Many freelancers are afraid that if they are not on a workplace, their skills won't develop or time fade away. Because if you are working for a company, you get free training, they are checking on you there is push on you there are deadlines. And you have to develop your skills to stay on top of the water. You have to do the same. When you are a freelancer. The big difference there is the same as the big difference with everything with freelancing.

It is now your own responsibility to develop yourself. When you became a freelancer, you moved out of company you are not under the umbrella of the company anymore, which means you have to develop your skills to earn more to get better clients. So it's crucial, but it's your responsibility. So what can you do? There are several options. First of all, you can learn skills online.

This is actually what you do now, you can go to Udemy Skillshare lynda.com. And you know a lot other places where you can develop your skills, learning new programming languages, learning about marketing, SEO, graphic design, writing, photographic, anything. The big difference here again, is freedom. You can learn as many skills as you want, you are not narrowed down by the profile of the company. You can do anything you want. And that's great.

Apart from learning online, you can learn skills, the old school way offline. So look for local training opportunities, and make a plan about how many times you will attend trainings yearly. This year I went training about public speaking I was on a training About assertive communication. And I was on a training about online education. The other way to develop your skills is when you are in a rush, and you really need to develop your skills because there is a task you have to accomplish. And you simply don't know enough.

So get challenging projects and face challenging problems and obstacles. And those will make you stronger, those will develop you music Oh, someone approached me to create a cover and illustrations for a book. And they asked me if I also can edit the book. And I said, Yeah, why not? But I needed to refresh my editing skills so much. It was like learning a new skill again.

But I finished it. I finished it in deadline, and the end result made me very, very happy. Being in the presence of other people who motivate you and inspire you is also a way to develop your skills meet other free Lancers who are better than you in a field? And ask tips, opinions, feedback, and take care about your skill development. So the final thought in this lesson is, you broke the cycle of being an employee. You don't want to be an employee anymore.

You don't want to stuck into another cycle of work and sleep, work and sleep. So learn something new. develop yourself, it's your own responsibility. If you want you can even make a note for yourself. learn something new every month. Try something new every week.

It can be anything. Just last week I was horse riding the first time in my life. It was new. Yes, it was. Was I scared? Yes, I was.

Because I take away some lessons from it. Yes, I did. The same with work. find new clients, develop new skills and grow