Someone told me once when I said I had to cancel a client, "Well it's not like you have a real job."
I replied I DO have a real job and that is looking after my family so that my husband go off to work and be productive without having to worry about the children and their care. At which point my husband agreed and said he supported my business and was glad I had (finally) found something that made me happy and served others.
When you are self-employed you don't have ONE boss, EVERY client you have is your boss.
Jay, writer MemberSpeed.com
· 2 years ago
Despite the number of bloggers on the net, it seems that not a lot of people realize the potential to earn money through blogging just yet. The idea is not widespread. I used to tell my family that I work on the Internet. It wasn't until I got paid for my work that they believed it was work.
Cristina Favreau
· 1 year ago
Jacki, thanks for sharing your story. I'm sure many (if not all) entrepreneurs have had more than one comment like that!! Thankfully your husband stuck up for you! Sounds like he's a great support! And it's so true when you say that every one of your clients are your boss!! Really puts things in perspective.
Cristina Favreau
· 1 year ago
Jay, thanks so much for joining the conversation. I can so relate to your comment: "It wasn’t until I got paid for my work that they believed it was work"!
Sounds like we have a lot of educating to do!!
To those people my question would be: If you're doing nothing (at your employment) and still getting paid, is that actually work?
While it's nice to be able to sit around being paid by someone else, the responsibility of being an entrepreneur makes us much more productive than most employees. That's why we charge more per hour than an employee -- there's no loss of time!
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I replied I DO have a real job and that is looking after my family so that my husband go off to work and be productive without having to worry about the children and their care. At which point my husband agreed and said he supported my business and was glad I had (finally) found something that made me happy and served others.
When you are self-employed you don't have ONE boss, EVERY client you have is your boss.
Sounds like we have a lot of educating to do!!
To those people my question would be: If you're doing nothing (at your employment) and still getting paid, is that actually work?
While it's nice to be able to sit around being paid by someone else, the responsibility of being an entrepreneur makes us much more productive than most employees. That's why we charge more per hour than an employee -- there's no loss of time!