Remote work does not equal flexibility
Here’s the #1 mistake a lot of employees-to-freelancers make: they believe that working from home is a flexible lifestyle.
I get it, it feels like it. You don’t have to commute, you don’t have to wake up early (most of the time) and occasionally you can run out to appointments.
Nah, that’s not flexibility.
That’s the same deal you had before, but with the ability to run out for a quick errand occasionally.
True flexibility is getting paid even when you don’t work for a day, working 3-4 hours in a day and shutting your laptop, deciding how and when to respond to client demands, and starting work at 7:00pm instead of 7:00am if that’s how you roll.
She comes from a rigid corporate world, where the easiest way to get clients is to provide EXACTLY the same set of services and mentality that you would provide an employer (complete access to you, working 8+ hours, etc.).
The next step for this member is to:
1️⃣ Get her mindset out of the corporate mentality of “constantly on”.
We do this by setting up a way to structure her client roster so that not all clients have the same urgency level.
2️⃣ Make sure clients that want greater accessibility pay higher rates.
When setting up a payment structure, clients that demand more, have to pay more.
3️⃣ Create a plan and script that allows her to step away from constantly working.
Simple templates like saying you will get “x” project to them by “y” date, takes you away from feeling like everything needs to be done RIGHT NOW.
When this happens, you go from an employee to a business owner and your mindset shifts to one of realizing the whole day is open to you to spend it how you want, not dictated by someone else.
