I got into the corporate grind in my 20s. It’s not what I wanted, but I was broke. What I wanted was to be creative, so I worked an astonishing array of odd jobs, mostly to support my favorite, and largely unpaid odd job, writing for music magazines. After a
Quick tip: How much you earn is directly correlated to how many offers you make. If you aren’t where you want to be financially, increase the number of offers you make. What is an offer? It takes 3 things: 1. A person you can help 2. Something you can provide
There’s one key difference between freelancers who struggle to get by and freelancers who can charge more and bank serious cheddar, and it’s something we’ve talked about many times before: The former sells a commodity, and the latter sells a result. Making the jump from the former to the latter
If you’re like most people, you’ve probably allowed procrastination to keep you from getting started, from doing the things that you’ve wanted to do with your life. After spending over a decade in the transformation economy, Mike Shreeve shares a core belief in this premiere episode of The No Pants
Turning strangers into clients? Is that really what you got yourself into when you decided to take on this whole freelancing thing? Sure, you love creating your own work schedule, and spending more time with your family. The lack of commute is really nice. You don’t miss having a boss
Which hurts more: A sucker-punch to the groin… or getting fired out of nowhere? It all feels the same when you get fired from an internship destined to become your “dream job.” You know, breathtaking – in a bad way… It felt like my boss snatched away my golden chance