Apr 25 2008

Step #2: Are You The One?

Last time, we’ve discussed why people decide to freelance and the legitimate or the most successful reasons that result in a prosperous freelancing career. It’s time for a final step before delving into the business of freelancing, your final test is a quiz:

Feel free to take this quiz and to post your results in the comments section. The results will be analyzed in the next post So You’re The One – Let’s Freelance (Scheduled Saturday 26th)

Are You The One?

Are the one? Are you fit to be a freelancer? The quiz here can give you a general idea on whether you’re fit for freelancing.

  1. If given the choice to work alone or in a group you would:
    2. Work alone

    Go team!

    Depends

  2. In tough situations, your motivation comes:
    3. Internally

    Externally

    Both

  3. If you do something wrong on a really important task, you:
    4. Decide to explain to your boss

    Try to pin it on someone else

    Depending on the extent of damage

  4. You have $50 till the end of the month, you:
    5. Decide to make the best out of them

    Freak out

    Freak out then decide to borrow money

  5. Your boss asks for overtime, you:
    6. Make more coffee

    Pretend you have to take care of your dog

    You ask the boss to work some other time

  6. When it comes to rejection, you:
    7. Suck it up and move on

    Quit it all together

    Try to learn why you got rejected

  7. You have 3 days to finish a task, you:
    8. Sit on your desk and get to work

    Ask for a deadline extension

    Postpone it to the very last minute

  8. A client tells you that your work is inadequate, you:
    9. Ask him for reasons calmly

    Snap at him and tell him he’s an idiot

    Start plotting revenge

  9. A client keeps on asking for changes, you:
    10. Keep on making changes according to the notes

    Ask for termination of contract

    Talk to your client

  10. You’re home alone and you have work to do, you:
    11. Make popcorn, watch TV until someone tells you to work

    Finish your work

    Work for a bit, then have fun

Are you ready for the results?

A detailed post highlighting the results will be available on the website. For the mean time, feel free to post your point score in the comments section.

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  1.   So You’re The one? Let’s Freelance by Freelancer 2.0 wrote:

    [...] by Amino as Freelancing 101 If you took the quiz last time, you’ve probably been left at midair wondering what those points meant. To be very brief, [...]

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
  2. Freelancer 2.0 » Blog Archive » Step #1: Contemplation - Are You Picking Freelancing for the Wrong Reasons? (Part II) wrote:

    [...] you considering freelancing because  of these two? If so, let’s move on to Step #2: Are You The One? Filed under:Freelancing [...]

    August 5th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

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