Category: Freelancing

Identify everything you ‘need’ to continue your freelance career undisturbed, and invest in backup for them all.

When your list feels out of control and too many things scream for your attention, put them aside. And think about what you want. That’s your priority.

Have you ever made a decision under some kind of pressure and later realised you don’t want to do what you agreed to?

So, to end the work engagement without ruining the relationship with the client, and the one who referred you to the client, is a skill you absolutely need.

Many many years ago, I pitched to an editor, who was also a Twitter celebrity. I sent him an email and spent the entire day on his Twitter page worrying. My fear: That he will screenshot my email and out me as the stupidest person in the whole world.

If we don’t believe in yourself, no one else has any reason to.

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