I’m a full-time freelancer who gave up a high-octane corporate career to become my own boss. As an organizational communications consultant, business writer/editor, and writing instructor, my business has weathered the ups and downs of the economy and is still going strong.
My tenure on Medium is a little over…
Has often has happened to you? You’re reading something, and you’re partway through it when you find yourself saying, “What?” You think it’s you — may be your mind wandered and you missed something important. So, you start over. Then you get to the same spot as before, and you…
There are lots of articles on improving reads, earnings, and followers. I’ve gained valuable information from many of them to improve all that quantitative data. But, for me, they aren’t as important as the qualitative data.
Quantitative data is measurable information that can be rendered in numbers. For example, how…
Asking for help is hard for a lot of people, myself included. My family raised us to be self-sufficient and asking for help meant that we had failed in some way. One of the hardest and most shameful things to hear was, “You made your bed, now lie in it.”…
I rarely finish things early, but I’m also never late. I’ve learned over my career how much time I need to produce anything from a short-form article to a proposal to an entire manual or book-length manuscript. I am a master of the fine art of procrastination.
It’s hard to gain agreement or reach a consensus if you are unable to communicate your ideas with confidence. You can be overlooked, passed over, or ignored, and when it happens frequently, your self-esteem takes a hit that can knock you down so hard you need help getting up. If…
Body, mind, and emotions are connected; change one and the others change to match it. Here 3 science-backed tricks that can quickly boost your self-confidence before tackling what makes you feel:
Think of all the ways the word “no” can be said. Firmly, coquettishly, uncertainly, surprisedly, off-handedly, angrily, casually, and more. How we say it largely determines how someone else interprets it. For such a small word, it can be one of the hardest words to use.
“Tone is the hardest…
My mother always complained that my attention was never on what I was doing. While I can be highly focused and mindful when I’m working in a flow state, my life is lived 5 minutes ahead of where I am now. …
Writer, editor, coach for creating fulfillment & satisfaction in work & life. Writer for Mind Cafe, Illumination, Curious, & more. Find her at pat@phaddock.com.
