When you work for yourself, selling your services is an integral part of the activity. I know from my own experience and from working with clients that this is one of the biggest blocks for self-starters and not only for them. I always thought that sales wasn't really...

Although freelance life has many pluses, one of the most common minuses I hear other colleagues talk about is instability. In terms of number of clients, income, workload. In the months when there is enough activity, when the bank account is replenished with income,...

For the last half an hour I've been browsing Facebook, checking other social networks instead of working, e.g. writing this article. Does this situation look familiar? I remember very well from my university days, when it was exam time, the house was perfectly tidy,...

Some time ago, I attended a webinar by my very favourite coaching professional and bestselling author on coaching, where I heard a very interesting analogy that I still remember today.  Imagine you are a company. Every company has shareholders. In the beginning, each...

More recently, I have discovered the fun and joy of hiking alone in the mountains. I never thought I would dare, let alone enjoy it so much 🙂 without telling anyone, I planned my first rather ambitious solo hike - about 12-14 km, at least 1000 m of ascent, about 4...

When you plan things, when you set goals, what do you focus on first - how difficult it will be and what obstacles you will have to overcome, the process itself or the final result? As I like to write through personal experience, I would like to share one more...

Over the years of working in recruitment, I've seen many different hiring managers - from those who are new to the role and responsibly preparing to take on a new team member, to those who show little interest, read CVs sluggishly and can't find the time to meet. As a...