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• The Self-employed Worker
• Self-appraisal
• The Action Plan
• Seven Pieces of Advice from Self-employed People
• Self-employment and Taxation
• Tools for the Self-employed
• Marketing
• The Ergonomic Workstation
• Insurance Coverage
• Eight Steps to Successful Transition

An honest self-evaluation

Our culture and the way we were brought up by our parents lead us to display modesty. Therefore, we tend to not recognize our successes but rather to focus on our failures. Through an honest self-evaluation, the image we have of ourselves becomes clearer and often differs from the one perceived by others.

• Take inventory of your successes - not only at work but also in your life.
• Become aware of your strengths and weaknesses.
• Develop a potential orientation.

Action plan - business plan

The business plan does not have to be six inches thick! This document will provide you with a true sense of direction and could become a motivation tool. Offer the market needs rather than offering something and trying to create a market for it. In fact, it offers the framework, which used to be offered by employers.

• Identify a need and fill it.
• Establish objectives and priorities and review them regularly.
• Develop your company image right from the start and explore new ways of improving it.

Network, network, and network

It is by far the most economical way of getting known.

• Write up an introduction of who you are and what you do.
• Talk with business people to find out about new opportunities.
• Use group gatherings of business people to observe the competition - you'll notice that they are not as strong as you thought they were.

Keep a log of your goals and achievements.

It's a great way to build self-assurance.

• Write your objectives in a notepad and add a V for victory each time one has been met.
• It will therefore be more motivating to continue and easier to stay on course.
• By getting in the habit of setting goals, it becomes easier to shed the image that you previously had of yourself as an employee.

Give yourself tips on how to overcome fear

If you allow fear to get in your way, you end up not doing anything and regretting all that you have done. Adopt an image that will help you to move forward.

• Being scared is like being in a rocking chair: it keeps you busy but leads you nowhere…
• Challenge yourself!
• Remember that even a mouse can eat an elephant: one bite at a time!

Learn how to use your intuition

Intuition is a sixth sense. And it's possible to develop it!

• Intuition is a well-hidden tool. It helps dispel doubt and is the only thing that allows the decision scales to tip.

Use other professionals

Don't try to do it all on your own - we can't excel in everything.

• Call upon another self-employed worker!

Take care of yourself

To do good work, one must be healthy and energetic.

• Set aside some time to do nothing.
• Also, set aside time to exercise - a healthy body makes a healthy mind.
• Eat properly and at regular hours.

If being self-employed is what you want: do not hesitate to embark on the journey!
But don't do it blindly…

Personally, my self-assurance has increased by 100% and everyday I enjoy doing a job that I love. What more could I ask for in life?