Strategies for Building a Successful Self-Employed Life

Jeffrey Shaw’s Marketing Podcast

in this episode Duct Tape Marketing PodcastI interviewed Jeffrey Shaw. Jeffrey is an experienced speaker and small business consultant. He helps self-employed and small business owners take control of their businesses in seemingly uncontrollable situations. He is also the author of a book: Self-Employed Living: Business and Personal Development Strategies for Creating Sustainable Success.

Key takeaways:

Self-employment is more than just hiring yourself. Challenging your own personal growth while starting a business is an option. As we develop ourselves, we raise the bar – we can achieve greater success. What a self-employed person needs is a business strategy and personal development to achieve and maintain success. In this episode, Jeffrey Shaw shares his holistic approach to sustainable self-employment success.

Questions I asked Jeffrey Shaw:

• [1:55] The term “self-employed” used to be seen differently – has that changed now?
• [4:36] In your mind, what is self-employed, and what kind of space do you want to open up?
• [11:20] From your own experience, what are your views on personal development?
• [14:01] When you work with small business owners and self-employed people, where do you see people usually fall?
• [16:01] What is the self-employment ecosystem you mentioned?
• [19:02] Can you identify which traits and habits are really serving people trying to balance and build this ecosystem?
• [22:22] How do you feel about self-employed people in terms of hiring self-employed people to work for you?

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