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Matt Avery is a successful life coach and mentor, whose tried and tested methodologies have been helping people to achieve genuine, lasting happiness for more than a decade. : Introduction : Weighing the options – should you stay put or is it time to leave? – pros and cons of quitting, do you have what it takes to go solo? : Staying put – how to improve your situation – and your salary, working from home : Quitting your job – deriving maximum benefit from quitting, strengthening ties, sharing contacts, lining up future work, taking the leap, becoming the MD of your own life : Future paths – same career but with a new company, a different career with a different company, same career or different career but going solo : What going solo actually means and how to do it – baby steps, doing what you do best, turning your passion into your job, accentuating the positives : Setting up your solo work life, shared office vs. your own space, renting an office, working from home : Effective home working – using your home as your office, home life vs. work life;separation and synergy, time & space, creating your environment, maximizing efficiency in your workspace : Maximizing home-office potential – achieving the best work/life balance, the advantages of home working – and how to leverage them, the disadvantages of home working and how to avoid them, avoiding distractions, prevarication & transference : Targets & planning – why conventional business plans don’t work for solo workers, creating a soloist’s roadmap, setting realistic targets; optimism vs. realism, problem solving strategies, charting your position and plotting a profitable c : Dealing with clients – creating the right impression, project management, streamlining your working practices .: Mobile working – increasing flexibility, minimizing costs, virtual’ businesses : Maximizing soloing potential -downtime and how to use it to your advantage, exercise in the workplace, learnings from wage slaves, commuting (to the room next door), : Working 5-9, – : IT for the solo worker – information, communication, instant response .: Funding – finding what’s out there, applying for grants and loans, : Insurance for the solo worker – protecting the bottom line, coping with barren spells, : Breaking the rules – the rules for solo workers, why they were made to be broken, how to break them to maximum advantage : Reasons you are bound to fail (and other excuses) – : Maximizing your assets -recognizing your assets, protecting your assets, building new assets .: Research – the soloist’s approach to market research, quantitative & qualitative vs. formulative : Dealing with clients – : Celebrating your successes – : Conclusion : 20 reasons to be cheerful : 20 things to do when you’re bored : budget psychometric profiling
