Location where to work. Where you decide to work from is entirely up to you. Some consultants prefer to have their own rented office space while others are happy to share workspaces. I decided to work from home and I absolutely love it. I have no additional overheads, well, besides, you know, slightly higher duty electricity, but of course work from home has its perks and downfalls. Okay.
Honestly, it's not for everyone, because it can be isolating being on your own. So it's good to make the effort to network and include activities that do take you outside your home. Now it may sound obvious but I know lots of consultants who have said you know they ended up can end up not leaving their home for days because you know, you're working, you're at home, you get comfortable. So your work location may also depend on the type of consultant you are going to undertake. Some clients can be organizations that require you to come into the office. For a set number of days, others will be more flexible may want you to come in just for meetings, whilst you work from home for the rest of the time.
It's also up to you in terms of how you want to work and the type of clients you want to work with. But be flexible. A client prefer to see how you work before agreeing to new remote working remotely from home. Let's be honest, in every workspace, there are those that get get stuff done. And then there are others who don't. And sometimes, you know, those are ones that you're not really compatible with.
And so you have to be open minded about work opportunities, okay, try to see the bigger picture. If you work with a client and a project and do well. When they come back to you. You'll be in a better position to negotiate location, as they will know what kind of quality consultant you are and what they can expect from you. If you're a mobile service, then you'll find yourself making home visits to see your clients. They feel consultant that has ambitions of hiring staff support you and you want to have a big eight See, then you'll you'll need to work out whether a remote working with staff would realistically work.
It can. There are lots of virtual agencies out there, but it's up to you. I know successful, you know, companies that work exactly that way. They have no official office, they have virtual agencies, and they've got all the remote workers. And they do just fine. You've got others, you've got offices, and they want to have the government offices.
But the the main thing for you to offices itself is what is it that you want to achieve what you want to do, don't go out there and rush out and rent a government office with huge overheads when you've got no money coming in. So you've got to do what makes sense. Again, this sounds like common sense. But one of my favorite sayings is common sense isn't common. And the reason why is because I mean, I've got stories of I've heard of consultants that have gone out and set themselves up in really expensive offices, hiring staff, and been unable to break even as a result. So do give this some serious thought of going it alone.
So make decisions that make financial sense as opposed to causing you financial stress. So the question is, where would you work from? Be sure to research workspaces and check out the cost if that's one of the routes that you're interested in.