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STARTING A FREELANCE CAREER : THE ERRATIC BOTTOM LINE The one thing all beginning freelancers have in common is the erratic bottom line. The person who said “…it’s either feast or famine…” must have had a freelance career.

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DON'T PROCRASTINATE! ! Procrastination can begin so innocently, but grow to drain the vitality from the most passionate of endeavors.

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PERSEVERANCE If you have a dream, a goal if you will, and the perseverance to keep going against all odds you can succeed at anything.

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IT'S A BALANCING ACTA successful freelance career is a balancing act.

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MORE READING CHOICES FOR FREELANCERS Reading choices that are great for freelancers

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READING CHOICES FOR FREELANCERS Reading choices that are great for freelancers

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STARTING YOUR FREELANCE CAREER
THE HAPPINESS FACTOR If you can discover what work you want to do, what makes you happy, you can "have it all." Why not approach your job with the idea that as long as you have to work you may as well do something you enjoy?

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT What can you do to re-energize your creative thought processes? In addition to all the standard sources of brain food, here are some other possibilities

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BE FLEXIBLE Life doesn't always work out the way you plan. Neither does it follow your pre-determined schedule. You can plan your freelance career. Set your goals. Educate yourself. Do all the right things. And guess what? Life just may throw you a few curves.

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THINKING "LOCAL" CAN GIVE YOU AN EDGE Want an edge on the competition? Need to find prospects and clients to carry you through the lean times? Then do yourself a big favor and think "local."

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DEVELOP AND NURTURE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS Contacts, and the sometimes resulting strategic partnering, are as important to you as they are to huge conglomerates. You need to develop and nurture long-term relationships if you are going to succeed.

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START A JOURNAL What happened to those brilliant ideas that came in the middle of the night? It is so frustrating to try unsuccessfully to remember a concept that, when originally conceived, was "unforgettable."

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PAMPER YOURSELF : YOU DESERVE IT! Marilyn gives us some clever ideas for designing a home office that you can be happy with, and all on a budget.

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STOP AND TAKE STOCK Pull out your business plan and remember all the good reasons you are where you are. Great article, as always, by Marilyn Crain.

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BUILD A FOUNDATION Give your future a strong foundation-continue to educate yourself. Whether you have just completed your formal education or you are leaving your on-the-job training to pursue a freelance career, it is absolutely essential to your success that you never stop learning. Even when you don't feel you can spare the time, you must always be alert to what is happening in your field.

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MAKE A PLAN Your future is in very capable hands--yours.

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Marilyn Crain is a freelance writer with an extensive background in human resources, information systems and performance improvement. Most of her writing has been in these business fields, but she is now expanding her horizons into other areas.

She has had a lifelong love of reading and writing. Among her many passions is sharing history with children through her developing series of children's historical fiction soon to be out on www.ezetta.com.

She is a partner in the e-newsletter/e-marketing site http://www.evoicenewsletters.com/, as well as, the soon to be launched eZetta.com, author's site devoted to e-book publishing and decodiva.com, a site filled with beautiful living resources. She is co-publisher of two newsletters, The eVoice and The Freelance Life. You may contact her: marilyn@smartwriters.com.

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