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Key Takeaways Your foundation for independent success is not built from your technical expertise alone. It requires that you have varied industry experience and the ability to build a strong network.
To bring real value to your clients, you must have the support of well-developed business analysis, project management and client communication skills.
Your passion for working solo is what will give you the confidence to place a bet on yourself, and that confidence will be what “sells” your clients on you.
To be a successful solopreneur, simply being a technical expert is not enough. Your skills and abilities must be multidimensional, and you need to have a deep burning desire to build your own future. The independent consultants whom people want to work with and whom companies brag about employing bring forward an entire arsenal of tangible and intangible traits.
I want to illuminate those traits not to discourage you from chasing your solo ambitions, but to ensure you can perform an accurate audit of your current capacity to be a true solopreneur. By shining a spotlight on the elements that truly make the difference between success and failure, I will give you a roadmap to building the self-confidence you need to inspire confidence in your future clients.
The three pillars I will discuss are skills, experiences and a mindset that you can nurture. They are all fully within your grasp. Nothing that I, or other successful solopreneurs, employ to build a business came from birth. Each trait was built through intentional effort to strengthen it.
So, let’s break down each pillar and look at the ways I have, and you can, build up the necessary traits for solopreneur success. It all starts with answering three key questions.
1. Have you built your foundation?
Sure, you want to work solo, and I encourage you in that desire. But if you think simply because you have mastered a certain toolset or process that your success is guaranteed, you would be both wrong and following in the footsteps of those who have failed before you.
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