Do you resolve reviewer comments?
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Do you resolve reviewer comments?
Many writers resolve reviewer comments, which is inefficient. It assumes you’ve resolved it. But you can’t decide that; the reviewer should.
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Work towards not having to adjust.
As you grow in your career, begin to invest in not adjusting, not adjusting with what you have. Invest in setting yourself up better.
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Celebrate yourself (and I’m on leave)
As I turn 34, I’m taking the day off and celebrating. Would you celebrate with me? Share the one thing you’ve done since COVID struck that you’re proud of. Share the love.
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Bias for action.
Bias for action is about making things happen. It’s about moving forward, especially in ambiguity. It is about being decisive when you have no energy for the consequences.
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Managing different stakeholders’ different needs.
Having multiple stakeholders on a freelance project is like having multiple bosses at work — a recipe for disaster. But it is surprisingly common and often inevitable. Work in the modern world is about different people’s ideas, even when they’re stupid ones.
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I prefer to stand during video calls (and a plug of some fab advice).
Working from home for 7-8 years now, if there is one thing I’ve realised, it’s that the way I plonk my body has a direct effect on how I feel, and therefore behave.
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Only language (most) businesses understand is money.
While signing on new clients, ask for an advance. Their reaction will tell you how serious they are.
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How to handle clients who keep setting fires you have to put out?
Clients have a tendency to think that you’ll make time to do their work. They have their urgencies which they will most certainly transfer to you. Some clients will be worth it. Some not. Grow an intuition to tell the difference.
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What does a break mean to you?
I’d spent so many years being high-energy that I’d muddied up what normal was. That day was a welcome break from my own self.
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Salaried, not full-time.
I often hear the word ‘full-timer’ as the opposite of ‘freelancer’. Don’t freelancers work full-time? I even know freelancers who work only for one client 8 hours a day — they just don’t get PF, gratuity etc.