When most people start dreaming about becoming professionals of magic (witches, witch doctors, sorcerers, you name it...) they only look at the advantages.
No boss, their one schedule, their one prices, it seems that the world is smiling at them.
Unfortunately for those people that image is completely, totally and absolutely false.
No boss, unless you're hired by another sorcerer/magician to handle some of it's work load. And please beware, if that is the case he/she will be checking on you in ways that no other boss can.
Their one schedule, true, but one has to bend to the schedule of the clients. The professional-to-be has to be prepared to work on weekends, and at late hours. And that is just to receive the clients. The life of a professional sorcerer has the oddest schedules possible, doing workings at times that others are sound asleep, or resting.
Their one prices... right... It is necessary to check the prices of other magical providers, if they are well known and if they can deliver what they promise. If they do, and their prices are below those of the future professional, he/she should think again.
I can hear the roar of indignation and the heat of the flames of rage that this may have caused.
A lot of idiots may think that I want to discourage people from becoming professionals. Nothing could be further away from the truth.
Let's continue.
A Bad/Good thing that can happen to the new professional, specially if he/she is any good is to get a lot of clients fast. Why is this a Bad/Good thing, and not just a Good thing?
Because there is the tendency to focus on those cases that are more difficult or more lucrative, delaying to work on the others, and in some cases even forgetting it.
A simple case can become a royal screw up, harming your reputation and the client, and making you loose other clients and respect.
Don't laugh/sneer. IT HAPPENS.
However there is a way to avoid it, requiring only average organizational skills. Make a file for every client, and record who they are, their problem, and what have you done to solve it. Write EVERYTHING. Other things, like expenses and invoices for supplies (candles, oils, powders, other stuff that may be required), should be attached to it. Twice a week go through your files and and check if you are forgetting someone.
In the end, once the problem is solved, give your file or a copy of it to the client. He/she/they will like it and probably show it to the people that he/she/they may advise to consult you
No boss, their one schedule, their one prices, it seems that the world is smiling at them.
Unfortunately for those people that image is completely, totally and absolutely false.
No boss, unless you're hired by another sorcerer/magician to handle some of it's work load. And please beware, if that is the case he/she will be checking on you in ways that no other boss can.
Their one schedule, true, but one has to bend to the schedule of the clients. The professional-to-be has to be prepared to work on weekends, and at late hours. And that is just to receive the clients. The life of a professional sorcerer has the oddest schedules possible, doing workings at times that others are sound asleep, or resting.
Their one prices... right... It is necessary to check the prices of other magical providers, if they are well known and if they can deliver what they promise. If they do, and their prices are below those of the future professional, he/she should think again.
I can hear the roar of indignation and the heat of the flames of rage that this may have caused.
A lot of idiots may think that I want to discourage people from becoming professionals. Nothing could be further away from the truth.
Let's continue.
A Bad/Good thing that can happen to the new professional, specially if he/she is any good is to get a lot of clients fast. Why is this a Bad/Good thing, and not just a Good thing?
Because there is the tendency to focus on those cases that are more difficult or more lucrative, delaying to work on the others, and in some cases even forgetting it.
A simple case can become a royal screw up, harming your reputation and the client, and making you loose other clients and respect.
Don't laugh/sneer. IT HAPPENS.
However there is a way to avoid it, requiring only average organizational skills. Make a file for every client, and record who they are, their problem, and what have you done to solve it. Write EVERYTHING. Other things, like expenses and invoices for supplies (candles, oils, powders, other stuff that may be required), should be attached to it. Twice a week go through your files and and check if you are forgetting someone.
In the end, once the problem is solved, give your file or a copy of it to the client. He/she/they will like it and probably show it to the people that he/she/they may advise to consult you
