What Jerry Maguire Can Teach Us About Freelancing for startups
As a freelancer, it can be difficult to find balance between the things that you believe in and your genuine need to keep income rolling in. Without a clear-cut personal mission statement, burnout and disillusionment can set in quickly. But if you look around, you’ll find many examples of how to make your freelancing life not just financially successful, but also deeply fulfilling and something you can be proud of.
One seemingly unlikely (not to mention entertaining!) place to find inspiration is from the movie Jerry Maguire. The main character, Maguire, embodies some of the traits that make for a successful, ethical, and satisfied freelancer—but he wasn’t always like that. The great thing about this movie is that we get to see his journey of how he came to be an effective freelancer.