Have you ever seen a tightrope walker? One foot placed carefully in front of the other. Balancing pole firmly gripped and carefully maneuvered to maintain a delicate harmony that holds gravity at bay.

Years of training and practice come into play as the experienced professional plots a path from one end to the other. The onlookers below crane their necks upward, spines tingling at the possibility of a misstep and the resulting fall. The thrill for both the walker and the audience is incomparable, buoyed by the unknown and the potential for disaster.

For those who make the adventurous leap into the world of freelancing, leaving behind the stability of a weekly paycheck, medical benefits, and all the other relatively boring but wonderfully secure elements of employment, the thrill and sometimes anxiety is very much akin to that of the tightrope walker. Taking the responsibilities of provision for yourself and your family and placing them firmly in your own hands can seem very similar to grabbing the balancing pole and taking the first steps out onto a tightrope.

In this post, I want to challenge freelancers to work without a safety net. In fact, taking that risk may be the very key to your success, not to mention how much more thrilling and exhilarating it will make the trip along the way.

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