Dissatisfaction As An Impulse For Energy And Growth

Five Tips For Freelancers

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Are you also one of those freelancers who sometimes feel frustrated and dissatisfied and then think:

• “Another one of those poorly organized projects where nothing is progressing.”
• “I’m just too tired to take care of marketing and sales on top of the daily project work, and now I’m in a right mess: the project is over, and no new client in sight.”
• “For years now, I’ve been doing the same thing. I would love to take on a different role, but somehow it doesn’t work out.”

Just complaining and hoping things will improve on their own doesn’t help. The fact that you feel dissatisfaction is an excellent first step.

How you deal with dissatisfaction has a lot to do with imprinting childhood and later learning experiences. Perhaps as a child, you were often told: “Be content with what you have. Be humble.” These beliefs then shape you.

Or maybe your parents pushed you, wanted you to have a letter life than they, didn’t want you to settle for easy solutions? If so, there’s a good chance you automatically perceive dissatisfaction as a spur because of this learning experience.