Here in the UK the school holidays have just started, seven long weeks of kids being around the house and asking ‘What are we going to do today Mum?’  Most freelance trainers work from home and whilst we must take the opportunity to enjoy spending time with our children,  there’s no getting away from the [...]

Have you ever noticed how associating with positive people can have

One of the truly wonderful things about the internet is the access we all have now to free information. It’s all around us, freely available and every day our inboxes are full of newsletters, blogs, tips and invitations to sign up for more of the same.
Even more remarkable is how much of this stuff [...]

Let’s face it, being a freelancer can be very lonely and it can be very easy to beat yourself up when something goes wrong. If you’re not careful you can get on a downward spiral of self doubt – when that happens you may feel like giving up and going back to corporate life.
One [...]

It’s well known that lack of confidence and self belief is one of the biggest barriers to success. We were talking about this last week at the workshop and one person was saying that he was worried that big corporates wouldn’t pay for his services and he felt as though he couldn’t really justify [...]

Freelance trainers – what would you like to achieve in 2010 and what might get in the way?