Freelancing is a dream for many people. But many fail to fulfil this dream. Here are some skills that will make you a successful freelancer.
Who does not want to be their own boss? After a hectic 9 to 5 job, everyone want some peace. Being a freelancer brings liberty to your life, you can work on your own rules and on flexible timings.
Being an employee you need to look into only your part of work. But as an freelancer you need to look into other skills too. If those skills are overlooked it may end you up into a broken freelancer. So here are some important skills every freelancer must have.
1. Self Learning
This is one the most important skill to have as a freelancer. Employees are trained by their employer or given development courses to keep up with the market demands. Gaining knowledge becomes beneficial but it is a boring process. A freelancer must be self-motivated to gain knowledge on what the market needs.
It takes a lot of effort to do your regular work and also make time for skill development. Most important and the hardest part is to decide what to learn. It is quite easy to learn what employer has asked to, but quite a tough thing to figure out all by self.
Whether you need to learn a complementary skill or need to start something completely new.
2. Time Management
Freelancing gives you more time and make your like a lot flexible. But without being under a supervision may lead to delaying of projects until deadline. This if turns a habit is going to kill you as a freelancer.
Time management is an important skill every freelancer must have. You can start by maintaining schedules and sticking to them.
3. Decision Making
A quick and valuable response are a part of healthy decision making. Sometimes your client may have doubts about certain actions, like why you took a specific approach or why your billing is higher that previous month.
You will need to give an quick and effective answer to all those client’s questions. If you fail to give appropriate answer that satisfies your client, you may end up loosing your clients. To make better response and have good decision making capabilities, you may love to talk to other established freelancers.
4. Problem-Solving
A good problem solving skill is something that will separate you from other freelancers. Your client will come up with problems that needed to be solved. But here is the tricky part, most time you client may not know what exactly to solve, and you need to figure it out. If you have a good problem solving skill and you get what your client is exactly looking for, your ties with your client improves.
5. Learning From Criticism
Apart from self learning, many important lessons are learned from criticism of clients. Clients may face trouble in your work, may be you did not do enough research or failed the deadline. Humans always love to be appreciated but criticism gives knowledge about flaws in work which should not be ignored.
If you learn from criticism and act accordingly, it will improve your client ties. Naturally you will also gain a lot new skills that are in demand in market, ask your clients seeks them in you.
