An outside perspective

One of the big risks of being self-employed is to become complacent and embroiled in ones own little world. A world where everything is fantastic, opportunities are endless and the idiots are all the people, who don’t understand how brillant you are.

That’s exactly why it is so important to have an outside perspective on things. Not only on the more personal matters but also on work. Where you are going with what you’re doing and why?

Pat Thornton of The Journalism Iconoclast says it’s “good to have non-wired friends”. And I agree totally. Because amid the passion and excitement it’s always good to have someone asking the hard questions.

To me these are my wife and to a lesser extend my mother. They are really good at it. And I’m profoundly grateful that they do it.