You the Boss: “You gave your word. You have to send out 3 queries by the end of today. Now get off Facebook.”

You the Employee: “Yeah I know, but I can always do it tomorrow.”

You the Boss: “You’ve said that for a week!”

Does this sound familiar? We promise ourselves, and our ‘boss’ selves, that we’ll do it… tomorrow… tomorrow… tomorrow….

The hardest thing we do as freelance writers is navigate the role of boss and employee. We have to step up.

The best way to act as both is by conveying respect, motivation and encouragement.

Respect

If you had a boss other than yourself, you wouldn’t dare tell them you’ll do something tomorrow.  Show your ‘boss’ self some respect. When you say you’re going to do something, do it.

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