Learn the 7 Core Practices of the Lucky Freelancer, and move farther and faster than you ever thought possible! On behalf of the association, I teach these practices so that NAIWE members can transform their professional lives and successfully experience their ideal freelance life. These principles work— I guarantee it!

We offer this program on a space-available basis– just watch the e-zine (The Edge— sign up for it at the home page, above) for details. Registration has just opened for a Fast Track for fall 2009. You may find the application and all the details at www.LuckyFreelancer.com.

Space is limited, so if you’d like to transform your business in time for 2010, be sure to sign up quickly. There’s also a $500 early bird discount for applications received by 31 August, so don’t delay!

If you’d like a printable mini-poster of the 7 Core Practices, you’ll be able to download it when you sign up for the e-zine.

TheCore Practices can help you become a Lucky Freelancer!

Some People Get All the Breaks

 

Practice #1: The Lucky Freelancer learns the mindsets and habits needed to spot and seize “the breaks.” [Read more…]

When it’s an impromptu coaching moment!

I received an e-mail a couple of weeks ago from a prospective member who was struggling to make an adequate living as a freelance copywriter. The writer’s credentials were outstanding, his list of previous clients was impressive, and his writing style was compelling, and yet he still struggled to stay afloat. His question was very basic; “I’m working 10 hours a day and barely making ends meet. How can I find more hours in the day?”

The question reminded me of the story that Stephen Covey tells in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (a book I recommend for entrepreneurs and anyone who wants to lead a more effective life) of the man who scaled a difficult wall, only to discover at the top that he’d been climbing the wrong wall. My correspondent didn’t need to know how to find more hours in his day, he needed to learn how to more effectively use the hours he had.

If you’re working ten hours a day and not making ends meet, something is wrong with your business model.  Since NAIWE is focused on helping members build solid, profitable freelance businesses, one of the things I enjoy doing is slipping a bit of quick coaching into e-mail responses. I asked the writer several strategic questions designed to help him think through the elements of his business and point him in a much more profitable direction. This morning, I got another e-mail from him: [Read more…]