7 Ways to Conquer Freelancing

“I don’t have talent. I just get up earlier.”

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Freelancing is madness.

You don’t get paid time off. You sometimes have to work longer than a 9–5. You’re the boss, but you’re also accountable to the clients you work with.

To overcome that madness, you need discipline, consistency, and resilience. That’s what I’ve found to be true over the past 6 years of freelancing.

If you want to conquer freelancing, here are 7 ways I’ve learned how to do it.

1. Commit to Being 1% Better

Goals don’t help you achieve anything.

Your systems will define your efforts. You need a system to keep you organized. You need to know when to automate things, where your contracts are at, how to send proposals, and how to set up invoicing.

James Clear in Atomic Habits says you need to be 1% better than the day before.

Create a freelance system that makes you 1% better.

2. You Need Tenancity

Rejection is the name of the game.

If you’re a freelancer, you will get rejected over and over again. Do you know who else gets rejected? The top marketing agencies. The top freelancers. Stephen…