Freelance Folder lists things to consider when you’re freelancing on the side and trying to decide whether to go full-time. I started freelancing in 2000 at the height of the dot com boom. Initially, I aimed to work in Web design, but it didn’t take long to discover I had no eye or talent for … Read more
We Americans like to do things different. Who knows why. Most countries have adopted the metric system and list the date, month and year when formatting a date as in 24 July 2007. This causes confusion especially in the first two weeks of a month. Since my book, Brilliant Outlook Pocketbook, targeted the UK audience, … Read more
A writer (or any other freelance career works here, too) who lands one or two big clients that keep the writer busy full-time must keep marketing. I learned this valuable lesson very early in my writing career. My first paid writing assignments came in 2000, at the height of the dot com boom. As things … Read more
A person can read plenty of books on how to improve your writing skills, but how do you retain all that information? You can’t … unless you have a photographic memory. Realistically, you can pick up a few tips and make those a habit. Then you pick up a few more in the next book… … Read more
While freelancing offers flexibility in terms of time and location, procrastinators and people who can’t motivate themselves will find it a struggle. Unlike a corporate job, “when you’re not working, you don’t earn money.” In the corporate world on a regular salary, you get paid during slow times even if it means you might spend … Read more
Here 24 tips for freelancing. Keep regular working hours: I also do the same thing every morning – read the overnight e-mail and blog. This gets my day off to a good start knowing I got the required blogging out of the way. Kill the instant messengers at once: Not for me. I need to … Read more
As a mother of two young girls, Huffington wanted to provide a guide for female fearlessness. She does this in On Becoming Fearless by capturing her experiences in dealing with fear. Her first serious encounter occurs when her own mother shows the courage to stand up to German soldiers who threatened to kill everyone if … Read more
I believe in education for a lifetime, not just stop after college. I plan to take classes when time allows and eventually go to grad school — online preferably since lectures were rough on me (this is why). Of course, education doesn’t stop with formal classes. Reading books, researching a topic, and visiting related Web … Read more
Stephen Hopson of Adversity University asks how people deal with adversity. The following lists ten ways I attack adversity. 1. Perseverance. 2. Do it. You stare at blank page. You can’t decide whether to accept a scary new assignment. Instead of dwelling on fears and roadblocks, do something. I recently accepted a writing assignment that … Read more
I played in my first official tennis match ever, a USTA tournament against six teams. We played every hour beginning with a bye in the first hour — lucky us! Each team consisted of six players, three doubles partners. We played one set against another team’s six players at the same time across three courts. … Read more