Frictionless Freelancing

When you schedule your day based on priority, you can stick to it and press ahead at a steady pace.

It seems easy to blame the other person for not understanding what we have said or written, but as a communicator, it’s ultimately up to us to make sure that our message is received in the right way.

if they provide very little to work with, they should have very little ground to complain. That’s an awkward conversation to have with a client, though, and I’ll admit that it’s also very passive-aggressive.

Urgent items trump the prioritized ones,

that you are serious about being paid, just as serious as you are about delivering the results

there is a huge area of blank space beside my schedule.

I save all my emails.

For the least amount of friction, consider crafting a simple contract that covers the basics that all projects would require.

You need to learn to focus.