I’m currently reading Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In. The first few chapters are dedicated to empowering women to learn to sit at the table, seize every opportunity and make better negotiations. Every time she mentioned something about demanding for better working conditions, I kept nodding at the accuracy of it because…
On the first of December, I received an email that would change the course of my life. At least in the short run. One of my biggest clients was giving me ( and a few of us) one month notice. Which meant by the end of the year, exactly on…
Since the beginning of my writing career about four years ago, I have always challenged myself to take on new clients every year. With my short attention span of about six months to a year, I realized that I got bored and restless immediately the novelty of the job wore…
Truth be told, writing is hard. It is tedious and on bad days, can be difficult. If anyone had told me a couple of years ago that I would end up writing, I would have side-eyed them and asked, do you mean me well? I’ve been getting some requests on freelance writing and…
Last week, LinkedIn ran a Week of Learning. For one week, all the courses of the LinkedIn Learning app was free. (It hasn’t changed though) I heard about it rather late - about four days in - but I was still able to take advantage of a few courses. So, for the…
The other day, I was at a meeting with a potential client. Just before the end of the meeting, he asked me, ‘what inspires you?’ I was numb for a minute before mumbling something along the lines of money, success, and results. Not necessarily in that order. He then probed a…