Blog – Page 16 – The Whole Works by Ranjani & Shankar

Freelancing

How are you naming your files, eh?

Ranjani, June 1, 2020June 10, 2023

Would you believe me if I told you that a senior leader once sent me a document with the name ‘untitled’?

Freelancing

Learn actively.

Ranjani, May 31, 2020June 10, 2023

Everything is learning, right?

Freelancing

What do you want: Feedback or validation?

Ranjani, May 30, 2020June 10, 2023

Have you ever called a friend to ask for feedback on something and got so much negativity in return that left you angry?

Freelancing

What kind of learning is wasteful?

Ranjani, May 29, 2020June 10, 2023

If you spend an entire day trying to figure out how to change the default colour of your website font, is it time well spent or not?

Freelancing

Should you go freelance?

Ranjani, May 28, 2020June 10, 2023

If you are considering freelancing, here’s one question I’d like you to ask yourself: Are you ready to run an entire business all by yourself?

Freelancing

Choose your tools wisely.

Ranjani, May 27, 2020June 10, 2023

If you’re going to ideate on a spreadsheet, you will think in rows and columns. So, choose your tools wisely.

Writing

Your secret to writing with focus: A stickie note.

Ranjani, May 26, 2020June 10, 2023

When you’re writing about a ‘topic’, the possibilities are endless — and that’s precisely the problem.

Writing

Writing in first person.

Ranjani, May 25, 2020June 10, 2023

Contrary to what people typically assume, I think writing in first person lends a certain humility to the work I do.

CV / Resume

I don’t have any employable skills.

Ranjani, May 24, 2020June 10, 2023

If you’ve ever felt this way, here’s how you can help yourself.

Writing

Write like you mean it.

Ranjani, May 23, 2020June 10, 2023

Everyone is a writer. We write emails, tweets, meeting agendas, presentations, chat conversations — most of our day goes in writing. But very few of us think of it as an actual skill.