So you’re ready to join the freelancer’s lifestyle, landing your own projects, setting your own hours, billing the clients. There can be a lot of overhead, planning, and stress involved in this process. Take a deep breath – it doesn’t have to be so frightening. Just set yourself some ground rules and you’ll be fine. …
Tag Archives: Education
Yet Another Reason to Build a Case for Telecommuting
Taking a lazy day and reprinting this article from Web Worker Daily: Yes, we know. We’re preaching to the choir. Do you really need another justification for your web worker lifestyle? Yes, you do. Business continuity and disaster preparedness (or COOP in government-speak, short for “continuity-of-operations program”) is yet another great reason to foster a …
Continue reading “Yet Another Reason to Build a Case for Telecommuting”
Why you shouldn’t look for work outside of Israel
I found this article entitled Why I Decided Not to Look for a Job From Outside Israel while skimming the JobMob blog today. I was very excited to read why the author decided not to freelance to ouside of Israel. Unfortunately, the article is about looking for a full-time job in Israel before making Aliya. …
Continue reading “Why you shouldn’t look for work outside of Israel”
Make the move to self-employment
I have a confession – I fully agree with my previous post regarding the importance of a business blog, but if you haven’t yet made the move from worker bee to queen bee, constant writing can be time consuming and detracting from your progress. As with anything in life, a balance must be struck. I …
You don’t have to be a millionaire…
Israel is great! Almost everyone knows it. It’s the place all Jews want to be, and all non-Jews want us to be. There are tons of reasons why Israel is so important to the Jew – one such reason is that we get to celebrate 2 birthdays here (today is my brother’s and my Hebrew …
The importance of class participation
In many high school and college classes, my teacher would reward students who excelled in class participation, such as answering and asking questions. I was always a bit shy, and, like many students, wasn’t sure if what I wanted to add was intelligent, innovative, or even pertinent. I don’t think I truly understood the full …
Is the fire under your butt, or are you chicken?
Inspiration, Motivation, Perspiration. Whatever process works for you to go from concept to product, the final step is always action. Nothing happens on its own without some action putting it into motion. Staying with the motion analogy, there is no perpetual motion machine, so even a well-oiled machine needs fuel to keep going. Sales seminars …
Continue reading “Is the fire under your butt, or are you chicken?”
Blogs are a business’s best friend
Starting a company takes lots of time and effort. Building a business requires building bridges, not burning them. Developing an organization requires listening, not talking. I know all this to be true – so why on Earth Why would I make myself a blog now, with daily entries, brutal opinions, and one-sided communication?! Right off …