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Over the last month, I’ve talked to a handful of freelancers and entrepreneurs who thought there was no way around high PayPal fees. Guess what: there is. And if you’re not using it, you are losing hundreds or thousands of dollars each year. It’s called PayPal Business Payments. If you select this option when invoicing […]
We got married! It was awesome, and I’m so happy to be @benlcollins’ life partner. (In case you missed it, here’s the story of how we met.) But unlike most of my girlfriends who have tied the knot in recent years, I’m not changing my name. I thought about writing an essay on this topic, […]
When it comes to making a living, most people believe… A job is a job, and earning a paycheck will never be fun and fulfilling The only way to earn that paycheck is by waiting for someone else to see your potential and give you a job Once you do land a job, the best […]
Know what’s even more crucial for your career success now that we’ve transitioned into the wonderful world of digital? Not skills. Not experience. And not networking, although that’s pretty darn important, too. What’s most important, especially in the online realm, is CONFIDENCE. In the digital world, you are who you say you are. (Click to […]
I’m only 30 pages into Josh Kaufman’s book, The First 20 Hours: Mastering the Toughest Part of Learning Anything, but here’s my favorite part so far: learning, he says, isn’t the same thing as skill acquisition. Learning is studying. It’s reading. It’s acquiring knowledge. But if you want to master anything, learning is only the […]
It’s strange, this world we live in. You’d think work should go around your life — not the other way around. But too many of us find ourselves slaves to the workday, struggling to fit in exercise or relationships or self-improvement wherever we can. Rather than putting our priorities first, we fit them in around […]
If there’s one big mistake young people make in their careers, it’s this: they work so hard for their employer that they forget to invest in themselves. Why is that a big mistake? Why does it matter more than ever before? Because in our new digital world of work, all workers are dispensable. Yes, that […]
Anything worth doing is not easy. Actually, it’s often more than not easy. Sometimes it hurts. Or at least causes discomfort, which a lot of us mistaken for pain. Getting in shape hurts. Running a marathon — even if you’re fit — hurts. But those are both examples of physical pain. And it’s emotional pain […]
Have trouble choosing one interest to revolve your job or business around? Want to create a career that involves several of your passions? Emilie Wapnick of Puttylike and Michelle Ward of When I Grow Up have come up with a super idea for those of us cobbling together a career from a variety of interests: […]