Re:Ask News.YC: How hard was it to learn to be a self-starter?
by raheemm on Saturday October 18, 2008 @12:24AM
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I quit my job 6 months ago to do my own thing and its been a hard transition. The basics get me all the time - waking up early; going to bed before midnight; surfing the net; putting together daily task lists, etc. A few things that are working for me are:
1. I hired a really good business coach.
2. I have big goals that are very short term - like 2-3 months. So my "big" goal now is to close the year at a certain revenue level.
3. Although I work from home, I try to have 1-2 very, very packed days that involve outside the home stuff related to my work.
The struggle continues though and I went to private schools from kindergarten to college.
Re:Ask News.YC: How hard was it to learn to be a self-starter?
by raheemm on Saturday October 18, 2008 @08:34PM
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I got lucky - I found him while networking - I was not really looking for a coach, but he helped me find new business so often that I decided to work with him professionally.
1. I hired a really good business coach.
2. I have big goals that are very short term - like 2-3 months. So my "big" goal now is to close the year at a certain revenue level.
3. Although I work from home, I try to have 1-2 very, very packed days that involve outside the home stuff related to my work.
The struggle continues though and I went to private schools from kindergarten to college.