Blog entries

Why New College Grads Should Consider Freelancing as a Career Choice

afrio — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:17:04 +0100

from the Lounge

Your university days are over. Gone are those structured, hard working (sometimes), but overall sheltered, days as a student.

Making it in the big wide world is a daunting prospect for anyone, but in these tough economic times the difficulties and hurdles facing new graduates areRead More...

Is Talent Enough?

afrio — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:44:29 +0100

from: The Lounge

How important is talent? Is it enough to let you succeed as a freelancer?

On the one hand, we’d love to believe that sheer talent automatically leads to freelancing success every time. Who doesn’t like a story of someone who rises from obscurity solely because of their outstanding abilityRead More...

How to Set Freelancing Goals that Really Make Sense

afrio — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:30:02 +0100

from The Lounge

The setting and achieving of goals is one of the key elements in any self-development and business growth program.

When I was still working in the UN, we spent days and quite a lot of money for planning. The end result of all our planning was to have goals.

Freelancers benefit from having goals as well. Goals motivate us. They can keep us going even when freelancing gets challenging. Goal helps us make decisions about projects and clients. They also heRead More...

Works 2011

Dunn Lewis — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:31:27 +0100

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