Lex DeVille
Sweeping Shadows From Dreams
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All thanks to your recommendation, I just purchased the book this morning after reading the Amazon reviews on how great it is.
Sounds like it's the marketing equivalent of MJ's books!
Can't say much for this, but I wish you good luck in your endeavors. I was on a very similar path last year as you are right now, but after realizing that freelancing is a path in which I can only lose, I dropped the idea (this was about 10 mths before I discover MJ's books).
Freelancing = The Ultimate Trade-Time-For-Money Job. You also have to deal with accounting while coding and finding clients. I don't quite see how one can win this game in the long run though.
The competition for freelancing (especially websites) is really cut-throat. In terms of offering value, there's almost none (zero, in fact), where we can do what others can't do. And that's not even taking into account those guys from India, Pakistan, Vietnam who can code for a price 3x lower than yours. And take into account those guys from eastern europe whom I've worked with.....those are just insane in terms of speed, quality and price.
To be free from alarm clocks, freelancing is probably a bad option. I had a coder friend who freelanced in the past. He was free from alarm clocks though. How did he achieve that? Well, lack of gigs and clients.
Your friend's and your own inability to create value as freelancers doesn't mean there's zero value to create. That's not a fact. It's a belief..your belief. That's why you're still waking up to alarm clocks, and I wake up when I feel like it (as a freelancer) with zero competition. With any luck, the book will help change that!
Here's some of my beliefs:
1. I can create value anytime, anywhere
2. I can win no matter the odds
3. Nothing is impossible and can't be proven so
4. Helping people is how you get noticed
5. When you're awesome, there is no competition
6. The only limitations are created in the mind
There's a mindset shift you have to make before you win. Freelance, startup, even at your job. If you want proof, click the threads in my signature.
I spend a few hours working on other people's stuff each week and the rest of the time I work on my own. Also I started spending 2 hours a day learning piano because I can because I'm not at work.
OP wants to make $24k/year and replace his income. Freelance is probably the single fastest route to do that. But it only becomes possible once you get the mindset part down.