you don’t put in your best efforts while working for someone else then your employer will still pay you for your time regardless. Your income will be far more consistent when working for someone else is essentially what I’m saying.
I can honestly tell you that being an employee for someone else’s business and running a business of your own are two completely different things.
What does it take to run a successful business? Being your own boss requires you to increase your efforts tenfold when compared to normal employment. There are many reasons behind this.
In my opinion, building a business requires more effort than working for one. I’ve been on both sides so I know this to be personally true (at least for me).
I definitely understand how hard people in normal day jobs work. I can especially sympathize with people in jobs that involve physical labor. Your employer may even make you go above and beyond for not a lot of cash in return.
Don’t believe for a second that I’m taking anything away from them. I’m not, it’s just a different game. If entrepreneurship was easy then a hell of a lot more people would be doing it.
Building a profitable business from nothing is a tall order for even the best and brightest. You need to practice some determination and put in the time. Your heart has got to be in it, otherwise what’s the point?
3. Extra Hours
In a lot of ways, I believe that entrepreneurs have to work much harder than most. They have to put in more hours for a longer time in order to generate earnings.
It’s not enough to only work the same number of hours per week as someone working at a normal day job. Don’t even think about working less (not yet anyway).
Entrepreneurs will never really run out of work (this is the case for me anyway). There will usually always be a pile of tasks that you need to do next.
This gives you zero excuses to not work 40+ hour weeks. It really just comes down to how much of that work you can pack into one whole day.
Depending on your contract as an employee, you will have a set number of hours per week. You probably won’t work any more or any less than this when you are working for someone else.
If your employer wants you to come into to work to do an extra shift then you don’t have to. You can always turn it down if you have prior commitments. Self-employed workers can also do this but it doesn’t mean that it is in their best interests to do so.
4. Multi-tasking
Being a freelance businessman/woman means being a jack-of-all-trades in a lot of ways. By this I mean that you can enjoy all the privileges of being the head-honcho, but you will also need to do the most menial jobs too.
This is relevant seeing as it’s likely just going to be a one-man or one-woman operation at first at least. It’s like being both the janitor and the CEO for the same building.
When you are an employee at a big organisation, it usually just means you are specializing in one area. There are other people around you taking care of other departments.
5. Grunt Work
Like me, you may not enjoy doing the crappy jobs. However, as a sole trader, you or someone else will need to do them. You can put them off for as long as you want, but they will still be waiting for you tomorrow. Who else is going to do them? Santa Claus?
Conversely, if you are so against it you can always hire someone else to do that stuff. These jobs might even better suit other people. Others may understand the particular task more than you.
You can work much more efficiently this way. You won’t need to teach yourself new skills which will ultimately slow you down. Hiring workers to do the really easy jobs allows you to focus your time and skills on the tasks that only you can do.
6. Marketing, Promoting & Advertising
Unlike most employees, the work won’t just be there for you in immediate supply as an entrepreneur when you arrive at the office.
This means that (depending on your business) you will have to promote, advertise and market your products/services in order to attract customers and clients.
Social media is a great, free tool to show off your online presence. Sign up to multiple social networks as I have for the benefit of this site. I find the biggest and best ones for promoting a business are Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter.
Imagine how hard self-promotion was before the internet? On the other hand, there are other offline methods of marketing too such as flyer and poster distribution.
“What are you going to suggest next … carrier pigeon?” Flyer distribution might seem like an old-fashioned fuddy-duddy method of advertising to you but I can assure you it still works. Why do you think there are still so many distribution companies in business today?
If your business involves selling a product then these are great ways to increase sales. It will help spread word-of-mouth too.
Your business won’t make any money if people don’t know it exists. It’s important to find a balance splitting your time between the main work and also advertising your services to potential customers.
If you want to master the skills necessary to promote your business then you would do well to read books about business marketing.
Some people like to follow the 80/20 rule. “What in the blue fork is that?” Well, it basically means spending 20% of your time doing the work. You would then use the other 80% to tell your customers about what you have to offer.
Employees at a company don’t need to worry about marketing. That’s unless it is something that their boss specifically assigns them to do.
It is mostly something for the business owner and higher-ups to concern themselves with. Some companies may even have a marketing department specifically.
Staff will always earn their pay as long as they show up. This is true no matter how well or poorly their employer promotes themselves. It’s one less burden when working for someone else.
7. Working Alone
Many self-employed people enjoy working on their own. This is also a big factor in why they might choose this particular career path in the first place.
No bosses, no other workers, just you. If you want to learn more about this and much more then check out 21 Days To Success In Freelancing.
This won’t be the reality as an employee in a company as you will have your co-workers around you whether you like it or not. This is true unless you work as a lone security guard, cleaner or a role similar to that.
On the other hand, entrepreneurs can experience cabin fever and loneliness. This makes sense as they are spending a lot of time working at home alone.
If I were you, I would make a point to get out of the house and see friends every once in a while. I like to go for a 10-minute jog every day. I can then honestly say to myself that I’ve been outside for at least a short period of time every day.
8. Socializing
More extroverted individuals might see having co-workers to talk to as a perk of the job. I’ve worked with some great people who I have become friends with, in and outside of work. It’s always nice to have someone to chat to during your lunch break.
An entrepreneur working from home perhaps won’t have as many opportunities for conversation. This is unless they have people working for them. Who the hell are you going to talk to about 50 cent‘s latest jam?
9. Hiring Employees
Sometimes there is just too much work for one person to do. If you manage to grow your business into a behemoth then you will likely end up hiring employees of your own. You can do this in order for it to flourish even more.
Employing people is a good investment. If done right, you will see the money you spend on wages coming back to you as profit.
Your workers will be doing the hard work in order to make this happen but you will have to manage them or pay someone else to do so.
You will also be a little less lonely in the workplace. You will at least have someone else to talk to during breaks about what you watched on Netflix last night.
Many entrepreneurs don’t know where to start when it comes to recruitment. It’s not a bad idea to start reading books about hiring employees
It might actually be good for you both financially and personally to hire a few extra hands. You may make friends for life. You can delegate and spread the workload with the other people around you too.
Hiring people will also be another big expense. Try to work out whether or not they will make your business more money than you are paying them back.
If this is not the case then you will be taking a loss and it won’t be worth hiring anyone. Take your time calculating this before you make any major hiring decisions. It’s not something that you should rush.
You don’t want to be in a position where they’re earning more money in wages than you either. Tell me, what would be the point in that?
Some entrepreneurs like to prevent themselves from hiring employees at first in order to save money. This is understandably fine and intelligent in a lot of cases.
It is a sensible decision in your first few years as you won’t be earning that much money anyway.
However, it might be wise to begin employing at some point. Do this when you have enough disposable income to splash on employee earnings. Your employees can then boost the growth of your business for you.
10. Solid Application Process
If you make it on your own as a businessman/woman then you can pick and choose your own team of co-workers. Preferably make them individuals that you will enjoy being around and working with.
Make the application process as thorough as you can. If you do this then it should leave you with the people you want to spend time working with.
At the same time, you don’t have to employ anyone at all. You can choose to work solo like me if that’s what suits you best.
If you are working for someone else then you can be sure that your employer has the desire to hire the right people. Why shouldn’t you have a similar attitude and perspective for your own business?
11. People Management Skills
If you do decide to employ workers for your own business then keep in mind that there are a whole new set of skills that you will need to learn.
These are mainly communication and people management skills. Don’t fall into the same embarrassing trap as David Brent or Michael Scott.
You will need to know how to deal with unruly employees. Additionally, you don’t want to take the good workers that you have for granted. If you can do this well then you can really get the most out of the hours that you pay your workers to work for you.
This isn’t just for business owners. If you are in a lower management position in a company then you will need to learn these things too.
12. Helping People
Jobs aren’t just about making money. Sure, that’s the primary objective of any business, but you can also help people too.
For example, if you work in a call center as I have before then a lot of your job will involve helping people. You are communicating with someone on the other end of the phone so that you can solve their problems.
Your boss as well as the customers might yell and curse at you a little, but they will appreciate your assistance in the long run.
Being a customer service worker doesn’t sound that appetizing. However, some people find it rewarding if they know that they are assisting people. You might make someone’s life a little easier.
An entrepreneur might start a food business specializing in meals for people with certain allergies or dietary restrictions, for instance. This just goes to show that you can do things for moral reasons as well as earning money at the same time.
13. Creating Jobs
There is a chance that like me, you yourself may have struggled to hunt down a job in the past.
The benefit of running a business is that you can create work opportunities for other people. These people might be struggling to hold down a job like maybe you once did.
You will actually be doing something good for someone else. This can be very rewarding and fulfilling. You will need to thoroughly check that you can actually afford to pay any potential workers before you pursue this.
14. Vital Public Services
Public service jobs like police, trash collection or hospital workers are important to society as a whole. Someone needs to do them.
If everybody was self-employed then the world just wouldn’t work. We need police officers, doctors and shop workers in order to function as a society.
Jobs that are really important to society sometimes go by the name of STEM careers. These occupations encompass:
- science
- technology
- engineering
- mathematics
Being an entrepreneur is great. Although, not everyone should necessarily do it as people need to fill these other vital roles as well.
15. You’re The Boss
Even when you do earn a promotion in a company, there will always be somebody high up bossing you around still.
This is not the case for an entrepreneur who owns a business. Conversely, your independence will come at a price. The price is having to wear the shoes of the most sensible and responsible person in the room.
On the contrary, you will be in control and making your own decisions. There won’t be any managers barking demands at you and telling you what to do. If your life was a movie then you would be the writer, producer and director.
Entrepreneurship is perfect for those with a dislike for authority. You won’t have any of your superiors demanding a doctor’s note from you in order to prove you were sick on the day you didn’t show up to work.
Nobody will yell, talk down to or disrespect you because you will be the top dog. However, you will never be able to control how customers treat you.
Conversely, power and responsibility fall on someone else’s shoulders when you are an employee at a company. There can be both positive and negative connotations to being a leader.
16. Leading Your Workforce
If you decide to employ people to work for you then it may be beneficial to set a strong example. Learn to be the kind of person with good managerial traits even if that isn’t necessarily your true self.
You don’t have to be Captain America leading The Avengers. However, you should try to be someone who at least acts like a good leader.
Set a good example for your workers by being a firm but fair employer. If employees see a leader that they respect and admire then they are more likely to work harder for you.
Alternatively, if they view you as someone incompetent who doesn’t know what they are doing then it will have the opposite effect.
17. Supervision
Business owners don’t have anyone supervising them so they will need to hold themselves up to a high standard.
You will likely have a supervisor or manager breathing down your neck as an employee. This will in turn make you keep working more consistently.
There is also the fear that your employer may suspend or fire you for whatever reason. This may happen if you slack off too much to the point of falling behind your co-workers.
18. Power
If you are an employee then you will have to run whatever errand your boss wants you to do. You won’t have much say in the matter either. Do this, do that. They will give you the orders and you will have to follow them.
On the other hand, there is no doubt that you will get more power and control if you earn a promotion and rise up the ranks.
Having power means doing things how you want them to be done. Luckily, you will always have this power from the very beginning as an entrepreneur.
19. Control
Self-employed people decide what they do and how they do it. There will never be anyone getting angry at them for starting work late (except for maybe themselves). You will need to be a lot more self-critical to make up for not having a superior.
I’ve worked in offices before that were freezing cold both in mood and temperature. There was nothing anybody could do about it.
That was just the way things were enforced by the people in charge. You can cut through all this petty bureaucracy as a self-employed person.
20. Independence
An employee will have independence in the form of a steady income. They may also have some accountability when it comes to workplace tasks as well.
You can take on more responsibility as you climb the company ladder. Additionally, you may one day be accountable for the co-workers under you.
Entrepreneurship is an even higher level of independence. This is because you are truly living and working on your own terms. You answer to no man.
21. Get Up & Go
The fact that you’re reading this ridiculously wordy article right now (I apologize) is a positive sign that you have the desire to start a business.
It shows me that you really want to achieve your goals. It’s clear that you are going out of your way to improve yourself and learn something new.
You will definitely need drive and motivation to succeed as an entrepreneur. Success isn’t just going to come knocking on your door out of the blue like Mary Poppins. You need to put in the hard work almost every day if you want to push forward.
22. Early Mornings
Work isn’t something that you should dread. Certain employees lament the weekend being over. For them, it means they have to go back to a day job that they hate. It’s an awful feeling, I know.
I hate mornings like a tonne of other people. I know that I’m not alone in this shared hatred. In fairness, certain people in fact function better and are more productive during late afternoons and evenings.
Self-employed people don’t have to wake up at the crack of dawn (or ridiculous-o-clock as I like to call it). There will be no one to fire you for stumbling into work late either.
Being a self-employed person, I don’t usually wake up and get out of bed before 8 am. I don’t do this simply because I don’t have to.
Before you start judging me, let me say this. Just because I wake up later doesn’t mean that I work less or that I’m lazy (okay maybe I am a little, truth be told).
However, I will work a full 10-12 hours each week day. I do this even if it means working into the evening if I do over-sleep on that particular day. I also work 6 days a week.
Sorry if this seems defensive or cagey in any way. The point I’m trying to get across is that early mornings aren’t the be-all and end-all for success.
23. Responsibility
Running a business can be a burden as all successes and failures fall on top of your shoulders. Yes .. you *points index finger menacingly in your vicinity*
You can’t just sweep things under the rug as a business owner. You will need to deal with any problems that arise even if it’s not your fault.
Murphy’s law states that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. If something goes wrong then there is nobody to push the blame on to but yourself (believe me, I’ve tried).
Someone has to captain this ship. You will need bags of self-discipline as you won’t receive discipline from anyone else.
If you are at the bottom of the ladder while working at a company then you won’t really have anything to account for other than your own performance.
For instance, something might go wrong in the workplace that isn’t your fault. If this is the case then you won’t feel the effects or suffer for it on a monetary level.
You will have a great deal of independence while being self-employed as you won’t be relying on anyone else.
If you don’t want to work today then you don’t have to. Want a vacation? Sure, go ahead! You will be your own man or woman. Nevertheless, a significant by-product of independence is accountability (which needs to be noted).
24. Self-Discipline
Most people with conventional day jobs usually have a boss who will yell at them when they start slacking off at work. That person doesn’t exist when running your own business. This means that you will have to take to the task of ass-kicking yourself.
You will need to make sure that you are working efficiently. Being harder and expecting more from yourself is natural for a business owner.
Lacking discipline will really slow down your progress. It also shows that other people who you don’t take your business seriously.
Self-discipline is truly one of the hardest yet most important elements of self-employment (for me anyway). Some people find it easy to motivate themselves while others really struggle with this.
You can learn more about discipline in business by reading books about self-discipline
There are ways that you can learn to be more disciplined and organized. These can be things like setting long and short-term goals to strive for or putting together a work calendar
Having strong self-discipline means that you can get the most out of each day. It’s well worth the time and energy it takes to teach yourself this. If you can make your hours add up then you are sure to reach your career goals much sooner.
Self-discipline doesn’t really factor in as much when you are working for someone else. This is mostly true apart from having to motivate yourself to get your ass out of bed in the morning which I struggle with.
There will always be a supervisor watching over you, telling you what to do and when to do it. If you aren’t working fast enough then they will figuratively kick you up the ass and tell you. Your boss dishing out this warning is usually enough to motivate employees.
Sometimes you need the self-discipline to not slash the tires of your regional manager’s car, amirite? I’m joking, of course … or am I?
25. Entrepreneurial Resilience
From my experience, being self-employed requires a thick skin. You will experience many failures and setbacks along the way. If you can’t take the bad with the good then maybe regular employment would be a better option for you.
Some people enjoy working a normal day job even if it’s working for another person or organization. If this is true for you then you have absolutely no reason to regret not taking the entrepreneurship route.
26. Concentration
Self employed people have more freedom which is a plus but also I have found that to be somewhat of a negative too. This amount of freedom at your disposal can work against as you might be less inclined to put in your full concentration.
Undisciplined people are very good at diverting their attention towards other things they would rather be doing. You can improve your concentration by removing any distractions that will, well … distract you from the task at hand.
27. Procrastination
You need to be good at fighting procrastination. You can then get on with what you really should be doing during the day.
Don’t start the day playing video games like I used to do. Before you know it, you have wasted the whole day.
Having a to-do list or some kind of plan along with the right mindset is a big plus. Developing a strong work ethic should stop you from procrastinating the day away.
The problem with procrastination while working for yourself is that you are the only one who feels the sting of it.
Sometimes you need to put your foot down and be hard on yourself. Self-discipline is important when it comes to avoiding this self-inflicted problem.
Being able to know when to stop dilly-dallying and get on with the work at hand is great trait to have.
Personally, beating procrastination is something I wish I had mastered years ago. For me, the key to being a successful self-employed person is having self-belief and working hard.
Procrastination isn’t as much of a problem in regular employment. Under these circumstances, your employer will normally pay you the same per hour no matter how quickly or slowly you work.
You’re going to receive income anyway so you have less motivation to work any harder than you actually have to. It isn’t even your own business so it’s no skin off your nose if it isn’t running efficiently.
There will also usually be a manager around you to crack the whip if they see anyone slacking off. Customers will keep you on your toes too as you won’t want to dissatisfy or keep them waiting.
28. Workplace Distractions
You should cut out any distractions that will stop you from working. These can be activities such as messing around on the internet and watching television. If you can do less of this then it will make you a hell of a lot more efficient.
Special programs exist out there that will block certain websites from your computer during your work time.
There is even a specific extension on the chrome browser that I use called StayFocusd that does just that. I feel no shame in doing this and neither should you if it will help you.
Even having a radio on the background can slow you down as you are focusing on two things rather than one. Some tasks will require your complete concentration without any other background noise.
29. Efficiency
If you’re not firing on all cylinders every day then it will take you much longer to reach your goals as a self-employed person.
You may as well do as much work as you possibly can in a single unit of time. If you don’t do it today, then it will just be sitting there waiting for you tomorrow.
You can’t just expect your career to improve on it’s own. Don’t just decide to sit back and not put the necessary work in.
A lot of your personal efficiency revolves around how you are managing your time. Are you spending your time doing things that aren’t really that important?
If so, delete it from your life and dedicate that time to work instead. Like an enema, but less gross. Sorry for putting that mental image in your head.
It’s important that you don’t take too many liberties with your time. It can lead to the detriment of your own productivity. I find that you will do more harm to your business than good.
30. The Digital Age
Starting a business years ago when the internet didn’t exist was a lot harder than it is nowadays.
The internet makes it much more accessible for entrepreneurs to thrive in the business world. We can do things we couldn’t do decades ago thanks to the world wide web.
For instance, you can contact clients instantly online from anywhere. The significant developments in technology make your job and life in general so much easier and more efficient.
You would have had to send a letter or a telegram years and years ago. You still might want to do this while wearing a monocle and a top hat while smoking a pipe. Although, nobody’s forcing you to.
There are all sorts of online tools available that will offer you added convenience and also allow you to save time.
The net also offers you a whole global marketplace full of potential customers from around the world. The beautiful thing is that they’re only a few clicks away. It’s a real benefit for online-only businesses.
Information moves around so quickly in this generation. We can get what we want, when we want it. This can be both a good and bad thing in many ways but that’s a conversation to be had for another article.
There was a time not so long ago where it wouldn’t be possible to work online at home by yourself. The huge advancement in technology over the years has allowed people to do this. Some individuals are completely self-sufficient when it comes to their careers.
31. Online Scams
The online world has its fair share of scams and dodgy get-rich-quick schemes. If you do find work then you will need to make sure that the client will pay you promptly and in full. This needs to be through a secure and reliable online payment method.
Entrepreneurs use lots of different companies and websites. Typically, this heightens the odds of maybe one or two of them being untrustworthy.
You may find that you have more luck making money through more conventional offline routes. Typically, people under regular employment don’t need to dodge as many scams.
They know and trust exactly who they are getting their earnings from. One reason for this might be that offline work is much more regulated with higher standards.
32. Forced Routine
If you work a 9-5 day job then you won’t have a choice in the matter when it comes to timing in regard to work. You won’t have a say when you want to wake up or when you can take breaks and then clock off.
You will normally get into a steady routine with a good sleeping pattern after a while with some practice so it isn’t so bad.
If you don’t stick to this regimen then clearly your boss will punish you. This might involve them terminating you from employment. People financially rely on their jobs so this is enough of a threat for most people to stick to a routine.
An old cliché is that humans are creatures of habit. This cliché happens to be very true more times than not.
You generally stick to a regimented routine of sitting down at a desk and working for a long stretch of hours every day. It will then eventually become easier to do that as more time passes by.
It can be more difficult to force yourself into a regimen as an entrepreneur as you have all the control and flexibility.
Some people can’t handle wielding that level of power. You need to enforce yourself into following a routine that isn’t easy to learn as a self-employed person.
33. Habits
Not to sound harsh to the human race, but we are generally quite lazy by default. We really need to go out of our way every time we need to do work that requires high brain function. If we have a choice, we naturally lean towards easy or entertaining activities like:
- sleeping
- eating
- watching TV
- playing video games
And why not? All of these things are awesome! Although, you won’t make much money unless you work as hard asyou can. It’s particularly important that your job becomes not only a habit, but an obsession.
This really is how much of your attention and commitment some occupations require. It needs to take priority over almost everything else in your life minus family and friends of course.
34. Persistence
You may fail hundreds or even thousands of times before you eventually succeed when running a business.
Failure is very normal when doing anything challenging so don’t necessarily jump to the conclusion that you’re doing something wrong. This can be disheartening but you need to power through.
It can be tough but remember, failure only occurs the second you stop trying. This expression will hopefully help you view your missteps as temporary setbacks rather than damning eternal failures. Try out The Wealth Compass if you want to learn more.
In simple terms, if you aren’t seeing any positive results from your work then it probably just means you need to work harder.
If this still doesn’t work then it is probably something deeper. Take a step back, change tack and adapt yourself to the situation as there is no point beating your bloody fists into a wall.
35. Consistency
Concentrating on anything is difficult especially if you are easy to sway with distractions like me. I have a philosophy for unproductive days. Are you ready? Okay, here it comes. Even if you only do a little bit of work then that’s better than nothing.
Sure, it’s not amazing, but at least it gives you a base to jump off from and ultimately improve yourself. If you are performing a habit deliberately every day then that’s you being consistent.
I sometimes compare my progress to a needle moving gradually from one side of a barometer to the other.
It’s not really that obviously noticeable at first from day-to-day. However, the needle will nudge a little further in the right direction each time you put in a few hours of work.
It’s like watching a child grow. You won’t notice the change over the space of one day. However, if enough time passes then you will see a massive difference and wonder where all the time went.
Before you know it the needle will have crept to the opposite end of the scale. You have to understand that there is no such thing as an overnight success. It will always be a long-term time investment.
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Lunding Hessellund
Thank you, Lunding. I’m glad I could help 🙂