Imagine that you are a master carpenter. You were trained to do your job but were you trained with effective management skills to run your business? Most likely not. So, you get a job that is going to take six weeks, and you pour all of your effort, concentration and skill into it. The end product is phenomenal and your customer is happy. Now what? Until you find your next job, you are out of work. Your focus has been to complete the project, which is admirable, yet this single-mindedness leaves you high and dry—and unemployed! How do you line up your next job so it coincides with when you finish the current job you are on.

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