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A guide to become a successful freelancer🧵👇

Taking these simple steps one at a time is all it takes to become a successful freelancer today.

1. Define your goals :

If you don't have a clear goal, you will end up nowhere. To get started, ask yourself that "why do you want to become a freelancer"!!

2. Learn a profitable skill :

Completely master a skill that has a high value and is profitable. spend a lot of time practicing it until you become an expert.

Skills you can learn to start freelancing :

1. Web design
2. Copy writing
3. UX design
4. Video editor
5. Content creator
6. App developer
7. Marketing Agency
8. Coding
9. Technical writing

3. Build an online portfolio :

Your portfolio shows your skills and attracts high paying clients. You can think of it as your resume for clients to hire you. So, building a professional portfolio is a great idea.

15 books you should read every year:

Think Again by Adam Grant

Lessons:
• We are most confident when we lack competence (Dunning-Kruger effect)
• Admitting that you don’t know something is a superpower

Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

Lessons:
• Build trust through mirroring and tone of voice
• Take things slowly

1984 by George Orwell

Lessons:
• We are shaped by our circumstances
• Our past is controlled by our present

Deep Work by Cal Newport

Lessons:
• Our attention span is 8-seconds
• Stop working at the same time each day and shut everything off

7 Books that Changed My Life:

- Winning
- Atomic Habits
- The Behavior Gap
- The Millionaire Mind
- How to Become a Rainmaker
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

What books changed your life?

Learning myths #2: Learning formats 👇

Many believe that there are different types of learners

I.e. some people learn more effectively from visual material, some from auditory material and others from kinaesthetic practice

Therefore, instruction should be tailored to each learner’s preferred style (1/11)

Paul Howard-Jones (2014) suggested that this assumption is based on the fact that different regions of the cortex have different roles in visual, auditory, and sensory processing, so students should learn differently “according to which part of their brain works better” (2/11)

Yet, despite the popularity of the theory, there is ample evidence to contradict its validity (3/11)

Tesia Marshik (2015) gave an example of a study to test this.

Participants are given a list of words to memorise. They are either presented with the written list of words, with images of the words, or they listen to the words being read aloud (4/11)

I recently found out I'm going to be a father.

Here are the principles I want to teach my child to live by:

Be Interested

Talent is overrated—interest is not.

Interested people are prone to giving their deep attention to something to discover more about it.

They ask questions, listen, & observe. They open up to the world around them.

Being interested is a key to a fulfilling life.

Different is Beautiful

Growing up, I feared being different—I desperately wanted to fit in.

I made bad decisions grounded in insecurity.

I only realized later: being different is your edge—your ultimate competitive advantage.

No one can compete with you, at being you.

Work Hard

If you want to accomplish anything in life, you have to work hard.

Don't believe the hype. Hard work isn't the sexy, flashy Instagram posts saying "rise & grind”—it's the ugly, painful effort in the dark, when no one is watching.

If you want something, go get it.

Show Up in the Darkest Hour

It's easy to be there for people to celebrate their wins.

It takes character to show up for them in their darkest hour.

People never forget who supported them when the chips were down.

Be the friend who is always there—in good times and bad.