Freelance Success Blog

Welcome to the Freelance Success blog, where you’ll find practical how-tos, success stories, inspiration, and much more.



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5 Easy Ways for Freelancers to Develop the Growth Mindset

Successful freelancers believe that working hard to develop their talent and abilities will lead to success. They have a growth mindset.

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t—you’re right,” said Henry Ford, founder…


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How to Boost Your Resilience When Things Go Wrong

Resilience can help you overcome adversity and setbacks. Studies show that people can become more resilient at any age.

Navy SEALs and freelancers don’t seem to have much in common. But if setbacks and adversity…


How More Confidence Helped Shannon Unlock Freelance Success

Confidence is a key ingredient in freelance success. After Shannon Hach boosted her confidence, her freelance business began to grow.

When Shannon Hach, MD, ELS, left family medicine to become a freelance medical editor…


7 Ways to Boost Your Confidence as a Freelancer

If you’re like many freelancers, you’re not sure you’ve got what it takes. But you probably have a lot more going for you than you think you do—and little or no reason…

6 Ways to Overcome Failure and Achieve Freelance Success

Many successful people were failures before they succeeded. And failure is an opportunity to try again. Here are 6 ways to turn failure into freelance success.

Does failure mean you’re not smart enough or don’t have what…


6 Tips for When You Need More Luck as a Freelancer

luckAre you lucky enough?

Successful freelancer Lindy Alexander and research on luck show that we have more control over our own luck than most of us we think we do. Learn how Lindy created her…


Do You Feel Like an Imposter? Here’s the Cure

If you feel like a fraud, and worry that soon everyone will know that you’re not good enough, you’re in good company. John Steinbeck, Jodie Foster, Sheryl Sandberg, Tom Hanks—and many freelancers—have all felt like…


4 Ways to Become a More Positive Thinker

Positive thinking helps you get better freelance clients and deal with challenges. It also leads to better health and more happiness. 

“Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know,” says H. Jackson Brown, Jr. in Life’s Little Instruction Book,…


The Superhero Power You Need to Know About: Grit

Freelancers who succeed aren’t luckier or smarter than freelancers who struggle. But we have grit: the determination to succeed and to push through the obstacles that all freelancers face.

Do you ever wonder why it’s so…