You're self-employed, you just don't know it yet
This is a great post by Casey Lewis that came out this morning on how working 40-hours a week is dead. Thanks Casey!
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
You're not as dumb as you think you are
Seriously, who actually stops learning? Even those who just stumbled out of college with a foam hat still askew about their ears knows that education goes on. Learning continues with your first round of interviews for your career. The first things you learn are what NOT to say in interviews. I would argue that most education happens on an experiential level. I defer to psychologists more on this vein, but it seems that humans are pretty good about running up against something, bouncing a few times, and trying something different the next time.
That's exactly what it takes to be an entrepreneur. You try something, you "fail", then you try something else. You figure out what works.
Ironically, entrepreneurship is a lot like life.
What does an Entrepreneur's education look like?
When I was in community college, I worked full-time. Why? Because I wanted to learn how a business ran. I was also starting up a small business at the same time. Yikes! And a girlfriend on top of all that! But, the lessons I learned about balance, keeping all the plates spinning, how business works (especially the retail world), helped me immensely in my endeavors.
I also learned that taking Accounting 1 and 2 concurrently is not for the faint of heart, but I digress.
Steve Jobs did much the same thing. He dipped into a few college classes after dropping out, most notably a calligraphy class that inspired his idea to make the Macintosh's text graphics look appealing.
Free college? Why yes, I will take a slice.
Saylor.org and (my alma mater), Thomas Edison State College (TESC) have teamed up to open free course content to prepare students for TESC's Associate in Science in Business Administration. TESC's credits can be actually earned in a variety of ways, from the CLEP, DANTES, and their own TECEP tests. Also, they have Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) for those who have life experience (perhaps what you've done for a career for the past decade) that they can translate into college credit. Most of Saylor's program falls into test prep for TECEP tests and PLA.
Pretty awesome, right? If nothing else, perhaps just spending some time listening to online content (even educational content) can be extremely helpful in running your business.
Some of the other business educational resources that I've found (though I haven't tried them all), are:
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