Comments on: Freedom Business | Sustainability w/ the Core Model

By: John R. Sedivy

John R. Sedivy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:41 +0000

Great article – you're right on the mark here. You absolutely must build a system, if not you will be trapped in your business – the problem will get worse the longer you forgo developing the system. As one commenter referenced – you should check out the E-Myth if you haven't done so already. Those books are definitely more technical when compared to 4 Hour Work Week, however they are an important read – if for nothing else to understand the distinction between working in your business as opposed to working on your business. Check out the E-Myth Contractor for a short version of the book – although it geared towards general contracts it will still give you a sense without committing to the longer technical versions. Good luck!

Concerning your technical site – my partner and I are both Mac users and entrepreneurs and will most definitely be by your site. I'm happy to hear about your effort to clean up the technical Q&A forums – Mac users deserve an elegant design in this area too!

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:59:53 +0000

Backwards how that works right? Options are always around us, but without perspective we often miss them. Just part of life as we challenge whatever everyone else is doing. I'm beginning to understand why a minority of people own a majority of the wealth.

By: j1z0

j1z0 — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:20:09 +0000

Hey Rob,

Good Post. Let me just state for the record that freelancing won't make you happy. I've been doing it for years now, I've created a very strong reputation for myself here in Malaysia and I even charge, what other freelancers here would consider exorbitant rates. And on the one hand, I'm doing well financially. But on the other, I'm working three projects concurrently right now and I'm exhausted.

Having just read e-Myth Revisited I realized how stupid it is to just start freelancing and diving into the work, without also trying to create a system to run the business or a base for the business like Rob is talking about here. So if your going to freelance, that's cool, but don't get caught up in just the paid work, take some time to build the base, or else you'll end up like me.

So now I've gotta figure out how to go back and work myself out of a job all over again, funny I though I did that 8 years ago. Ahh well, back to square one.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:39:14 +0000

Thanks! I'm against pure affiliate mercenary marketing.

As for the page loading...hmm, in a real dirty test I just did...it took about 7 seconds to load thelifedesignproject.com ... I should work to get that faster...but are you experiencing something much different? I wonder if other users are? I wouldn't think it's a GoDaddy issue, but let me know and I'll dig more if you continue to experience it.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:34:23 +0000

Moon, thanks for the comments, glad to see you here! I'll scope out the blog and wish you the best on your endeavors!

By: BillEB

BillEB — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:27:49 +0000

Another good post. I like your style and I especially like the fact that you're looking at creating true value adding products / platforms and not just creating affiliate marketing websites.
One technical question – it feels as if there is an unusually long delay when I'm loading your webpages . . . doesn't happen with any other websites I visit. Is this a function of GoDaddy? Or something else? Or do you have no idea what I'm talking about?

By: Moon Hussain

Moon Hussain — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:41:04 +0000

Rob,

My first time here and this post has some really good points in it; an entertaining read. I'm on a similar quest, so if you have a moment, please drop by my blog.

Anyway, I don't want to resort to freelancing. Sure, it might be "better" than a 9-5 office job in some respects, but I want that type of passive income you're talking about. Sure, you have to invest time upfront, but it'll pay you time and time again.

That's what I'm looking for. I'll be exploring your blog a bit more.

By: dancePROOF

dancePROOF — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:02:01 +0000

I've been waiting for someone to talk about this.

There are so many people that tell you that freelancing will make you happier, when they forget that instead of having one boss, like in a corporate lifestyle, a freelancer has "multiple bosses"... which doesn't sound better to me.

Building the "system" is the correct path, even though it's the hardest.

... & it's good to know that you're offering help for free (Mac user), more people need to do this.