Ein Mann und eine Frau schütteln sich die Hände vor einem Aufsteller der TFU mit einem Bild von einem Drachen.

Monday, May 2, 2015—the key turns, the door opens. Before us lie 36m2 of adventure. Our very first office!

We picked up the first pieces of furniture from an office liquidation and had already set them up in the new office a few days ago. But today is when things really get started! My previous employment has ended, and we still have a lot of work ahead of us before we can launch our own company. The goal is to achieve this in 3 months:

Brand & Gleinser GmbH

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Ein Mann und eine Frau schütteln sich die Hände vor einem Aufsteller der TFU mit einem Bild von einem Drachen.

An article by Ulrike Hudelmaier, Managing Director of TFU

It’s no coincidence that TFU has featured the goal of all our efforts in the header: the relaxed entrepreneur. But in order for you to develop creative ideas for your future with the same positive mindset, you’ll need to roll up your sleeves and get involved yourself. For example, by keeping your taxes under control.

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Ein Mann und eine Frau schütteln sich die Hände vor einem Aufsteller der TFU mit einem Bild von einem Drachen.

Christiane MühmelA guest column by Christiane Mühmel, Raum und Zeit, Ulm

How do you actually manage your inbox?

Are you also a “tower-stacker” (someone who has the knack for piling up papers and documents into extremely tall stacks) or more of a “multi-stacker” (someone who tends to make many smaller stacks, so that you can only glimpse the desk’s original color in a few spots)?

Where does your mail actually end up? By that I mean all the documents, CDs, magazines, etc., that someone wants to give you—whether it’s your boss, a coworker, or actually the mail service.

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Ein Mann und eine Frau schütteln sich die Hände vor einem Aufsteller der TFU mit einem Bild von einem Drachen.

During a consultation on the topic of “employee retention,” a local business owner recently told me that he was able to recruit a very talented female engineer for his company—she had reached out to him on her own initiative.

For the expert in question, the fact that she and her personal achievements were regularly overlooked and ignored at the large corporation was reason enough to switch from a successful, large company to an agile, innovative medium-sized business.

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Ein Mann und eine Frau schütteln sich die Hände vor einem Aufsteller der TFU mit einem Bild von einem Drachen.

Those who work according to the principle of “always doing everything themselves, all the time usually end up falling by the wayside themselves!

A successful self-employed person almost never has any time left for themselves. There’s always something more important to do.

The interesting thing is that, even in unforeseen emergencies, there’s still time:

  • When a tooth hurts, we find the time to go to the dentist
  • If the car breaks down, we’ll get it to the repair shop right away
  • And if an urgent issue arises with an important client, we’re ready to handle it

But does it always have to be an emergency?

Aren’t we important enough to ourselves to treat ourselves to something nice every once in a while?

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