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Starting out as Self Employed Freelancer - Easy Accountancy - Accountants for Freelancers, Sole traders and SME's. So, you’ve decided to set up your own small business!

Starting out as Self Employed Freelancer - Easy Accountancy - Accountants for Freelancers, Sole traders and SME's

Great news! You’ve entered the exciting world of entrepreneurism. We want to help you get the best start you can so have put together some top tips on how to start out as self employed – have a look round this section for more information. Whilst being your own boss can be a scary prospect and slightly risky, it’s really not as difficult as people make out. And don’t worry – you don’t have to have been born with some kind of entrepreneurial gene, anyone can be successful at being self employed. Be organised Sounds like an obvious piece of advice? Stay small and keep your costs down Make sure you don’t grow too quickly – keep your company lean and efficient and manage your time effectively.

Start now! Don’t wait until you’ve got everything set up, get started right now. Find out who your customers are Don’t try to sell to anyone and everyone, find out who your customers are and tell them about your freelance business. Be informal. Smart tips to make life easier. Posted on February 24, 2012 in Humor If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Facebook or Twitter .

Smart tips to make life easier

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Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Heidi Grant Halvorson

Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. The intuitive answer — that you are born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others — is really just one small piece of the puzzle.

In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their goals not simply because of who they are, but more often because of what they do. 1. To seize the moment, decide when and where you will take each action you want to take, in advance. 3. Fortunately, decades of research suggest that the belief in fixed ability is completely wrong — abilities of all kinds are profoundly malleable. 7. 8. 40 Belief-Shaking Remarks From a Ruthless Nonconformist.

If there’s one thing Friedrich Nietzsche did well, it’s obliterate feel-good beliefs people have about themselves.

40 Belief-Shaking Remarks From a Ruthless Nonconformist

He has been criticized for being a misanthrope, a subvert, a cynic and a pessimist, but I think these assessments are off the mark. I believe he only wanted human beings to be more honest with themselves. He did have a remarkable gift for aphorism — he once declared, “It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” A hundred years after his death, Nietzsche retains his disturbing talent for turning a person’s worldview upside-down with one jarring remark. Even today his words remain controversial. Here are 40 unsympathetic statements from the man himself. 1. 2. 3. 4. 30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself.