Category Archives: Mindset

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#126: Grit—The Single Quality That Will Determine Your Long-Term Success as a Freelancer

Episode summary: The most important quality you must have to succeed over the long haul as a freelance professional is grit. Fortunately, there are simple things you can do to become a grittier person. The notes …
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#117: The 21 Questions I’m Asking Myself This Week

This is my favorite time of year. Not just because of the holiday cheer, festive mood and time spent together as a family. But also because of the opportunity to look back at the year. This is …
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#116: How to Tackle Your Inner Critic and Unleash Your ‘Badassery’

We all have one. A nagging inner critic that won’t go away. The one who keeps telling us we can’t. Or we shouldn’t. Or we’re not good enough. Or we don’t know enough (or have enough experience). She …
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Angry? Disappointed? Disheartened? Be Grateful Anyway.

“Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture.” — Kak Sri There’s a 50 percent chance that you’re disappointed or angry about the results of last week’s U.S. presidential election. Now, don’t worry, this …
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The Surprising Secret of High-Income Freelance Writers and Copywriters

Why do some freelancers continue to earn the big bucks year after year while others struggle to make a living? Is it luck? Skill? Connections? IQ? Black magic? I’m sure all these play a role in their …
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#111: How Kevin Casey Uses His Freelance Income to Travel Five Months a Year

Most of us view freelancing as a way to make a living. It’s a way to pay the bills by doing work we enjoy — and doing it on our own schedule and on our own …
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#110: Tanya Brody on Losing Her Day Job and Starting a Freelance Business from Scratch

If you have a day job, what would you do if you got downsized? Would you look for another job? Or would you use the opportunity to launch your freelance business? That’s exactly what happened to Tanya …
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What to Say During Your First Call With a Prospect

During my first six years in sales I used to start off every in-person appointment or initial phone call with something like, “Thanks for your time this morning.” To me, it just felt right and courteous to …
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#103: How Freelance Writer Jennifer Gregory Took Her Income to $100,000 in 6 Simple Steps 

North Carolina–based freelance writer Jennifer Gregory has had quite a ride over the past 18 months. She took her business to the six-figure level in 2015. But then shortly after, she lost some of her anchor clients. And …
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#102: Joseph Cole on Prayer and Meditation as a Business Strategy

If you’ve listened to episode 33, episode 34 or episode 66 of this podcast you already know that I consider myself to be a spiritual person. I believe there’s a big spiritual component to succeeding in …
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#101: My Biggest Takeaways From the First 100 Podcast Episodes

When I launched the High-Income Business Writing podcast in April 2013, I was stepping into the unknown. I was excited. And I was nervous. I was excited because I’d successfully launched other services and products, such as …
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The Dangerous Trap of All-or-Nothing Thinking

See if this sounds familiar... You committed to sending out 10 prospecting emails this week. But by Thursday afternoon you haven't sent a single one. Now you're slammed with other work. Yes, you might have time to …
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#097: Mark McGuiness on Motivation for Creative People

Self-employment is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because we get to chart our own course. We get to pursue projects and clients that are interesting to us. And we can adjust our …
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The S-Curve—and Why Doubling Your Freelance Writing Income Is Not as Hard as You Think

Try this little experiment. Tap your desk using this alternating pattern: Right, left, right, right Left, right, left, left Got it? OK, now repeat the pattern. But this time I want you to accentuate the first beat …
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#094: Pure Randomness: What I’m Doing and Thinking About

This week's episode is shorter than usual. It's also different. I take you on a random journey of what I'm doing, what I've been up to, what I'm currently enjoying ... and a few things I'm planning …
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