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Self-Awareness

Self-Awareness

A big part of being a successful freelancer is being able to effectively sell yourself and what you have to offer.

A key element of selling yourself is projecting authenticity. And big part of being authentic is knowing yourself.

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Tolerating ambiguity

Tolerating ambiguity

Successful freelancers accept uncertainty for what it is and try not to waste precious energy fighting it or wishing it away. 

They tune into the compass they carry inside of them and trust their intuition. They also bring others in to help them chart a path. As one freelancer put it...

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Resilience

Resilience

Resilient freelancers tackle failure head on

They don’t brush it aside or seek to place blame. They look at it as a necessary  part of the process of being successful. By taking a clear look at their actions and opening themselves up to new insights, they seize negative experiences...

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Risk-Taking

Risk-Taking

Being a freelancer is essentially one long exercise in risk-taking. 

The decision itself to become a freelancer, especially if you’re coming from a more traditional work background, is a risk: No longer are steady paychecks, designated roles. and corporate goals a part of your day-to-day. ...

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Challenges for freelancers

Challenges for freelancers

  • Clearly framing the value they deliver to clients so that their talents are recognized and put to use;
  • Setting a clear direction for themselves in a career that is distinguished by “fuzziness and fog”;
  • Building a diverse web of relationships to provide gu...

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Flexibility

Flexibility

Anyone entering the freelance world with the notion that they can “plan their work, and work their plan” will face frustration.

The needs of customers, and sometimes events beyond control, will eventually lead freelancers in new directions. Those try to stick to a chosen path  risk f...

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Learning Agility

Learning Agility

People who are learning agile are talented at knowing what to do when they don’t know what to do. That pretty much sums up the life of a freelancer. 

They excel at learning from their experiences. They then take those lessons and adapt them to succeed in new situations.

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Relationship management

Many are drawn to freelance careers by the opportunities for freedom and being your own boss. But being on your own doesn’t mean you have to do it all alone. 

Instead of relying only on yourself, try proactively engaging with others and building a diverse community of relationships. ...

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Importance of Self-Awareness

Research reveals that knowing yourself better results in stronger relationships, a sense of purpose, greater well-being, self-acceptance, and happiness.

Knowing yourself will make you a better manager, colleague, parent, spouse, and friend.

Self-Awareness

Self-Awareness

It means having an accurate view of our capabilities and shortcomings and of how others see us. This is critical to develop self-acceptance, what drives self-esteem, thus alleviating conflicts with others.

Self-awareness encourages us to lead ourselves with authenticity and integrity...

Food and Self-Understanding

A refusal to consider eating habits in a meaningful manner is similar to a lack of self-understanding or authenticity.

Since self-understanding and authenticity are some of the chief aims of philosophical inquiry, food is a key to philosophical insight. The philosophy of food is then the p...

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