In an uncertain economy plagued by unemployment and insecurity, the idea of working for yourself can seem as appealing - and remote - as winning the lottery. How do you get started? What kind of work can you do? Is it expensive to get started? Faced with all that, the lottery starts to seem like the safer bet, even though you probably don’t know anybody who has won the lottery....
Picture this: you’re at your job, working on a typical day’s work. Your boss comes over and says that something major has happened, and the company needs you to take on an extra task. What do you say? There isn’t much opportunity for you to say no – in a very real sense, your job is to simply do what your boss says. Neither is there much opportunity to negotiate...