How to Go from Employee to Blogging Entrepreneur

  March 21, 2023 blogging tips 🕑 7 minutes read

Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

 

(Updated  3-21-2023)

 

Figuring out how to go from employee to entrepreneur seems challenging at first.

 

But following a few tips shifts the focus from struggles to success.

 

One needs to think like an entrepreneur to become a pro blogger.

 

Owning differs from working for a paycheck.

 

Choosing tasks differs from being told what to do.

 

At first, the shift feels uncomfortable. But tasting greater freedom as an entrepreneur feels quite fun.

 

Nothing feels better than listening to your intuition to call the shots in your life. Being a professional blogger allows you to circle the globe if you wish. Or you can simply work at home if you prefer.

 

Either way, being an entrepreneurs affords you a certain level of freedom unavailable to most employees.

 

Working a job that you genuinely love feels fun, freeing and fulfilling. But how many people work jobs that they really love? Most work predominantly to get money in order to survive. Walking this path sacrifices freedom for survival, comfort and familiarity.

 

There is a better way to live than being told that you have 10 vacation days each year. Understanding how bloggers who followed the steps below have 365 vacation days each year to have fun blogging and to see the world broadens your perspective.

 

Deciding to break free from the employee life to become an entrepreneur blogger is step #1 in this process.

 

I assume that you are at this point now because you clicked through based on the post title.

 

Follow these tips to go from employee to entrepreneur.

 

Own Everything

 

Own everything that happens in your life; good, bad and in between. Everything happens for your mind.

 

Employees may project blame but this works not for entrepreneurs. Being owners means owning all experiences as your mind being reflected back to you.

 

Take responsibility for your experiences. Learn how to succeed by owning, analyzing and moving in a prospering direction.

 

Put the imprisoning habit of blame in your rear view window.

 

Own it all.

 

Business owners own.

 

Surround Yourself with Winners

 

Winners are:

 

  • happy minds
  • relaxed minds
  • peaceful minds
  • prospering minds

 

Learn from their ways. Be with them.

 

Find like-minded bloggers through:

 

  • Google
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • blogs from your niche

 

Hang with chill, successful bloggers.

 

Learn their ways.  See their mindset in action. Observe how these pros think, feel and act like entrepreneurs.

 

Surround yourself with winners to blog like an entrepreneur.

 

Never Down Employees

 

I feel grateful for being an employee; I learned helpful lessons during my decade of working for companies.

 

Never down employees for any reason because what you see in others how you see yourself.

 

There is only one of us. Mocking others is really mocking yourself. How can you grow as an entrepreneur if you mock yourself for it? How can you succeed if you make fun of yourself for being afraid, or a loser, or scared?

 

What you perceive in others is what you believe about yourself. See employees in an empowered light to see your entrepreneur self in an empowered light.

 

Begin Blogging Now

 

Buy your domain and hosting.

 

Begin blogging now.

 

Aspiring bloggers who work a full time job become bloggers only by:

 

  • buying their domain and hosting
  • writing and publishing their first post

 

Make it official. Become an entrepreneur. Begin blogging to feel confident. Get clear. Make the step even if it feels like a quantum leap.

 

Leave Being an Employee Behind

 

Even if you work a full time job now slowly leave being an employee behind.

 

Identify more closely with being an entrepreneur who sees your 9-5 gig as a cover job to pay the bills. Make no mistake about it; the job is a temporary means of worldly support but you are a budding entrepreneur who blogs.

 

Bloggers struggle by identifying deeply with being a teacher, police officer or some other job. How can you be a blogger if you identify completely with working a job? You will think, feel and act like an employee which is quite different from thinking, feeling and acting like an entrepreneur who runs a business.

 

Let go the past. Hold your temporary, illusory means of support but be a blogging entrepreneur now to get the ball rolling.

 

Spend 20 Minutes Daily Working on Your Mindset

 

Go within to train your mind.

 

Thriving entrepreneurs train their mind to develop:

 

  • faith
  • trust
  • generosity
  • patience
  • persistence

 

Some employees need to learn how to trust in self versus trusting in a paycheck. Others need to be generous versus working only for money. As a rule, most people need to be more patient and persistent.

 

Devote time daily to cultivate each quality because transitioning toward being an entrepreneur involves honing these non-negotiables.

 

Write Like Mad

 

Write 500-1000 words daily in a Word document.

 

Trash the doc after completing your daily practice.

 

Writing is your prime skill to develop.

 

Hone the skill to own the skill.

 

Some employees write skillfully as a job requirement. Others require writing practice to prepare for blogging.

 

Writing triggers self-conscious beliefs for purging. Expressing self empowers you which directly empowers your readers.

 

Become a Student of Blogging

 

Learn your craft inside out.

 

Become a student of blogging.

 

Learn. Become a blogging pro.

 

Employees know their jobs but do not know how to blog. Learn how to blog from professional bloggers. Study these pros. Invest in their blogging courses. Buy their blogging eBooks.

 

Access full guides laying out practical steps to succeed.

 

First, study blogging. Patiently learn how to do it effectively.

 

Practice blogging to put your newfound knowledge into action.

 

Succeed by learning the blogging basics to build a rock solid foundation for your campaign.

 

Act to Become a Blogger

 

I rewrote this post nearly 9 years after the initial publish date because the old content no longer reflected my current state of mind and present day blogging skills.

 

Bloggers update and republish old content for quality control.

 

The ego aired grievances the moment I considered rewriting the post.

 

“Why waste time? Why waste energy? New content needs publishing.”

 

However, not rewriting and republishing the post would be consistent with not acting as a blogger acts.

 

Beginning blogging – a prior step – dips your toes in the water. Now it’s time to wade toward the deep end.

 

Fall in love with the process of creating and connecting. Act on your blogging campaign daily. Be thorough. Add details to blog posts. Engage in genuine blogger outreach. Be the successful blogger now to gradually become the successful blogger down the road and to officially put being an employee behind you.

 

Develop an Overpowering Reason Why You Want to Live this Lifestyle

 

The reason why you blog needs to overpower the reason why you prefer the comfort, familiarity and illusion of worldly security with your job.

 

I preferred having fun and being free more than being comfortable and living in familiarity. Choosing these reasons to blog formed the breakaway I needed from the 9-5 life. Deciding on fun and freedom conquered my fears, too.

 

For example, some employees work jobs to avoid the terror of going completely broke. Eventually, you need to desire freedom more than you fear poverty to become a pro blogger who leaves the 9-5 life behind.

 

When you love freedom you will face money fears. When you love having fun you will face the fears of criticism from family and friends.

 

Desiring liberation more than fearing loss goads you to put in blogging work now even if you work 40 or more hours weekly as an employee. Late nights and early mornings spent hunched over a laptop are worth it for freedom seekers tired of trading a big chunk of life for covering survival basics.

 

In truth, everything clicks the moment you want freedom more than fearing loss. This moment compels you to blog intelligently, patiently and persistently to let go your employee life.

 

Pay People – or Buy Tools – to Handle Tasks

 

Outsource aspects of your blogging campaign to save time as a busy employee.

 

Invest in skilled professionals or tools to handle specific jobs. Hire a developer to design your theme. Buy a tool to automate effectively.

 

Employees have limited time to make an impact. Invest in resources to make that time count.

 

Frame investment not as money loss but success gain. Each dollar that expands your blogging and business success is well invested.

 

Conclusion

 

The journey from employee to entrepreneur who blogs is not easy but do-able.

 

Take the first step now.

 

Eventually, your consistent decisions carry you forward toward a professional blogging career.

 

Your Turn

 

What tips can you add to this list?

 

How did you go from employee to entrepreneur?

  1. Kelli says:
    at 2:15 am

    Hey Ryan
    Amazing post as always…this is an epic piece that anyone thinking about moving into the work-for-yourself lifestyle should read without a doubt. You brought up so many excellent points, it would be hard to cover them in one comment but the two that particularly struck me were working on your mindset and uncovering your ‘why’…I would argue those are the two core necessities.

    • Ryan Biddulph says:
      at 2:26 am

      KC, the mindset part is huge. We learned this on our journey, and even before we stared our trip. Your why must be overpowering, to help you slice through resistance and keep going forward at a steady rate. Get those 2 aspects of the entrepreneur bit down and you’ll be able to island hop….like we do 😉 Thanks as always, and I’ll cut the vegetables in like 5 minutes.

  2. Beverley Bell says:
    at 7:47 am

    Hi Ryan
    I love your focus on mindset. It’s such a vital pathway to holistic growth whether or not you are a blogger. I was especially interested in your words about not mocking others which I believe is a by product of hate. We don’t need it, there’s already too much suspicion, distrust and hatred in the world. Here in Australia, mocking others, especially those from different cultures has become a sort of “fun” way to express racism without acknowledging you are in fact being racist. We are all on this ride called life and I think the best we can do is to accept each other for who we are and learn from each other when we can.

  3. Mitch says:
    at 8:58 am

    There’s loads of great advice in this post, Ryan. When we started blogging there was so much we didn’t know about and we’ve been on a steep learning curve. But… we love what we are doing, are spending the time hunched over the laptop and are starting to see results. You’re right, getting into the correct frame of mind is the key.