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MARCH 16, 2022

I landed my first writing gig in 2013. Less than two years later, I was offered my first five-figure writing assignment. I had been casually blogging for about a year, so the prospect of creating content for pay was thrilling—even if it was just $30 per 500-word post. Lesson 3: Find the right employer or clients.

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MARCH 5, 2024

First, in my own life, my three boys arrived at an age where it suddenly became clear that they needed as much time as possible with me. This created a real tension with my desire to produce impactful work,” he says. Two things happened at the same time.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Well, have you considered writing your to-do list in categories? What are my top priorities—no more than three—for the week, and what activities could distract me? The more detailed my calendar, the more prepared and focused I am. Committing my priorities to words focuses me mentally. What am I doing wrong?

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JANUARY 2, 2022

This was not a place to slip and fall and crack my head on a rock. I had reached the edge of my comfort zone, maybe even exceeded it, and that was the point of this hike. This is one of my tools for structure in many ways. I knew going in it would be my weak spot. It almost forces you to create time for yourself.

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JANUARY 8, 2023

Some time before I was a happy person, on Fourth of July weekend in 2011, I moved out of my home and first marriage—and then my laptop quit. My parents drove to town to help me through the move, or to try to understand what was going on or to be sad with me. I cursed the woman who’d become my ex. It’s fine,” I told them.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

It was the first and, so far, last time I bailed on an assignment because I was physically incapable of completing it. It was a long assignment, and the hike was only a small part of it, so I still got the story. My best work days invariably come after a rigorous morning workout. I often embed exercise into my day.

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JUNE 19, 2023

Masarweh hopes more leaders will determine what tasks are inside their team’s “zone of genius” and opt to assign tasks outside of it to VAs. Specifically as a small and ambitious company, I wanted to alleviate as much repetitive work as possible for my team. What types of tasks might virtual assistants help with?

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

According to ZipRecruiter , the average hourly pay for an artificial intelligence consultant in the United States at the time of this writing is $42 to $56 an hour. Instead, she says, ask the hard questions alongside a thought partner/consultant, such as, “How could these affect my industry? My customers? My workforce?”

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A few years ago, I saw a weakness in my outdoor skills that needed to be rectified: I had not camped alone. I knew I would eventually have to do that for a story, and I needed to be comfortable with it or I’d risk losing and/or blowing the assignment. As Diane Ackerman writes, “Play is an activity enjoyed for its own sake.

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Success

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It blew my mind. It was my aha moment,” he says. Arocho admits he was slow to embrace the idea of spending time on social media in order to blog, write articles for websites or use LinkedIn. I started to write and find an audience; I started to get out a message. The lights just turned on.”

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Now that Diane’s an account director, she may ask more junior staff members to pitch in on work she considers beneath her, such as writing a creative brief, even though that task is still in her job description. He’d impress our team with his idea, and we knew from his previous work his writing style was great, too,” James says.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Confession: Before this assignment, I’d never even considered keeping a gratitude journal. I imagined parchment, elf-crystals, perfumed writing chambers where the air is 75% mulberry incense and purple-haired millennials talking an awful lot about chakras. Find simple things: I have a roof over my head, I have work. Start small.”

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Success

DECEMBER 29, 2021

My head is about to explode. In the past few weeks of my work as a freelance writer , I’ve penned a feature story about retired NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., In the past few weeks of my work as a freelance writer , I’ve penned a feature story about retired NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., Be intentional. Get clarity.

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MARCH 13, 2023

He adds that, if the interview includes an assignment, the candidate will be compensated hourly, at the rate associated with the position they are applying for. Although the company’s lack of compensation wasn’t the main reason, Quinn says it certainly did “play a role in my decision to not sign.” 1 hr) to join our team.”

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JANUARY 28, 2022

I was doing the urgent and the easy work as opposed to the hard and important work that I had to do to move my life and career forward.”. If the answer is “nothing” (because you forgot to write some tasks for the day), it’s time to fill those empty spaces. “If But that doesn’t mean you should write a long to-do list.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

When people ask me for my best advice, I typically reply, “Stop believing everything you think.”. One of the most priceless things that’s ever happened to me was noticing that I am not that voice inside my head , and that the ego is different than the confidence required to fuel my abilities. Edit your story.

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Allwork

APRIL 20, 2023

Identifying Crucial Success Metrics for Your Hybrid Work Model My clients’ experiences have shown that various success metrics can be employed, with some being more critical than others. Each of these metrics should be measured before establishing a permanent hybrid work policy, to get a baseline.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Neither am I, but I shun wisdom that’s stood the test of time at my own peril. Six words in Hill’s book, “You become what you think about,” inspired Earl Nightingale to write The Strangest Secret. Individuals with a fixed mindset believe we’re assigned a fixed amount of talent at birth and that this determines how far we go in life.

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JULY 28, 2022

OK, I’m describing my wonderful eighth-grade English teacher, Judy Jordan. Because so few of us are ever fully present, if you can manage even a few moments of full presence from time to time, you’ll make quite an impact,” she writes. Once, years ago, she was assigned to write about a woman who had lost three children in a mudslide.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Two decades later, Selva’s analysis of this first bold move of his career is succinct: “That was my first majorly failed entrepreneurial adventure. I look back and say, ‘That was the most pivotal decision I made in my life.’”. And somewhere deep inside, there needs to be an imprint that says, as hard as this is, this is my journey.”.

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AUGUST 19, 2022

Twice a week, always on a school night, my mom would drive me to the piano school hoping my music teacher would unlock some untapped potential deep inside of me. My piano teacher was stern and classical, and I was young and unfocused. My practice book was filled with notes expressing her disappointment: Please practice!

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Some of the top companies in America plan to assign an increasing number of projects to freelance workers. With freelancers, the guardrails I implement depend entirely on the level of expertise the freelancer has, and the extent of my relationship with them,” founder and CEO of Lantera Labs Aneesha Rao told MarketerHire. Her secret?

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Allwork

JANUARY 6, 2023

I’m sitting in my house. Alternatively, “If I’m having a brainstorming meeting, I’m going into the office, I’m sitting around with my team, we are cracking through this thing. But if it’s creating a paper, they may divide and conquer, and assign each person a section. I didn’t commute.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 29, 2021

I've Learned This Isn't My Strong Suit. Who said you were supposed to enjoy your chores and assignments? I'm Focusing on My (fill in the blank). The investment for my support is $XX,XXX. Or a simple free-write journaling technique. “My client asked me to work on a weekend, and I don't want to.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2017

The group came up with over 400 ideas which later became the now Amazon-best-seller, Who Took My Pen. I often see this in my training classes. I assign various activities throughout the day and there may be one group who is always done first. Don’t settle for “top of the mind” thinking. Commit to quality performance.

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On The Job

MAY 29, 2018

I had been hired to run a medical magazine, but within the week my new boss took me out to lunch. "I You have a business writing background. The business writing background he referred to had to do with covering tax reform on Capitol Hill. I have a proposition for you. Uh," I faltered. "It It will be great," he said.

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Clutter Coach

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

This is Podcast 106 and it’s about organizing tips from my college days. I was lucky enough to have my own room, a single. I wasn’t a slob, exactly, but on campus there were more fun things to do than clean up my room. The semester would start out slowly and I kept up with my work. Stitcher ?. Soundcloud ?

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JANUARY 20, 2016

One that caught my eye is Chore Wars. Mom, AKA the Dungeon Master, creates the chores and assigns them to her apprentices. Of course, I can put them in my datebook, but I find I look at email more often than my datebook; I use it as an organizing tool. Turns out that many FM users write diary entries or time capsules.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 20, 2017

A huge challenge we face as assistants is moving from a position of support staff, where we take on any task assigned to us, to a more proactive position where we source our own work, take on projects that we think will make a difference and make decisions based on the best interests of the business and our Executives. I bet there are loads.

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Clutter Coach

OCTOBER 17, 2019

His question is: how do I prevent that from happening without micromanaging my assistant? Whenever you assign work to someone else, go over all the details, even if employees say they know how to do something. In the example case, he can ask his assistant to write regular reports on the project. He trusts his assistant.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

What are the desired outcomes and risks for this assignment?”. Quickly ask for details, capture the task in writing or save it electronically, and ask for the deadline. These assignments can wait until next month or even later. This opportunity has forced me to re-examine my capacity and stretch myself.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Even though I start my year in September, I’m going to share with you how you can start mapping out the year you want anytime you want in just one hour. My point is that one hour may seem like a lot, but it isn’t. Write anything that comes to mind on that paper. So why not do it? percent of a day.6 6 percent of a week.14

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Clutter Coach

MARCH 16, 2013

One that caught my eye is Chore Wars. Mom, AKA the Dungeon Master, creates the chores and assigns them to her apprentices. Of course, I can put them in my datebook, but I find I look at email more often than my datebook; I use it as an organizing tool. Turns out that many FM users write diary entries or time capsules.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 12, 2014

I have been carrying my own invisible bag for more than 35 years. I am a firm believer in being as proactive as possible to reduce the number of times I have to be reactive; that philosophy has to do with every aspect of my life. If I need to grow in that area or expand my knowledge, I add to the base. Hello Monday Motivators!

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 24, 2017

Here are my t op 8 time management tips to hack productivity. Putting pen to paper and writing down everything you need to do in a day can make you more committed to getting it all done, as well as really hitting home how much there is and how long it will take. Plan Your Day With An Organizer.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 22, 2010

A manager sees your "surface" performance, but what is beneath the surface that may never be revealed because: • your manager does not give you assignments that will show that talent. • you are not assigned tasks or projects because no one knows you are capable of doing "that". the "job" does not involve work around that talent. •

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Who's the Real Boss?

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Giving my business a very different focus these last two years, I have been exploring the professional side of Resume Writing and professionalising of other people’s brands, putting my years of experience and qualifications in both writing and recruitment training, to good use.

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