A freelancer is a specialist, an entrepreneur is a generalist. A freelancer is an expert, an entrepreneur is an organizer. A freelancer is an craftsman, an entrepreneur is a dreamer. A freelancer offers their craft, an entrepreneur is a consumer of craft. Freelancers do, entrepreneurs delegate. Freelancers and entrepreneurs are symbiotic to one another. Economies cannot develop well without both.
If a freelancer decides to become an entrepreneur of their craft they must stop their craft and hire freelancers a.k.a. specialists. The problem is that they will always be their cheapest freelancer. This drags them back into being an freelancer when times get lean leaving no one to be the entrepreneur and develop the business.
The entrepreneur has the benefit being able to see what needs to be done but lacks the necessary skills to do it. This forces them to hire freelancers. When the entrepreneur attempts to be one of the freelancers they end up with less than desirable results and will have wasted their skill for growing the business and seeing opportunities.
Freelancers work on projects they know they can accomplish with little or no outside help. Entrepreneurs cannot accomplish their work without outside help. Their tasks are always bigger than themselves.
Which are you? This fundamental question must be answered to achieve enjoyment in success. The alternative is to be a starving artist or wandering entrepreneur; successful perhaps but not enjoying success.
Settle the question and go do your remarkable stuff.
