Essential web writing + content marketing advice
Lets get this out of the way: the freelance lifestyle is not paradise. Heck, work is not paradise.
It’s a necessary evil.
But if you are going to do something to make a living, you better have a good reason for doing it. You better enjoy it. At least enjoy it more than other alternatives. Like a good friend of mine once said, “If I’m going to be miserable, I’d rather be working for myself.”
In other words, freelancing is the lesser of two evils. I like that. [Read more…]
Hard work will get you anything. Or anywhere. So the saying goes.
You can climb that ladder. Buy that plane. Build that wine cellar in your basement.
Hard work will let you live out your fantasy.
But imagine if you live on the side of the 23,600 ft massif of Nozing Kangtsang, between the Tibetan capital Lhasa and Mount Everest to the south. And your job is to watch over a flock of 60 goats and sheep.
To say you endure cold winters is a gross understatement. [Read more…]