Category: Personal Development
How to Ask Your Employer to Pay for Your Professional Course?
As kids, we’re used to asking for the things we like – writing a letter to Santa is a given. But as time goes by, we lose this ability. I don’t think we should – especially when it comes to your professional development. Asking for more is a way to build your skills and ultimately…
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The Practice: Shipping Creative Work Through Curiosity, Generosity, and Connection [Book Notes]
Thirty-two. That’s the number of sticky notes in my copy of “The Practice”. For a book that’s 250 pages long, that number clearly shows I found Seth Godin’s book pretty damn relevant. It’s a read designed to help creators and professionals come to terms with the peculiarities of a world where our best work is…
6 Freelancer Fears That Keep Me up at Night – And How I Handle Them
“Finally, what took you so long?” This was one of the most common reactions among my close work friends when I told them I’m venturing into the freelancer world back in 2019. To be frank, it took me a really long time to even start thinking about freelancing. I always thought it would be overwhelming…
Confessions of a Fraud: What I Learned from Dealing with Impostor Syndrome
Impostor syndrome is almost a given for digital professionals. 70% of people get these feelings – so they are more than normal. Here are my ways of dealing with impostor syndrome and try to help you silence your inner critic.
10 Lessons From My First 20 Months of Freelancing
Back in May 2019 I went into the Registry Agency and filed the documents for my incorporation. 20 months, 161 invoices, and one global pandemic later, I get the question “How did you start and what’s your advice?” more and more often. There’s no one single path to freelance success any more than there’s one…
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Atomic Habits: The Four Laws You Need to Master to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones [Book Notes]
Imagine you’re in IKEA. There’s the winding main road that everyone takes. But you know exactly where you want to go and you want to get there fast. So you take a shortcut and you’re there in no time. You saved time—and gained a nice feeling of superiority for using your brain rather than taking…