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
...The Hustler's Manifesto
It's time to take back control of our work, worth, and wisdom.
The blog + newsletter where we jailbreak from toxic hustle culture by building better, more resilient businesses.
The Manifesto
Jan 27, 2024
It’s time to jailbreak from toxic hustle culture.
We take “hustler” back from the belief that bigger is better, security is contingent on compliance, and freedom is reserved for the powerful.
We re...
Boss Mindset: Wisdom
Jan 15, 2024
In traditional employment contexts, other people not only own your skillset, but they also own your ideas and the products of your labor.
This unequal bargain now means that because the company own...
Boss Mindset: What Is My Work Worth?
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 for the ...
Boss Mindset: How to Own Your Work
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 don’t define work for o...
Is Your Business Unique to You?
Oct 04, 2023
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 us...
Multitasking is Making You Less Efficient
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 productivity ar
...How To Focus on What’s Important and Actually Get It Done
May 24, 2023
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 not import...
4 Design Mistakes That Are Holding You Back
Apr 25, 2023
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 things in a
...Have You Outgrown Your Business Model?
Mar 07, 2023
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 wasn’t g...