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I'm Tired of Not Having Freedom
I'm sure you had a dream about your business, but is it happening? Are you getting the clients you want for the rates you deserve?
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I Want to Stop Struggling to Make Ends Meet
You're working hard and landing clients, but it's still a bit paycheck to paycheck. It doesn't have to be!
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Man, I never get to see my family which sucks
Busines is going fine, but when was the last time you got to see your family? Last date with your wife?
Johnathon Williams on Coaching
Michael Groh
Rumen
I’ve been writing way too long proposals, winning just 30% of them. Even if a proposal led to a contract, I was still charging way less than I needed. Freelancing was barely sustainable for me. Curtis and I had one call where he explained how to talk to prospects to find their value. He showed me how to build out a winning proposal with less effort. After applying his advice my next client went for my highest priced option that was double their budget. The coaching time already more than paid for itself within 2 weeks.
Flynn
One 15 minute call with Curtis helped me realize my worth to a client and gave me the confidence to ask for it. With that confidence I was able to negotiate a 30% higher rate per month on a long term contract. If I hadn’t talked to Curtis I would have left thousands of dollars on the table.
Evan on Coaching
Mitch Britt – Bold Eye Media
Curtis will help you understand the value in your work, so that you can start charging what your worth. My biggest mistake was not hiring him sooner
Jason Resnick on Coaching
John Locke on Bootcamp
Daniel Waters on BootCamp
Jon Campbell
Deep Content
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Recent Posts
Everything in life shouldn’t be a competition
Thoughts stemming from this article: I certainly don’t agree with the statement than workaholism is a badge of honour, but yes we quantify so much of ourselves that much of life is a competition. I’ve had to choose balance a number of times, and even been told I’m terribly unprofessional and that no one should […]
Another take on working smarter
I already wrote today about my filter documents and how I hand write them. No typing allowed. Then I come across this great post from Farnam Street using another method to look at the units of productivity you have in a day. Not sure I’ll use it, but each system will work for some people. […]
My Sweet Setup was on The Sweet Setup Today
You can see my desk and my iPad screen and a cute picture of my youngest kid over on The Sweet Setup today. Yup, I’m still using my iPad Pro 9.7” for 90% of my work. Sitting in the library right now after writing, doing some design for a product giveaway and doing some coding. […]
If You Haven’t Planned Where You’re Going You’ll Hate Where You End Up
How do you set goals and then pull them down into weekly and daily actions? How do you take all the ideas that buzz through your head, and get the vital few done? The first thing you need is a set of filtering documents. When I start a new notebook I do the regular Bullet […]
Are you looking past the top layer?
From Seth Godin: The thing is: 90% of the strawberries in a quart are hidden from view. They’re beneath the top layer. There’s no strategy to tell which quart is better than the other, unless you (erroneously) believe that the top layer is an accurate indicator of what lies below. Where are you only looking […]
Work, family or social life
From Austin Kleon: Work, children, or a social life. You may pick two at a time. (Nobody wants to hear this.) I choose work and family. My only social life currently is the runs that one or two people want to come on. That has meant large numbers of friends I no longer hang out […]
Freelance Friday 010 – June 15 2018
As I’m working on my next book called Finding Focus, I have some questions for you dear reader. If you’ll please help me out and answer these 6 questions so I can make sure the book covers topics that are relevant to you. Believe it or not, this week I started looking at Fiverr after […]
Should I Read It 019 – The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F_ck
Today we’re going to need to look past a bit of profanity and dive in to why Mark Manson says we care about way too much. Purchase The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F_ck on Amazon Written Look at The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F_ck This episode of Should I Read It […]
More Hours is a Lie – The Amount of Work You Can Do is Constant
Rather than scrambling to meet an impossible deadline, work to your normal pace. The amount of work you can do is constant — the only real question is which work to do. – Extreme Programming I had a coaching client who worked every weekend. He always felt like he couldn’t get ahead so kept spinning […]
Content Mills are just like Upwork and Freelancer
Maddy Osman has a great look at content mills. All the same points apply to freelance market places. It’s the pickiest clients for the lowest prices and you often can’t take the work outside the freelance job platform so you’re only building a portfolio on said platform. If they decide that you’re no longer wanted, […]