Working For Yourself
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05/31/22 • 25 min
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WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? Working for yourself. We think that many people are very capable of pulling this off, but some don’t naturally have what it takes. We talk about how you can see if you’re ready to take the next step in self-employment for your career success by taking a simple assessment during this podcast.
WHAT TOPICS DO WE COVER?
* Why is working for yourself getting more popular?
* Some stats from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
* What is “Gig Work” and what is a “Gig Economy”
* Examples of self-employment opportunities
* A story about Kelli’s switch to starting her own business
* Chuck Fresh, our voice artist, is highlighted
* Are you ready to be an entrepreneur? The self-assesment - Good Luck!
WHAT’S THE TAKE-AWAY?
Working for yourself is a great way to soar in career success. Growing and managing your business can be very rewarding - IF you have the right stuff going into that journey. You can’t do it 'half-assed’ - but a lot of people try, and then fail. How can you pull it off? We give you the clues.
WE USED THESE RESOURCES:
Besides our experiences that directly relate to this topic, we found the following resources very helpful in preparing for this episode:
- Investopedia definition of Gig Economy: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gig-economy.asp
- BLS Data
https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2014/summer/art01.pdf - Fiveer - https://www.fiverr.com Upwork - https://www.upwork.com and Freelancer - https://www.freelancer.com
- Voice actor and professional announcer, Chuck Fresh:
https://www.chuckfresh.com - “My Dad ran a business, My Dad ran a Company” episode on My Job Here Is Done: https://www.myjobhereisdone.com/my-dad-ran-a-business-my-dad-ran-a-company/
- Jim Rohn (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rohn
- Blog Article “Are You Ready to be an Entrepreneur?” from My Job Here Is Done: https://www.myjobhereisdone.com/blog/are-you-ready-to-be-an-entrepreneur/
WHO ARE DAVE AND KELLI?
An entrepreneur and intrapreneur duo with street smarts, ‘preneurial’ chops, and a penchant for storytelling.
Dave and Kelli met as teenagers and have a life-long story of their own. They took separate and contrasting career paths, both struggling with challenges and celebrating their career successes differently.
Over the years, they noticed similarities in their stories about their work, the people they interacted with, and how business was conducted. Kelli, who “worked for the man like a dog for decades,” and Dave, who “started or ran businesses all of his life,” quickly realized there is substantial value for others in those combined experiences. The “My Job Here Is Done” Podcast is the result.
HOW TO WORK WITH US
Ultimately, you’re building a great business or moving up the career ladder of success, and we absolutely know we can help!
If you like what you hear in the podcast, we have more to share with companies that we work with.
With the foundation of business experience from Dave and Kelli as a team, in concert with subject matter experts from the rich roster of smart people in our network, we have put these goals, culture themes, and operational processes you hear on the podcast to the test - and they work.
If you have a complicated problem to solve, AND you like to play to win in business or soar to new heights in your personal career success - click here to learn how you can work with us.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? Working for yourself. We think that many people are very capable of pulling this off, but some don’t naturally have what it takes. We talk about how you can see if you’re ready to take the next step in self-employment for your career success by taking a simple assessment during this podcast.
WHAT TOPICS DO WE COVER?
* Why is working for yourself getting more popular?
* Some stats from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
* What is “Gig Work” and what is a “Gig Economy”
* Examples of self-employment opportunities
* A story about Kelli’s switch to starting her own business
* Chuck Fresh, our voice artist, is highlighted
* Are you ready to be an entrepreneur? The self-assesment - Good Luck!
WHAT’S THE TAKE-AWAY?
Working for yourself is a great way to soar in career success. Growing and managing your business can be very rewarding - IF you have the right stuff going into that journey. You can’t do it 'half-assed’ - but a lot of people try, and then fail. How can you pull it off? We give you the clues.
WE USED THESE RESOURCES:
Besides our experiences that directly relate to this topic, we found the following resources very helpful in preparing for this episode:
- Investopedia definition of Gig Economy: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gig-economy.asp
- BLS Data
https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2014/summer/art01.pdf - Fiveer - https://www.fiverr.com Upwork - https://www.upwork.com and Freelancer - https://www.freelancer.com
- Voice actor and professional announcer, Chuck Fresh:
https://www.chuckfresh.com - “My Dad ran a business, My Dad ran a Company” episode on My Job Here Is Done: https://www.myjobhereisdone.com/my-dad-ran-a-business-my-dad-ran-a-company/
- Jim Rohn (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rohn
- Blog Article “Are You Ready to be an Entrepreneur?” from My Job Here Is Done: https://www.myjobhereisdone.com/blog/are-you-ready-to-be-an-entrepreneur/
WHO ARE DAVE AND KELLI?
An entrepreneur and intrapreneur duo with street smarts, ‘preneurial’ chops, and a penchant for storytelling.
Dave and Kelli met as teenagers and have a life-long story of their own. They took separate and contrasting career paths, both struggling with challenges and celebrating their career successes differently.
Over the years, they noticed similarities in their stories about their work, the people they interacted with, and how business was conducted. Kelli, who “worked for the man like a dog for decades,” and Dave, who “started or ran businesses all of his life,” quickly realized there is substantial value for others in those combined experiences. The “My Job Here Is Done” Podcast is the result.
HOW TO WORK WITH US
Ultimately, you’re building a great business or moving up the career ladder of success, and we absolutely know we can help!
If you like what you hear in the podcast, we have more to share with companies that we work with.
With the foundation of business experience from Dave and Kelli as a team, in concert with subject matter experts from the rich roster of smart people in our network, we have put these goals, culture themes, and operational processes you hear on the podcast to the test - and they work.
If you have a complicated problem to solve, AND you like to play to win in business or soar to new heights in your personal career success - click here to learn how you can work with us.
Previous Episode
Pissed Off Customers
1 RecommendationsWHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? Pissed off customers and why great customer service is essential to career success and business growth. We look at why customer service fails to deliver so often and some ways you can use to do a better job. We look at the metrics of CAC, LTV, and Churn, and learn about the terror of a customer who invokes “Plan T.”
WHAT TOPICS DO WE COVER?
* A story about Kelli’s recent bad experience with a software company
* Examples of some easy Customer Service math that proves a few points
* We define CAC - Customer Acquisition Cost, LTV - LifeTime Value, and Churn
* An example of a restaurant’s losses due to poor customer service
* What is Plan T?
* Small customers are more important to please than most large customers
* A few suggestions on how to easily avoid costly bad customer experiences
WHAT’S THE TAKE-AWAY?
Customer service, not just good - but great customer service - is vital to business and career success. To make this work for you, you need to invest in customer retention programs as much or more than you invest in new customer acquisition. We offer some real-world advice.
WE USED THESE RESOURCES:
Besides our experiences that directly relate to this topic, we found the following resources very helpful in preparing for this episode:
The R in CRM means Revenue episode: https://www.myjobhereisdone.com/the-r-in-crm-means-revenue/
The definition of (CAC) Customer Acquisition Costs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_acquisition_cost
The definition of (LTV) Customer LifeTime Value: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_lifetime_value
WHO ARE DAVE AND KELLI?
An entrepreneur and intrapreneur duo with street smarts, ‘preneurial’ chops, and a penchant for storytelling.
Dave and Kelli met as teenagers and have a life-long story of their own. They took separate and contrasting career paths, both struggling with challenges and celebrating their career successes differently.
Over the years, they noticed similarities in their stories about their work, the people they interacted with, and how business was conducted. Kelli, who “worked for the man like a dog for decades,” and Dave, who “started or ran businesses all of his life,” quickly realized there is substantial value for others in those combined experiences. The “My Job Here Is Done” Podcast is the result.
HOW TO WORK WITH US
Ultimately, you’re building a great business or moving up the career ladder of success, and we absolutely know we can help!
If you like what you hear in the podcast, we have more to share with companies that we work with.
With the foundation of business experience from Dave and Kelli as a team, in concert with subject matter experts from the rich roster of smart people in our network, we have put these goals, culture themes, and operational processes you hear on the podcast to the test - and they work.
If you have a complicated problem to solve, AND you like to play to win in business or soar to new heights in your personal career success - click here to learn how you can work with us.
Next Episode
Doing More With Stress
1 RecommendationsWHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? Doing more with less is actually Doing More With Stress. COVID forced us to make what we thought would be temporary changes, and our teams stretched to adapt - they did a great job! But what we thought was temporary now seems permanent and it’s taking a toll on mental health and promoting the Great Resignation. It’s now Doing More With Stress and we need to fix it.
WHAT TOPICS DO WE COVER?
* The difference between doing more with less and doing more with stress.
* How COVID pushed our workforce to the breaking limit
* It’s over - most people are done going the extra mile for no reward
* A story or two on how we have adapted and why it’s not working any longer
* A layman’s medical view of Stress and how it affects the human body
* The effects of Doing More With Stress on the Great Resignation.
WHAT’S THE TAKE-AWAY?
When COVID first changed everything in business, our teams adapted to the situation by expanding their roles, doing more with less, and keeping our businesses running. But most people believe business needs to return to normal now, and doing more with less has morphed into a mental health issue we’re calling "Doing More With Stress" and it’s killing our workforce.
WE USED THESE RESOURCES:
Besides our experiences that directly relate to this topic, we found the following resources very helpful in preparing for this episode:
- The impact of stress on body function: A review: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5579396/
- “Should I Stay or Should I Go” episode on My Job Here Is Done: https://www.myjobhereisdone.com/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/
- “Work:Life Balance? I'm NOT in the Mood!” episode on My Job Here Is Done: https://www.myjobhereisdone.com/work-life-balance-im-not-in-the-mood/
WHO ARE DAVE AND KELLI?
An entrepreneur and intrapreneur duo with street smarts, ‘preneurial’ chops, and a penchant for storytelling.
Dave and Kelli met as teenagers and have a life-long story of their own. They took separate and contrasting career paths, both struggling with challenges and celebrating their career successes differently.
Over the years, they noticed similarities in their stories about their work, the people they interacted with, and how business was conducted. Kelli, who “worked for the man like a dog for decades,” and Dave, who “started or ran businesses all of his life,” quickly realized there is substantial value for others in those combined experiences. The “My Job Here Is Done” Podcast is the result.
HOW TO WORK WITH US
Ultimately, you’re building a great business or moving up the career ladder of success, and we absolutely know we can help!
If you like what you hear in the podcast, we have more to share with companies that we work with.
With the foundation of business experience from Dave and Kelli as a team, in concert with subject matter experts from the rich roster of smart people in our network, we have put these goals, culture themes, and operational processes you hear on the podcast to the test - and they work.
If you have a complicated problem to solve, AND you like to play to win in business or soar to new heights in your personal career success - click here to learn how you can work with us.
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