A member took the time to email in to comment on #5 in Breaking the 9 Most Common Work-at-Home Myths by our own peerless leader Sylvie Charrier. That one says "I'll be my own boss, and work when I want to, and take time off whenever I want to."

Member Laura says:

"This is wonderful information for a person that is deciding they want to  "work at home", but being a "work at home" for many years and solely responsible for paying all the bills, I have to disagree with Myth #5. You are NOT your own boss.  Every single client and customer you work for  becomes your boss and you will NOT be very successful to think otherwise.  Putting off a job, even for a little while, may run the risk of  missing a deadline and that will usually end that job."
 
You're absolutely right, Laura. And I'm guessing that you're rather successful in working from home. My guess is that you're very busy, grabbed the headline and missed Sylvie's explanation, (perhaps the phone rang and the client said they don't want it next week as arranged, can you have it for them tomorrow afternoon? lol!) that you certainly can work when you want to. She said, "Yep! You get to choose which 20 hours out of every day that you want to work, and which 4 hours of every day that you can have all to yourself. You will be a slave to your contracts � you will work nights, weekends, and holidays � anything to meet your deadlines."

So actually you two are in complete agreement. *s*

Tip: 'Treat clients as if they are the only one you have.' I have to say that as a customer I love the feeling when someone treats me as if I were the only client in the world. I've chosen people to do projects for me that perhaps had less skills but gave me a focus and attentiveness that's just downright flattering. lol! Seriously, how do you feel when you get treated that way?

So yes, we can all believe that we chose our hours when we work at home as long as they are the client's hours.

Tag: work at home, telecommuting, Sylvie Charrier