People often say they want to give up their day-job and follow their passion. They’re going to be a writer, photographer, whatever.
I just don’t have the time or energy to concentrate, the logic goes.
Continue reading “Build a new career while still paying the bills”
Wise words on The Type of Meeting – and all that flows from this knowledge – from Execupundit’s Michael Wade.
Continue reading “Do the prep, stack the deck – @execupundit”The type of meeting will determine which briefcase I bring, the tie and shoes I wear, the writing pad, and the pen.
And those are just the “superficials”…
You love your home-office, with its perfect desk and everything within reach of your perfect chair. But sometimes, you lean back in the perfect chair … and find you’ve been asleep for half an hour.
Or, maybe you just can’t focus, can’t find the way into the new project.
Sometimes, you just need a change of scenery.
Here are four alternatives to consider for a fresh perspective.
Continue reading “4 alternative places to work”
Freelancers and independents rely on their connections for their next project. After all, you stand or fall by your reputation. But how do you build your network of connections if you’re not naturally gregarious?
Here are some tips and links for making the most of your least favourite activity.
Continue reading “Connecting for quiet people”
The Modern Stoicism site has just posted an expanded version of Freelancing, Stoicism and Stress. I am both grateful and humbled.
Hopefully, fellow independent professionals will find it informative and perhaps useful, too.
Many thanks to Modern Stoicism’s editor Greg Sadler for his support.
The Modern Stoicism article is here.
The shorter original, elsewhere on this site, is here.
Photo by Nik Shuliahin on Unsplash
Research shows that the mere smell of coffee can improve some cognitive functions.
We knew it all along: coffee makes you smarter.
Continue reading “Can coffee make you smarter? – @RogerDooley”
Power can be complicated for freelancers and independents. You have power over your own business, but on client projects your power can less clear, jeopardising your ability to deliver.
How can you ensure you have the power you need to achieve the task in hand?
Continue reading “Power and the independent professional”
Still stressed? The Times tells us today that a walk in the park beats stress.
And, there’s a formula…
Continue reading “Walk in the park beats stress – @TheTimes”
Stress is an everyday feature of work, whether you’re freelance / self-employed or an employee of another business.
Prolonged stress is exhausting. It messes with your sleep and it messes with your thought-processes. As a result, you make more mistakes and feel increasingly out of control leading, of course, to even greater stress.
If you work from home, those feelings can sometimes be compounded by being alone – either through an explicit feeling of loneliness or, more insidiously, through having no colleagues to vent, laugh or commiserate with.
What to do?
Continue reading “Feeling stressed? You should get out more”
Winning work is an ongoing challenge for freelancers. As an employee, someone’s always passing you the next project. But, as an independent, you need to be selling and delivering at the same time.
How is that possible?
Continue reading “Freelancers – build your reputation and win work”