Episode 18: The Challenges and Rewards of Self Employment

A solo podcast episode on the growth that comes from overcoming challenges while working for yourself.
This is the last podcast episode before I take a short break. In the 18th episode of The Repurpose Your Purpose Podcast I share some thoughts on how working for yourself create challenges that become opportunities for growth.
From self discipline to self expression, from community to choice, being your own boss requires courage, flexibility, and fully showing up.
If you are self employed, or have experience both as a business owner and as an employee, leave a comment and let me know what you think is both a challenge and a reward of working for yourself.
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I am your host, AURORA MENEGHELLO.I am a Transformative Coach and Consultant. I work with individuals and groups from all over the world to create space for inner Wisdom to show up.
I work with career changers who are not sure what they would like to do next, with business owners who want to grow their profits and impact, and with leaders who want to more powerfully actualize their vision.
I support my clients in living a life of purpose, feeling at peace within themselves, taking powerful action, and doing work they love.
And I am the Founder of Repurpose Your Purpose, a program to help people change careers by using what they already know to do something new.

[@richardhuckaby]

Super insightful vid! I work full time for a company (as a contractor) and I'm an independent musician (I am the whole team lol). As of late I've really noticed how skills I accrued in one arena have helped in the other, and vis versa. I especially resonate with what you said about choice in the context of risk. You mentioned elaborating more on bringing an entrepreneurial mindset to a traditional job; I'd love to hear more about that, and maybe how to apply skills, restrictions, etc. that are in a traditional job to one's own business. Great episode, thanks Aurora!

[@repurposeyourpurpose]

Thank you for the question/suggestion, Richard, I will record an episode just about that! In the meantime, let me share a little about bringing an entrepreneurial mindset to a traditional job. Often we don't realize how we act disempowered in a job in situations where we would be empowered if self employed. For example, with a client we might share more freely our ideas or ask for what we need, or even set boundaries, but at work we don't speak up, or we reflexively assume we have no choice. The difference usually is that (often not even consciously) we see clients as equals, but not bosses. But in many situations a boss might appreciate the same mindsets that make you a successful entrepreneur: caring about results, taking full responsibility, genuinely sharing limits and ideas, etc. The key is to be aware of our mindset - and be with "what is" rather than getting caught up in unhelpful thinking. And here's a little secret: generally speaking, the best work environments appreciate an more entrepreneurial mindset :)

[@richardhuckaby]

Wow, that's spot on! I definitely find myself behaving more passively with a "boss". Perhaps it's a difference in investment; I want to explore how I connect investment and empowerment in my mind, because you're right in that employers appreciate the mindsets you listed. Thanks for the response and looking forward to that episode 😊

[@repurposeyourpurpose]

@@richardhuckaby You got this! Once you notice it at play, you start to find your power and choice again :)

[@richardhuckaby]

Hell yeah 😁💪🏾

[@repurposeyourpurpose]

@@richardhuckaby Here's the new episode, hope you like it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZvEq5qmhpeJbZI