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Boss Mindset: What Is My Work Worth?

entrepreneur money strategy Dec 01, 2023

When you work for others, you have the luxury (or crutch) of only having compensation conversations with your boss.

Independent workers have to own their worth in a way that people who “work...

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Boss Mindset: How to Own Your Work

entrepreneur solopreneur Nov 02, 2023

We’re trained to be employees our entire lives, fit into a box that someone else has defined, and be a widget in the larger system.  

When we’re raised in a structure where we...

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Is Your Business Unique to You?

As businesses of one, solopreneurs have the power to create work that is custom-tailored to their definition of freedom, the lives they want to live, and their specific talents.

Where 9-5 jobs ask...

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What Are Meetings For?

clients management time Aug 29, 2023

I am in a constant battle with meetings.

As a freelancer, I have multiple clients, projects, and organizations that I interface with regularly. As a project manager, I am also the person on the...

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Multitasking is Making You Less Efficient

organization time Jun 27, 2023

Time management, focus, and productivity are essential skills for a solopreneur. Your time is your most valuable asset when you’re a business of one.

Time management, focus, and...

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How To Focus on What’s Important and Actually Get It Done

 

In 1954 President Eisenhower cited the juxtaposition between importance and urgency in his famous quote, “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are...

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4 Design Mistakes That Are Holding You Back

It has been called many things: entrepreneurial spirit, thinking outside the box, an affliction to authority, an inventor’s mind, big-picture thinking…

Some symptoms include seeing...

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Have You Outgrown Your Business Model?

I’m an accidental entrepreneur. Ten years ago, I quit my job and started doing contract work while I figured out what to do next. I never wanted to work for myself, but I knew my nine-to-five...

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Freelancers Will Reshape the Market in 2023

The way work has been done has changed so much over the last few years. We’ve seen remote work become normal, people choose meaning over money, and independent talent take hold as a mainstay...

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SMART Goals Are so 2019… Do This Instead

SMART goals: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Google “Goal Setting,” and this is the first thing that comes up. It is the standard for how everyone from your...

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