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Read more about the article How’s Business? Five Tested Ways To Help Your Freelance Business Thrive

Did you know that your creative business thrives because of how you do business and not because of the quality of your…

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Read more about the article Designing a Successful Year

Each December I take a couple weeks off to celebrate the holidays and go through a visioning and goal-setting process in preparation…

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Read more about the article How Do I Know If I Will Be Successful At Freelancing?

A student asked me the same question I asked my teachers: "How do I know if I will be successful at freelancing?"…

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Read more about the article Set Goals, Not Resolutions

Have  you made resolutions for the new year? What do you want to accomplish? What do you want to change? Where do…

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Read more about the article Find Your “Why” to Achieve Your Goals

You need to identify what's at stake. I often reflect on  how blessed I am to work the way I've always wanted to…

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The Practice and Principle of Accomplishing Something Upon learning about what I do by trade, an employed acquaintance asked with some concern,…

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Read more about the article Green Scheduling: 6 Tips for Sustaining Your Creative Time

Design your time. Time is wasted when we do the wrong thing at the wrong time. It's easier to keep your time boundaries and your well-being intact if you plan ahead.

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Clients have a choice when selecting creative services: They can go the cheap route and buy a logo through a crowdsource or contest…

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Read more about the article Technologically Incorrect: Why I Still Use a Paper Planner

It’s red. It’s can get up to 2 inches thick. It's an almost constant companion. I am describing my paper planner: my planning/project/time…

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