As a one-person show, and "my own boss" I tend to agree with Jer, its not something that is really wise for a "boss" to do everything, all the time. I am not entirely sure how I am able to do all the things I do for my business with relative success and as little training as I have had, but I began to do it out of necessity, and have been fortunate to be able to continue. There are jobs that I do that I absolutely hate (anything with numbers and accounting, some marketing, etc.)but I have to balance them throughout my days with the things I enjoy doing. I see clearly though, that I would find more success and growth if I was able to farm out a lot of my tasks to others who have more expertise and skill in those areas.
I tend to see the Boss/Worker relationship in less black and white terms as you seem to, though, Matt. There are times when I feel like my clients and customers are sort of my bosses (they pay me, for one thing, and make requests, which i sometimes fulfill in order to keep them as clients) and that people who I might hire to do work for me would be both client and boss to me (particularly clients that I might hire in an advisory type of position).
I can relate to not wanting to do all the traditional "boss" duties (like managing people) and also not wanting to do the boring things that people get hired to do. But in the end, I had to learn to do them all with a certain amount if skill because I lacked the funds to change from the one person show and hire out. In the end, I suffer through these various tasks and business issues, because the main thing I do have is the drive and dream to make my art and business my only source of income, and that is sort of what gets me through all the crap.
I would love to talk business stuff like this in real time, with Jer and tlatoni and some of our other business minded friends. I think I would learn a lot from it.
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Date: 2009-06-24 12:50 am (UTC)I tend to see the Boss/Worker relationship in less black and white terms as you seem to, though, Matt. There are times when I feel like my clients and customers are sort of my bosses (they pay me, for one thing, and make requests, which i sometimes fulfill in order to keep them as clients) and that people who I might hire to do work for me would be both client and boss to me (particularly clients that I might hire in an advisory type of position).
I can relate to not wanting to do all the traditional "boss" duties (like managing people) and also not wanting to do the boring things that people get hired to do. But in the end, I had to learn to do them all with a certain amount if skill because I lacked the funds to change from the one person show and hire out. In the end, I suffer through these various tasks and business issues, because the main thing I do have is the drive and dream to make my art and business my only source of income, and that is sort of what gets me through all the crap.
I would love to talk business stuff like this in real time, with Jer and tlatoni and some of our other business minded friends. I think I would learn a lot from it.