Sacrificing Big Projects to Achieve Big Goals
Posted on 12 May, 2009 at 16:21 PM
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David and Marc discuss how bypassing big jobs can leave you with more quality time to spend on your private projects, which in the long run, will turn out more prosperous.
What's a 20/20 match and a 5 day game?
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Robin Cannon 13 May, 2009 15:43:16 PM
Great episode guys, and really pertinent to my thinking at the moment. At the moment I'm ticking along making decent money with good clients. But that's making decent money as an individual freelancer. My ambition is for what is currently "me" (a.k.a. fog of eternity) to be a much larger design agency, offering wider service and on a much larger scale.
That's a tough step up, and yeah, one of my biggest problems is balancing the work I do with the need to really dedicate some time to re-imagining my approach, rebranding and working out a long term development strategy to achieve my goal.
Very thought provoking stuff.
Marc Perel 13 May, 2009 18:41:56 PM
@Max - Good to know someone recognized our cricket mention ;)
@Robin - We fully agree, it's very hard to get that balance right as well as trying to keep a clear vision for your private projects after working on client-specific work.
Thanks for your input
David Perel 18 May, 2009 21:37:21 PM
In the case of this video we posted it because we made the mistake of taking on a project which held off private goals. We want to steady the ship in a way and aim for both, and the only way to do that is to:
a) work harder (which we can't because there are not enough hours in the day... but we try) and
b) if we spread the load evenly between dreams and reality and turning those dreams into reality.
divinefusion 20 May, 2009 08:42:43 AM
This is a huge challenge. Do you have the advantage of 3 however. Have you considered having one person focus on the client (or the personal project) and the other 2 focus on the opposite? I run my studio on my own, with more than steady work, I sub out bits and pieces as necessary and am in the middle of a new business venture. In my case, it pays to have the flexibility of working from home and not having a family to care for. I put all my energy and efforts into my businesses, knowing that there will be a season when I will be able to enjoy my free time even more. For now its getting out of the rat-race. Keep thinking FORWARD. love your posts //andrea
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Max Stanworth 12 May, 2009 23:57:58 PM
Good point guys, no point putting a brilliant idea on the back burner for ever...changes ey, sounds cool, we'll be watching...nice reference to cricket too :)