Real questions from real freelancers

"Growing a freelance business is like trying to sail a boat in stormy seas. What advice do you give? ⛵️"

If I may offer something that helped me:

The diagonal of your life:

Stop trying to wrestle your life into submission.

Focussing on the end results and struggling harder will just result in burnout.

Set a general direction, create habits which steer you in that path,
but let go of controlling the exact trajectory.

stoic diagonal of life direction of your life

 

Here’s a few tools which helped me:

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Mary Beth Hazeldine

Freelance Consultant

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Nicholas Robb

Founder, Design Hero
Author of Life by Design

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