In conversation with a fellow consultant last week, my work as a reviewer of young adult books for The Australian newspaper came up. �…
In conversation with a fellow consultant last week, my work as a reviewer of young adult books for The Australian newspaper came up. �…
We are so often told to look on the sunny side of life and to cultivate a positive attitude for success. But what if fortune comes up …
If you as a solopreneur find that you are travelling about like a gypsy, or even like a snail with a laptop on your back, welcome to the wor…
Email is free, right? Well, yes, you don’t have to use a stamp and you can send them out to hundreds of people all in the same moment for th…
Sometimes when I look at my career path it looks like the Great Ocean Road, full of widening vistas, extraordinary scenery and sudden pulse-…
If working alone has one major challenge, it’s how to keep yourself motivated when work isn’t coming in, clients don’t return your cal…
Last week the sun was out and the air was shining. My colleague and I took a Claytons break (the kind you have when you say you are ha…
When Odysseus left for the war, he placed his friend Mentor in charge of his son. In order to advise the boy, the goddess Athena would appea…
I don’t know whether you have had time lately to stop and smell the blossoms but, in my part of the world, it is spring. And that me…
Last week I gave you some things to do at face-to-face networking events. This week a list of some of the don’ts, compiled from my own exp…
Word-of-mouth and referrals from networking are a solo operator’s chief marketing tools. And with social media all the craze, there …
Dear Solo Self, Just thought I would drop you a line to see how you are getting on. You have been slogging away there all by yourse…
