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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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Freelancers Will Reshape the Market in 2023 entrepreneur freelance solopreneur strategy Jan 26, 2023

The way work has been done has changed so much over the last few years. We’ve seen remote work become normal, people choose meaning over money, and independent talent take hold as a mainstay in the ma...

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SMART Goals Are so 2019… Do This Instead best life entrepreneur planning project management strategy Dec 29, 2022

SMART goals: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Google “Goal Setting,” and this is the first thing that comes up. It is the standard for how everyone from your boss to your pe...

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Why Freelancers are Recession-Proof (And how to turn uncertainty to your favor) entrepreneur freelance networking solopreneur strategy Nov 15, 2022

As we stare down the barrel of another recession, I am incredibly grateful that I work for myself.

When you work for other people, you put your life in their hands. When you lose your job, you

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Turn Your Skills Into Dolla Bills best life entrepreneur freelance solopreneur strategy Jun 17, 2022

I’m what people refer to as a generalist. Project management is a skill set that is replicable across all content areas and applications. That doesn’t mean I am the best fit for any project. I am mo

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Funnels Aren’t for Freelancers. Here’s a Better Strategy. clients freelance networking solopreneur 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

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How to Make Yourself Indispensable as a Freelancer entrepreneur freelance project management strategy 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...

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Build your business around what you love entrepreneur freelance money planning strategy time Sep 15, 2020

Flexibility and control over your work and life are some of the greatest gifts of entrepreneurship. The problem is that many freelancers, consultants, and small business owners have a hard time defini...

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How to Set Goals for the Journey, Not the Destination best life planning strategy time Aug 23, 2020

SMART goals: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. Google “Goal Setting” and this is the first thing that comes up. It is the standard for how everyone from your boss to your per...

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Calling All Hustlers best life better world entrepreneur freelance strategy Aug 09, 2020

Sometimes it is only the extreme pressure of circumstances outside of our control that finally give us permission to rethink the direction of our lives, our world.

Things work until they don’t.

As w...

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Get Paid What You Deserve best life better world entrepreneur freelance money strategy Aug 02, 2020
 Whether you work for yourself or someone else, knowing what to ask for when it comes to compensation is tricky. You don’t want to seem entitled, you don’t want to lose out to someone else who a
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Project Planning 101 planning project management strategy Mar 01, 2018
Orient around the goals

Always start your planning process by making sure that you and your stakeholders are clear on the goals of the project. As you are making programmatic and logistic...

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