Why Take Your Child To Work Day Is Especially Important for Freelancers
If you have a creative job, it can be kind of hard to explain what it is you actually do. That's especially true if you're explaining it to a child,…
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6 Artists Who Took Major Risks (And Reaped Huge Rewards)
Risk aversion is natural – literally, our brains are wired to react to negative information more swiftly, meaning we're more likely to act out of fear of what negative consequences…
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Lessons On Success From The Artists Of Buenos Aires
You don't want to be a starving artist, but you know that getting rich and famous isn't going to happen overnight. So how do you keep motivated day after day?…
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Can Alternative Education Save The US Job Market?
Major indicators of the US job market have pointed to a potentially alarming trend in the last few months: A mismatch between open positions and skilled workers. Essentially, while employers…
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How To Transition From Self-Employed Back To Full-Time
At this time last year, I was working for myself and had just gotten back from a lucrative trade show in Las Vegas. Our custom phone case making equipment was…
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How To Hustle Like A Model: Make Things Happen, Find Your Strengths
My alarm is beeping. It’s 6:30am. I roll over and open my eyes. I glance at the bag I pre-packed last night lying by my shoes on the floor and…
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Tim Gunn: There Is No Excuse for A Lack of Inspiration
Though fashion consultant, Project Runway host, and actor Tim Gunn is best known for telling designers to "make it work," he is actually kind of a creative oracle, especially regarding…
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The Spotlight Effect: Why You’re Your Own Worst Critic
"You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do," wrote David Foster Wallace in his 1996 tome, Infinite Jest. Three…
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How To Raise Your Credit Score In 4 Simple Steps
Though it's extremely important to our finances, many Americans have no idea what their credit score is, either because they haven't needed to or, more likely, because they're nervous to…
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What A Freelance Budget Really Looks Like [Infographic]
For the last few years, freelancing has been a tip-of-tongue topic among creative workers. Even if we're not self-employed full-time, a lot of us are balancing side-projects in our night…
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