Top 10 Mistakes Made by the Self-Employed
Steve Pavlina writes: “Having been a non-employee for about 14 years now, I’ve made my share of stupid business mistakes. I’ve also coached a number of people to start their own businesses, and I’ve seen many of them make similar mistakes.”
Here’s his list of mistakes:
- Selling to the wrong people.
- Spending too much money.
- Spending too little money.
- Putting on a fake front.
- Assuming a signed contract will be honored.
- Going against your intuition.
- Being too formal.
- Sacrificing your personality quirks.
- Failing to focus on value creation.
- Failing to optimize.
I couldn’t agree more with number 1 on the list. In the past three years, I’ve learned this the hard way, but I think I’m finally getting it down. What do you relate too?
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April 12th, 2006 at 2:08 am
Number six, all the way. I’m not self-employed - I blog for Know More Media - but I often find myself saying, “Man, I was right about that the first time around!”
April 12th, 2006 at 9:25 am
No. 6 for me, too. “I go against my intuition” should be my bumber sticker. I almost always have self-doubt. I “should have” and “could have” my life away!
April 12th, 2006 at 11:47 am
I don’t know if I agree with #7. What’s wrong with being formal? I can see bad things happening if you are too uptight but I don’t think being formal is a bad thing. I think the world would be a nicer place if people were a little more formal with one another.
April 14th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
I probably am guilty of #3. I can be a tightwad sometimes, but I do believe there are plenty of ways to get things done for free, especially on the internet…
April 19th, 2006 at 10:33 pm
i love 4, 6, 7, 8
keepin’ it real