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13 Strategies for Becoming a Successful Freelancer: Strategy Thirteen and Conclusion
There’s so much more to say about how to launch your freelancing career, but these thirteen strategies should be enough to get you moving in the right direction.
Even The Guardian Understands Free-Market Competition
The Guardian typically publishes articles with a strong anti-capitalist bent, from calling for the nationalization of Greyhound coaches to claiming that capitalism is “killing the planet.” So it was a pleasant surprise to see a Guardian headline highlighting one of capitalism’s many great benefits, perhaps unintentionally.
Ella Enchanted: A Fun Celebration of Freedom
Imagine a Cinderella story that’s about something deeper than just a girl being swept off to become a princess. Ella Enchanted, a 2004 film starring Anne Hathaway, is exactly that: a fun film set in a medieval-style kingdom with fairies and elves that demonstrates the importance of freedom.
13 Strategies for Becoming a Successful Freelancer: Strategies Eleven and Twelve
Whether or not social media will help you depends heavily on your industry. In order to decide, you first need to understand its essence.
Objective Standard Institute in Prague
Last week in Prague, two phenomenal events demonstrated the synergy OSI is fostering and the value our partner organizations are creating.
13 Strategies for Becoming a Successful Freelancer: Strategies Nine and Ten
There are many rules and principles that use numbers and ratios. By “the 70/30” principle, I mean that you don’t need to have 100 percent mastery in every aspect of a project to do it well. If a client says, “Can you do X?,” you can readily say yes if you know how to do at least 70 percent of what they’re asking for.
Inspiring Journalist Stands Up to the Russian Regime
The news from the Ukrainian-Russian war is sickening. But there are still some people in Russia who care about life and liberty, and they can inspire us to increase our own efforts to advance the cause of freedom.
The Future of Civilized Society: A Panel Discussion
Just when you thought TOS-Con 2022 couldn’t get any better, it has! On June 24 (day 3), Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Peter Boghossian, Timothy Sandefur, and I will hold a panel discussion with a Q&A on “The Future of Civilized Society.”
Calumet “K”, by Samuel Merwin and Henry Kitchell Webster
America was built by energetic, industrious people—honest, competent, persistent creators who triumphed over the harsh conditions of this new world. Such underappreciated heroes are celebrated in the novelette Calumet “K” (1901), by Samuel Merwin and Henry Kitchell Webster.