When you work for yourself, by yourself, “time off” can be a bit of a paradox — you can be much more flexible about having “time off” day-to-day, but it can be hard to take extended time off
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3 Reasons Freelancing Makes Me a Better Parent
Apr 04, 2022
Being a working parent has never been easy. Traditional work scenarios are designed for people without boundaries and constraints with performance (explicitly or implicitly) tied to long workdays and ...
Freelancing Is More Secure Than Your Day Job
Jan 31, 2022
Most people believe that being employed by someone else is the most stable and consistent way to provide for themselves and their families. That’s one of the main reasons that the vast majorit...
Funnels Aren’t for Freelancers. Here’s a Better Strategy.
Nov 29, 2021
Freelancers tell me all the time that they want “better” clients. Clients who value them, pay them what they’re worth, and give them the freedom to do what they love. Clients who see them as a v
...How to Manage a Freelance Workforce
Oct 05, 2021
The freelance workforce has been growing steadily for decades and it’s estimated that The Great Resignation will add 10 million more people to the self-employed. With more people than ever go
...The Eight Types of Solopreneurs
Aug 23, 2021
Whether you call it freelancing, consulting, contracting, or gig-work…the independent work revolution is real.
According to Upwork, 36% of the US workforce freelanced in 2020 and the number
...When You're Addicted to Entrepreneurship Success Has Nothing to Do with Money
Jul 26, 2021
Entrepreneurship is a risky business. (Pun intended.)
About 20% of businesses will close in their first year and only 50% will survive past the five-year mark.
And that’s just the actual businesses ...
How to Battle Solopreneur Loneliness
Jun 02, 2021
Entrepreneurship is an addiction. If you’re predisposed you know it because you are never satisfied by doing things on other people’s terms, for other people’s reasons, or on other people’s schedule
...How to Make Yourself Indispensable as a Freelancer
May 06, 2021
I approach my work in a way that makes me indispensable to my clients so that I become an integral part of their team. And becoming an integral part of their team makes me indispensable because they d...
I Haven't Worked 40 Hours a Week in Years…and I Don't Feel Guilty About It
Apr 05, 2021
One of the main reasons I decided to work for myself was because I was sick of people telling me how much to work, when to work, and where to work.
I sat at a desk for eight hours a day, even though...