The5Virtues

Speaking generally (since I’m not in the same industry) freelance is almost universally better. It’s tougher because you have to be your own marketer and hustler for getting your work out there but a freelancer will always be paid better.

I’m a writer, I could be paid moderately well when working for a specific publishing house, magazine, or website, but I get MUCH better pay (we’re talking double or triple what I was making) as a freelancer. The same is true for artists and just about every other freelance position out there, modeling included.

No one values you more than you, and nothing feels better than knowing you’re keeping everything you earned instead of giving a chunk of your paycheck to someone else.

That man is a treasure. He puts up with such insane costumes and makeup to make films, and I never hear a bad word about him. He just seems to radiate joy and enthusiasm for his craft, his fans, and everything else in his life!

Things that help: - Ability to speak more than three languages

• Outstanding achievements in your field of expertise; notably fields like: Cultural Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Financial Analysis, Political Analysis, Mathematics, Computer Programming.

• History of dedicated service in military or law enforcement

Source: Family history of federal agency service

An acquaintance of mine is in the mega rich category and she definitely is in the “precise but not an asshole” section. She has very specific standards, and she won’t think twice about firing someone who can’t meet them, but on the whole she’s a very decent person.

Once you reach that level of wealth money is nothing, Time is everything. She wants things done right the first time around, nobody gets three strikes with her.

Otherway for me. If they didn’t have things like this, to keep them grounded and human, that’s when I get concerned. People in military and government jobs need ways to remind themselves that they help dictate the course of human events. They need to be able to see the people, not just the statistics.

It has to be “human lives” not “collateral damage.”