Later On

Very helpful for the freelancer. Take a look.

One guy I knew in sales, who worked a territory from his home, treated his job as if he was a freelancer. If he needed something that would make him more productive (and make him more money), he didn’t wait for the company to issue it. He would request whatever it was (fax, cellphone, computer, and so on), and if the request was not approved, he’d buy it anyway. He figured he was in business for himself, and he would buy the tools he needed. Often the company would, a year or two or three later, actually issue the device in question, but in the meantime he had made enough extra money from already having it that he more than paid the expense. Plus, because he located the locus of control in himself rather than in the company, he had a much healthier mental attitude toward his work.

All that is to say that, even if you’re not a freelancer, you should take a look and see which tools might give you more support and control for your own job.