Working as a freelancer vs working in a team.

Pros & Cons:

Going outside as a freelancer gives you immediate benefits.  You can take up immediately what is on offer: like teaching with other schools, getting to choose your time and place your efforts in the things you want to do.

Working together using GGC may not seem like the best or most popular thing to do, but we can work in a group and grow together as a group.  If we have a clear idea of where we want to go and a have true goal to work towards, we have the potential to create something truly big.  We do hard honest work that slowly but steadily grow towards a larger goal.  An immediate benefit is that we don't have to bear the stress, load and burden alone.  When we stumble, we have others around us to hold on to us and to keep the boat rowing.  Even though it is harder and you need more patience (no immediate gratification), you can go further as a group, build bigger and stronger.

Compare this to building a house.  1 man can build a hut or a simple house.  It will take a couple of weeks and eventually, you can have a small hut that you can call your own.  It is simple, small and cosy, but it fits only 2 to 4 people.  A group of 7 men can organize a larger group of 30-50 men to build a large 50 storey building.  It may take 1-2 years (there is no immediate gratification) and you can't claim all the credit (you have to share it with 50 other people), but in the end, you have a 50 storey condominium with a swimming pool, gym, supermarket, garden, etc, and you can enjoy it with many friends.

One immediate downside that I see as a freelancer is that although you are free to make your own choices and decide what you want to do, most people usually don't have the experience to understand the market or the business.  They typically flit around taking whatever short term businesses they can do. 

It is rare that they would be able to plan far ahead as they would get so caught up in the little everyday things that they have no bandwidth or time to plan ahead to grow their business.  The upside to working in a GGC team is that there is a clearer picture of where we go as a group; sometimes, you don't have to plan the route or even know the whole picture (this is especially so if you are a junior in the team).  All you need to do is to trust your superior, follow instructions and you will be able to reap the benefits of the task.  And eventually when you have enough experience and expertise, you can take over the reins as leader and lead the group, but this will happen only after you prove that you have the ability to handle it and care enough to look out for everyone in the group.