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self-employed

Are You Doing Your Life’s Work, or Are You An Employee of The Market?

June 29, 2009 · 6 comments

in achievement, careers, entrepreneurship, leadership, self-employed, success

Here’s a brief rundown of some of the (very broad) possibilities for making a living (please fill me in if I’ve overlooked one – I’m sure I have):

you work for someone else, but you love your job or feel fulfilled
you work for someone else, it’s ok, but you can’t complain
you work for someone else and [...]

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Career Renegade by Jonathan Fields – Book Review (Part 2)

May 28, 2009 · 3 comments

in achievement, books, careers, lifehack, self-employed

May 26th, 2009: I couldn’t get to sleep last night because of this book.  (read part 1 of the review here) It just had me completely wound up in all the possibilities that exist for us to really take control of our lives.  The world is changing.  The old models of education, learning, teaching, publishing, [...]

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Career Renegade: How To Make a Great Living Doing What You Love by Jonathan Fields – A Review

May 26, 2009 · 5 comments

in achievement, careers, lifestyle design, self-employed

May 24, 2009 (aft).  I’m out enjoying the Sunday long-weekend sunshine and walking along, I get sucked into a Barnes & Noble.  I decide I’m going in to buy a copy of the Four-Hour Work Week for my Dad for Father’s Day, but on my way to the business section, I see a copy of [...]

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Some Ideas For Stabilizing Your Income If You’re a Freelancer or Self-Employed

May 11, 2009 · 9 comments

in employment income, financial planning, part-time, self-employed

Anyone who’s ever lived solely off part-time work, contracting, scholarships, royalties, freelance or other means of self-employment knows what it’s like to not receive a steady paycheck.  You might be financially free by definition, but you still might not be bringing in a steady paycheck.  Royalties from books through a traditional publisher might only reach [...]

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