What my husband’s tough love taught me about freelancing
This was the kick in the butt I needed. I knew he was serious, and I was snapped out my tentative mindset.
Mindset
Infographic: Employee mindset vs. CEO mindset
Those who develop robust, sustainable, and lucrative freelance careers invariably have made the transition to embracing the idea that they fully in charge of their own business.
The secret to successful freelancing: CEO mindset
When you become a freelancer, one of the biggest shifts you need to make in order to succeed is to transition from an employee mindset to what I call a “CEO mindset.”
Prioritizing is essential, but you still can’t have everything
Running a business — and, for that matter, managing one’s daily life — is at its core an exercise in prioritizing.
What are the “disciplines of top freelancers”?
Freelance work can be an excellent money-maker. The key to building a lucrative freelance career is treating the venture like the business it is.
Earning $30,000 and $250,000 — both freelance writers
A $250,000-earning freelance writer makes more than eight times the income of a freelancer who makes $30,000. Yet both call themselves “freelance writers.” What gives?
Pros & cons of freelancing: Your time is your own
I’m writing this monthly series about the joys and challenges of full-time freelancing, and it turns out that in many cases the joys are the same as the challenges — usually two sides of the same coin. That is certainly true with the question of time management. The joy and challenge of your time being …
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Pros & cons of freelancing: You’re your own boss
Now that freelancing is exploding in the US workforce, everyone has an opinion about it. Is it the best, most freeing career path ever or a hell of insecurity and stress? Is it a giant engine of creative empowerment or the downfall of civilized society? Does it require pants or not?
Lay of the freelance writing landscape
I wrote in a previous post that a key principle for succeeding as a freelancer is having a clear understanding of the lay of the landscape in whichever field you’re working. Freelancers in every field will have particular considerations based on how the industry works, and it’s essential to have at least a general sense of …