We get ideas. Sometimes they’re just crazy and will never go anywhere. Other times they could be worth the effort. All we need is someone to take us seriously. Or maybe all we need is to take ourselves seriously. You could hire yourself, full time or part time, depending on the kind of time you have, and how much you want the idea to happen. Here’s a check list of how.<\/p>\n
Prepare Your Resume<\/strong><\/span> Prepare a Proposal<\/strong><\/span> As Employer\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> As Employee<\/span><\/strong> Sometimes the hardest part in getting started is just getting started. That, and knowing how<\/em> to start. Next time you get an idea worth pursuing, put in an hour with this list, or maybe a day.<\/p>\n And maybe that day is today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Waiting for the perfect job? Or waiting to get started on some new idea? With just a little initiative, It could be closer than you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7928"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10691,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928\/revisions\/10691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nYour life experience
\nYour training
\nYour accomplishments
\nYour references, contacts, resources
\nMost of all, your talents and deepest interests<\/p>\n
\nWhat you’d like to do
\nThe contribution you’d like to make
\nWhy it’s needed
\nWhy you’re the best person qualified to do it
\nAnd how your approach would be different than anyone else’s<\/p>\n
\nTest all these assumptions; challenge each point of the proposal
\nQuestion commitment, time availability, endurance
\nSet parameters, schedules, benchmarks
\nEstablish measures for success
\nBe willing to take a risk<\/p>\n
\nWrite your job description
\nSet your hours
\nAppoint your committees for quality assurance, encouragement, etc.
\nBegin putting in your hours
\nKeep putting in your hours<\/p>\n