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Who is the person in your life that helps you be the best
freelancer in your world? Is it a loving spouse that goes to work
every day, providing your family with the extra income you need to
make sure the mortgage is paid, food is on the table, and your kids
are not dirty urchins [...]
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article (which I discovered thanks to The Irreverent Freelancer)
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Setting Guidelines for Turning Down Freelance Work
Throughout the span of this blog's existence, the question I've
seen most is, "How can I find more/better freelance work?" To be
sure, this is probably a key aspect for most freelancers, often
causing them to accept work that is not necessarily profitable or
within their talent scope. This is not always a bad thing since
such work is sometimes necessary (or at least instructive) during
the initial growth of a freelance career. But hopefully, as your
freelance business grows, you will begin to elicit more requests
than you have time to attend to. So it helps to set some loose
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