Freelancing – Page 3 – All Things Subject to Change

Keys to Success: Know When to Say No or Not Yet

Some of us are “people pleasers.” We never fail to agree to something when asked. Some of us have what Dana K. White calls “TPAD – time passage awareness disorder.” We never realize how much time a task will truly take. Some of us suffer from an unhealthy amount of wishful thinking. We have manyContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Know When to Say No or Not Yet”

Keys to Success: Create a Business Plan

Wait! Don’t run! We can do this! The first time I thought about creating a business plan, I could not get my creative brain to admit this was a step I needed to take. I put it off as long as I could. Then I picked up a book on starting a small hobby business,ContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Create a Business Plan”

Keys to Success: Controlled Growth

There are times when plans just come to us at lightning speed. We fill notebooks or note apps with ideas for what we want to do. Our creativity is functioning at peak levels. Then we start trying to do it all. Alas, crash and burn follow. We take on too much, and we fail. ButContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Controlled Growth”

Keys to Success: Pretend You’re Still Working for Someone Else

Scrolling and searching like mad has not helped me find the original person I learned this tip from, but I will clarify that I didn’t come up with it on my own. Watching soapmaking videos to relax one day, I came across a soap maker running her own small business with her craft, and sheContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Pretend You’re Still Working for Someone Else”

Keys to Success: Be Honest and Realistic with Yourself (Kindly)

Some time in the past, I came to grips with a concept I heard someone else talking about. (I would tell you who, but I’ve slept since then and cannot remember.) Their point was that every decision is a tradeoff. Basically, if you choose to do “A,” then you won’t have time to do “B”ContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Be Honest and Realistic with Yourself (Kindly)”