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There are many different reasons why you should seriously consider freelancing and while many focus on the financial gains, there are other facts that you have to take into account. This is a great example.
You want to freelance to build your skills!
One of the most important reasons why you should start work as a freelancer even if you do have a job is that you will increase your experience at a faster rate. This means that your abilities will be increased and you will gain confidence.
Many focus on making as much money as possible and they do not understand the fact that they do not actually need to work more. They need to work smarter and better. Because of this, you do not have to take many clients. You need to stay focused on offering the highest possible quality.
The best example to sustain the idea of freelancing to build skills is the writer. When you are a writer, you need to regularly practice. It does not matter if you write for someone else or you write for yourself. You need to keep writing and improving. This is true for web designers, web developers, life coaches and thousands of other professions.
Take a look at the most respectable people in the industry in which you operate. You will quickly figure out the fact that they worked a lot. This is what you can so easily do when you practice as a freelancer.
Besides the fact that you get to improve your skills when you freelance, you also manage to increase your portfolio. The larger the portfolio, the easier it is to showcase the best work that you can do. As time passes, you will figure out that the latest projects you did are the best ones. This is because you improve as you work more.
Try to start practicing as soon as you possibly can. Even if you do not freelance yet, still practice on a personal blog or on personal projects to build a portfolio. Obviously, freelancing is recommended because you manage to also make some extra money while you improve and you become better at what you do. However, the focus should be on career development.
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Hi Crucea, Thanks for the post. The post was very small but with some strong points to grasp.
I started my journey as an SEO professional and right now I am acting as a blogger. I’m finding most of my SEO leads through my writing. Writing always helps learn new things. It helps in developing skills and idea how to interact with other people. I think it is not a matter what is your main expertise, but regular writing will take you into the next level. It is true for freelancers, entrepreneurs or even for any other professionals.
I totally agree. Writing helps in basically everything that you do, especially the research phase of writing. That is when you learn so many new things.