{"id":16420,"date":"2013-01-25T10:01:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T09:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/myths-about-self-employment-part-1-self-and-self-employment-and-a-way-out\/"},"modified":"2013-01-25T10:01:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T09:01:32","slug":"myths-about-self-employment-part-1-self-and-self-employment-and-a-way-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/myths-about-self-employment-part-1-self-and-self-employment-and-a-way-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Myths About Self-Employment, Part 1: Self and Self-Employment (and a Way Out)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those who work according to the principle of \u201calways <b>doing everything themselves<\/b>, <b>all the time<\/b> <b>\u201d<\/b>usually end up falling by the wayside <b>themselves<\/b>!<\/p>\n<p>A successful self-employed person almost never has any time left for themselves. There&#8217;s always something more important to do. <\/p>\n<p>The interesting thing is that, even in unforeseen emergencies, there&#8217;s still time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When a tooth hurts, we find the time to go to the dentist<\/li>\n<li>If the car breaks down, we&#8217;ll get it to the repair shop right away<\/li>\n<li>And if an urgent issue arises with an important client, we&#8217;re ready to handle it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But does it always have to be an emergency?<\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t we important enough to ourselves to treat ourselves to something nice every once in a while?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Maybe there&#8217;s a <b>new client<\/b> there who can actually help you. Why not schedule an appointment with the <\/p>\n<p><b>ZFM Company<\/b> \u2014and don&#8217;t forget to mark this date clearly in your calendar!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, by the way, ZFM Company stands for \u201cZeit F\u00fcr Mich\u201d (Time for Me). You\u2019ll find their contact information in your email signature, and when you have appointments with this company, you can simply do whatever makes you feel good:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally going for a jog again<\/li>\n<li>meet up with a good friend for dinner, or<\/li>\n<li>just read an exciting book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But there are also plenty of other \u201cclient appointments\u201d that can help you. Last year, I recommended <b>TFT<\/b> to one of my regular clients, and he and his family are very happy with their appointments with \u201cThomas Family Time\u201d! <\/p>\n<p>So get creative, come up with an imaginative company name, and schedule it as an appointment\u2014the more often, the better.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if it all gets to be too much for you, you also have the option of squeezing in a last-minute appointment with your \u201cnew client\u201d\u2014and you\u2019ll surely be happy to do so.<\/p>\n<p>And if an outsider were to take a look at your schedule, they would see\u2014as is the case with any successful self-employed person\u2014a full calendar.<\/p>\n<p>You can quietly enjoy the newfound freedom!<\/p>\n<p>Have fun at your appointments with your \u201cnew client\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Best regards<\/p>\n<p>Christiane M\u00fchmel<\/p>\n<p>Space and Time<br \/>\nOrder &#8211; Structure &#8211; Organization<br \/>\nTel: 0731 &#8211; 380 56 67<br \/>\nwww.raum-u-zeit.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who work according to the principle of \u201calways &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Myths About Self-Employment, Part 1: Self and Self-Employment (and a Way Out)\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/myths-about-self-employment-part-1-self-and-self-employment-and-a-way-out\/#more-16420\" aria-label=\"Read more about Myths About Self-Employment, Part 1: Self and Self-Employment (and a Way Out)\">weiterlesen &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-for-self-employment","tfu-myths-about-self-employment-part-1-self-and-self-employment-and-a-way-out"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}