For one thing, you’ve got to find your true specialty based on your “Unique DNA” – a careful balance of your passion and ideal lifestyle that builds upon all the previous work, experience, and accomplishments you’ve already achieved in life.
And once you’ve found your true specialty, you can’t just hope that the right people will find you.
If you want to command higher rates, work on projects you’re passionate about, become a respected authority in your niche, and have complete control over your income and career…
You’ve got to be widely known as the “go to” specialist in your market.
Only then will potential clients, partners, and referrals seek YOU out, instead of the other way around.
The challenge is, these days it seems like everyone and their dog is spouting promises that they’ll help you specialize and get better clients – simply because you join their high-ticket mastermind.
But most of these programs just spit out carbon-copies of the coach and all of their students end up looking much the same.
The problem is, when you’re entering highly competitive markets (where true careers are really launched), being too similar to “all the other specialists” is no better than being a generalist in the first place!
After all, if you listen to the intro of any guest on a podcast. You will never hear the host say…
“I’m very excited about today’s guest, she’s a run-of-the-mill generalist in the field of…”
Besides, many of these programs don’t teach the skills needed to truly build a freelance business that gives you complete control over your income and how you work.
Even if you join a decent coaching group to get leads, building a true “freedom business” requires “learning to fish” for yourself.
Only then can you thrive when the hand-fed leads dry up.
This means getting the right people to seek YOU out because you’re widely known as the go-to expert.
And the fastest way to do that is to uncover your true speciality.