Whether it is by choice or circumstances that your partner picks up freelancing as a form of occupation, it is not necessary a bad thing.
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My Freelancing Weapons
When I was a manager, I like to give my all and my best to the task at hand so it isn’t unusual to expect the same when I became a freelancer. Being a freelancer to me is rather like a boss marketing my own services to my clients and each client I treat them…
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I Have Writer’s Block Too!
Hands up if you get writer’s block! Despite some of my readers’ assumptions that I don’t have this problem, I do! Maybe not as often as some might have but every now and then, I do face writer’s block and couldn’t write any further than the first sentence. Sometimes, it is because I am overly…
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Work Hacks that will Save You Time
When I first started out as a fresh face in the workforce, I never had time to eat out during lunch time and often look on in amazement that my colleagues are able to knock off on time. Soon I begin to fall sick and I know this is not the way to go. I…
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How To Run Your Business Like A Boss
Being a boss is no easy task – when you leave your job to begin running a start up, there are more things you have to consider than simply your financial situation. If you’ve never run a company before, there are a lot of things that you need to learn. Here are some basics to…
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The Challenges of Dealing with a Stalling Career
Is your career beginning to stall? Many people find themselves feeling that way. Time is passing by, and you’re not quite where you wanted to be at this stage in your career. There are many challenges that come with dealing with this kind of situation. You need to know what you’re going to be up…
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Reminiscing 2 Years Ago
Reminiscing 2 years ago this period where I handed in my resignation letter in the most reluctant mood ever. I was totally immersed in my career, peak of my time, enjoying my work and what it brings me – the satisfaction, the achievements, the recognition and of course, the great pay and benefits that come…
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Be a Realistic Freelancer
I believe I have touched on this topic before in one of my earlier freelancing articles. As I advertised and hired freelancers either for my own business or on behalf of my clients, I came across unrealistic freelancers who demands. Yes, you heard it right, demands. Here are some of the ridiculous requests / unrealistic…
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How to Grab That Promotion with your bare hands
Time and time again, you have missed out that major promotion. You question yourself “Are you not good enough?” You felt defeated, you are ready to give up and in fact, you don’t even care if your boss sees you browsing through Monster.com. Don’t give up yet! Let me share my secrets of grabbing that…
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Whisper: I sabotaged my one of my staff’s career
*As told to Kally from someone who wishes to be anonymous It feels good to get this off my chest. I’ve been carrying around an evil secret. It’s so bad that it could get me fired from my job. This incident happened 2 years ago. I have been promoted as a senior in my retail…
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Review: Grammarly.com
Whether you are a student, a writer, a blogger even in your professional life, wouldn’t it be great to have your written work scan through by someone first before you submit? That is why great editors are often expensive and highly sought after. Even when I was in the workforce, many of my peers would love…
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Are you cowering from change?
Change is inevitable in our current society and economy. In fact, there are only three ways going about change. Either you lead the change, you follow the change like everyone else, or change drags you. The leaders of the world are always fighting to lead the change because the successful ones who do, become rich,…
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2017 New Year Resolutions
A new year usually means a new list of resolutions. I mentioned it before that I don’t usually make resolutions because I don’t necessarily follow them to a tee. Instead, I love to adapt to changes in my life and each year; I have epic life changing moments that causes me to evaluate my life…
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Bad Habits You need to Change if You want to become a successful freelancer
Everyone has their bad habits when comes to personal lifestyles, your work style is not spare either. Meanwhile, if you are an employee, you probably will be told of your bad habits during appraisals but you won’t be that lucky if you are a freelancer. As a freelancer, one con to this career path is…
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Salute to Pregnant Working Ladies Out there
As I waddle my way into the third trimester, I really wish I can give each and every pregnant career woman a huge hug! Not that if you are pregnant and not working, you are not as important but I’m amazed how someone can be miraculously creating a baby inside her, wakes up at 6…
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Whisper: The Thing that Destroy My Social Life and Almost Kill my Career
*As told to Kally by someone who wishes to remain anonymous I am sure that everyone knows or at least heard about the terrible craze Pokémon Go. Yes, this article is about how this fad destroys my social life completely and left me barely jobless. I used to be kinda of a party animal, or…
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Do you ask why?
As I look through my blog stats, I wonder if everyone looks at their stats the same way. Do folks question if the likes are by people who really read the whole article? Or are they awarded because of their support for you and your website? Do you ask yourself why? This is the same…
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Guest Post: BOREDroom Disclosure
Last week, I came across an awesome post and the blogger Jen was generous enough to allow me to share this with you. Please enjoy. Hop over to her blog if you enjoy her candid words as much as I do! How many times have I sat there at the conference table across the General…
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Death by Overwork
Today, I came across a very sad and disturbing news. A young woman of 24 years old took her life due to work related stress. Some may think it is silly or out of this world to lose your life to something tangible like your job but I think it is one of the saddest…
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Guest Post: How Sleep Affects Productivity at Work
Sleep deprivation is becoming a dangerous trend and where it’s affecting our health, happiness and relations, it’s also putting a serious dent on our work performance. Many of us may believe that snoozing is losing, though research proves otherwise. Sleep deprivation compromises cognitive functions such as concentration, working memory, mathematical capacity and logical reasoning, all…
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