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Reflecting on the Year and Planning Ahead: A Guide for Freelancers freelance planning strategy Dec 05, 2024

As the year draws to a close, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the past twelve months and set intentions for the year ahead. For freelancers, this process isn't just a nice-to-have; it’s essential ...

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Competitors Are Your Greatest Untapped Asset entrepreneur freelance marketing networking solopreneur Oct 14, 2024

Thinking about your competition can feel incredibly threatening to even the most seasoned entrepreneur. We like to think that our product, service, or skillset is unique. When we see someone doing the...

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6 Ways To Start Thinking Like a Boss best life entrepreneur freelance strategy Jul 24, 2024

The term “boss mentality” is thrown around quite a bit in the business world. It's an all-too-common topic discussed among solopreneur podcasters, lifestylers, and coaches. 

But what does boss mental...

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If You’ve Quiet Quit, You Should Just Quit best life freelance Jun 07, 2024

“Quiet quitting” started with employees deciding to (gasp) just do their jobs and not cater to the unreasonable expectations of corporate culture. Since then, it has become a standard phrase to descri...

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Who Owns Your Skills? entrepreneur freelance strategy May 24, 2024

It was 2016.

In my quest for better work, I quit my job and started contracting for a friend with a small research company. He was very good at quantitative analysis but did not have the operational ...

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AI and Freelancers: Embracing the Future of Work freelance solopreneur strategy Apr 30, 2024

The headlines in the freelance community about AI's impact run the gamut from singing from the rooftops to full-on boycotts. I’ll admit that I haven’t yet written about AI because I’m still forming my...

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Is Value-Based Pricing Pirate Capitalism? best life entrepreneur freelance money Mar 26, 2024

What is your work worth?

In traditional wage-labor relationships (aka “normal jobs”), your work is worth whatever your boss says it is worth. In most instances, you’re compensated for your time, whic...

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The Art of People-ing : How to Get the Right Support for Your Business freelance management Feb 15, 2024

Many of my clients successfully scale to a point where bringing on team members seems the obvious next move. But rarely is rapidly assembling a team the right path forward. 

Many solopreneurs love th...

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Boss Mindset: Wisdom freelance solopreneur strategy 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...

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Is Your Business Unique to You? best life entrepreneur freelance solopreneur strategy 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...

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How To Focus on What’s Important and Actually Get It Done best life freelance planning project management time 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...

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Have You Outgrown Your Business Model? clients entrepreneur freelance solopreneur strategy 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...

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