Every month we run through a series of questions to help you run your freelance business like a bigger business—“self-coaching” your way to better results and a better life. You can view a condensed version of this month’s coaching prompts here.  

Hey! 

How’s morale in your business?  

I know we’re all steering our ships alone, but we can suffer from the same issues of burnout, lack of motivation and boredom that employees deal with in big companies.  

That’s why this month, we’re going to step back and take a look at our individual “morale” and see what we can’t do to keep it as healthy as possible.  

Let’s go!  

What’s dragging you down? 

Before we take action to change anything, it’s a good idea to figure out what, if anything, is causing a problem.  

Maybe some freelancers are out here running businesses with no issues, but for the rest of us, times can get rough sometimes. Personally, a few recent losses in business and my personal life have made things a bit difficult, so I know that’s where my root causes are.  

For you it might be something like negative feedback, frustration in your marketing, or a partner freelancer going back to employment.  

Take some time to write them down and think about how you got there. You’ll likely feel better just naming and discussing them openly.  

And if you want to discuss morale issues with other focused freelancers, come by the Academy boards!