“My Experience Doesn’t Count”:

Women are fundamentally BAD at taking credit for ANYTHING that they’ve accomplished.

We dismiss experience. We dismiss achievements. We dismiss the HARD WORK we’ve done.

Well today – we DO NOT.

Your Experiences Create Your Secret Sauce:

Here’s the thing about you & your background….everything about you….all of your experiences [personal & professional] are the things that truly set you apart from everything & everyone else.

Worked in fast food? That counts.

Worked in retail? That counts.

Stayed at home with children at a young age? That counts.

Only have a high school degree? That counts.

Completed random certifications & trainings at your corporate job? Those count.

It all counts.

Everything you’ve done up until this point ADDS UP to who you are & what you bring to the table. AKA: Your Secret Sauce.

Nothing Compares to Industry Knowledge:

I’ll tell you – that nothing compares to industry knowledge. Nothing.

• Educators/Teachers
• Healthcare Workers/Nurses/EMTs
• Retail Workers/Managers
• Restaurant/Fast Food Workers
• Hospitality Workers

NOTHING prepares you to be an independent freelancer MORE than what you’ve already learned in the work experience you’ve completed up until this point.

Because you KNOW how the industry works. You know how people/customers ACT within the industry. You know the “dos & don’ts” of the industry. You know the industry like the back of your hand.

Which means – you have a leg up on someone who does not.

Being New Doesn’t Mean Being Inexperienced:

Sometimes we mistake being “new” at something as being inexperienced.

This is fundamentally not true.

Doing something for the first time means you are LEARNING – but it does not mean you’re inexperienced. You’re simply expanding your knowledge base.

Take the word “inexperienced” out of your head. If you THINK you are – you’re going to act like it. Which means you’ll lack the confidence to TRY something new.

Lateral Moves vs Starting Over:

Let’s look at you freelancing as a LATERAL move. You’re not STARTING over – you’re doing something different.

Different does not mean “new” or “at the bottom.”

Student Examples:

I want to give some examples of HOW this looks in action. We’re going to use a few of our students as real life examples to help paint the picture for you.

STUDENT A:

• 9-5 Job: Bartender + Restaurant Manager
  
  
• Issue: Was super burnt from long-hours & shift work. Felt like her skills weren’t transferrable & her experience didn’t count.
  
  
• Desire: Wanted to work from home & spend more time with her fiancé!
  
  
• Freelancing Skill She Learned: She always had a natural interest in Instagram [loved using this for her personal life…] – so she learned how to be an Instagram Content Creator.
  
  
• Tying in Her Experience: Since she already had worked in the restaurant industry – she decided to ONLY focus on helping restaurants for Instagram Content Creation.
  
  
• Business She Runs: She now runs a full-blown Social Media Content Creation Agency for Boutique Restaurants.
  
  
• Monthly Revenue She Makes: After a year of scaling her business – she now makes over $10,000/month in her freelancing business!

STUDENT B:

• 9-5 Job: Dietitian
  
  
• Issue: Felt absolutely drained from clients & had limited job progression potential.
  
  
• Desire: Wanted to be able to work from home & not be capped on income.
  
  
• Freelancing Skill She Learned: At work, she already loved learning new systems that helped improve client experience. She had a natural interest in tech & automations – so she decided to learn Operations + Project Management as a freelancing service.
  
  
• Tying in Her Experience: Even though she did not want to offer dietitian services any longer – she did love the industry & how it helped women overcome internal battles with food. She decided to focus on HELPING other women who ran nutrition based companies.
  
  
• Business She Runs: She now runs a Operations Management company that specializes in helping Dietitians scale their OWN online businesses.
  
  
• Monthly Revenue She Makes: After 2-years of scaling her company – she makes consistent $45,000/month [you read that right].

That’s what we do at HerHQ.

We help HUNDREDS of women a year create a new narrative for their life. These are just two of those examples.

If you want to leave your 9-5 job – but struggle with understanding HOW to get started – join our free learning portal to take the first step!

REMINDER: Your experiences do count. They do transfer. We just have to figure out HOW!