Month: May 2015
Are you living your dream?
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When you were a kid you had all kinds of dreams for what your future was going to be like. Even as a teenager or young adult you had these dreams. Then ‘reality’ beat them out of you. That’s not how it has to be though. When you were younger you figured that it would…
You need to talk to ALL the decision makers
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One of my 8 core questions on a project is: Who are the decision makers that will decide if this project moves forward? Once I know that, I require all the decision makers to be part of my introduction call with the prospect. This is a crucial step you can’t overlook in your client vetting/pitching…
If you can’t write the questions you aren’t ready for the test
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I’ve talked before about not psyching yourself up before a call but there’s something else you need to do to prepare for a client call. Anticipate the questions your client is going to ask on the call. If you can’t create the questions, you’re not ready for the test. – The 5 Elements of Effective…
Did you set that expectation and tell no one?
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Possibly one of the most frustrating things about being married is when I’m ‘expected’ to possess the power of ESP. My wife is annoyed about something, or she wants me to do something, or…and I’m completely unaware of any expectation having been put on me. Which means I have no way to actually meet that…
April 2015 Reading
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Wow — I only read one book this month. That’s a great indication of how busy I’ve been this month at home. Very busy. 1. Race Against the Machine Get Race Against the Machine on Amazon. Race Against the Machine, by authors Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, is a book that explores how the increasing power…
So much has to go right to succeed
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Going freelance is not ‘the’ answer for everyone. All your dreams of sitting in a coffee shop daily working on only things you love are just that…dreams. Running a business takes a bunch of work outside of working on things you love and even finding those clients you love is hard.
Does a month of success affect your budget?
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@curtismchale Something I don' know if I have seen you(or anyone) blog about: what do you do when you have a really good freelancing month. — Jon Campbell (@joncampbell) April 20, 2015 Prompted by this awesome question, today I’m going to talk about what I do when things go amazing in a particular month. I…
Would you work for yourself?
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Many years ago my job was to build sundecks. Well actually, my job was to lay the vinyl coating on sundecks. It was hot work in the summer and freezing cold/wet work in the winter. It was work that took me out dawn till dusk year round. It paid well in the summer when there…
You won’t drift to success
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There once was a cruise ship departing from Vancouver bound for Hawaii. It had all the normal things you’d expect on a cruise ship, like pools and food everywhere and a deck to walk around on. It was missing a few crucial things though — like engines or any way to steer it. The owners…
My Writing Workflow
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Welcome to the final day in my series on blogging. Today we’re going to talk about my writing workflow. I’ve taken a look at my writing workflow twice before: How Evernote Took Over my Life My Writing Workflow It’s actually changed since those posts were written, even though one is barely a few months old.…
