In this video, I spoke to one of my friends, Dylan Mouthaan, about his career so far and his transition from working in the corporate world to life as a freelance digital marketer.
We discussed topics like financial risk, the challenges and benefits of freelancing and his top tips for making the change. You can find out more about him here: dylanmouthaan.nl
Read MoreWhen it comes to making big decisions that will have big consequences, we all get nervous. What happens if it doesn’t work? What happens if I fail? What happens if I can’t go back? These are all valid concerns and should be dealt with rather than avoided and left to ruminate in our heads.
There’s a great exercise by a bloggers named Tim Ferriss called Fear-Setting which he outlines in his Ted Talk below. Basically, it’s about breaking each fear into three steps:
DEFINE - state exactly what the fear is
PREVENT - outline how you could possibly prevent it from happening
REPAIR - describe how you could deal with it even if it did come to pass
