You have trouble sticking to a diet, and it’s almost impossible to give up bad habits. You’d rather work than play, and sometimes you do. Could you be self-employed?
Some learn that self employment means discipline, and they count themselves out immediately. Many people find it hard to stick to a schedule, to control their own over-spending or bad habits, to simply do what they ought to do. But does a lack of self-discipline in life automatically equal a lack of self-discipline in self employment? Could you be self employed?
Test Your Own Self-Discipline
If you think that being self employed means being your own worst enemy and best friend, keeping yourself rigidly contained and on task, then you’re right. You do have to be disciplined in order to work for yourself, but you may be a better taskmaster than you might think. Want to know if you could be self employed?
Pick a week. Write out a schedule for the week - things you much do each and every single day. Be sure to choose at least three tasks for each day (all of seven days in a single week).
Could You Be Self Employed?
When the week starts, keep this list of chores close at hand. At the end of the week, when you look over your list to see how many of the tasks have been completed, you’ll have your answer. If you got all items done, without stressing yourself out unduly, then you probably have what it takes to keep yourself on-task for self employment. If not, then you may want to iron out some discipline issues before you rely on yourself alone for income.
