Much has been said about the “fight of the century.” I’m talking about the match between undefeated American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0) and the Philippines’ Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2), also known as the Pacman, that happened at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 2, 2015. Mayweather won the fight via a unanimous […]
Lessons on Procrastination: On Messing Up and Getting Your Act Together
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Mentoring Session with Sophie Lizard, the Force behind BAFB
In a previous post, I shared that I was awarded a freelance blogging scholarship by one of the industry greats, Sophie Lizard of Be a Freelance Blogger (BAFB). Today, at 4:00 a.m., local time, I got to speak with her via Google Hangouts. Other participants were unable to attend for a number of reasons – […]
What My Kids Teach Me about Freelancing and Life in General
Forrester said in Finding Forrester, and I quote: “No thinking. That comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think!” I may not be doing that line justice with this article, but yes, I always try to take […]
Value Is Something You Give Away (Lesson Learned from a Promotion that Almost Never Came)
Three years ago, I had a closed-door meeting with my supervisor. She told me that staff promotions were in order and that I, unfortunately, didn’t make the cut. She said that I had been seriously considered given my consistently good performance, but in the interest of equality, they had to pass me up because my […]