Learn the business you are in (or entering). Protect your work – be it writing, photography, illustration, Art. Learn contracts and copyright. Do not sign anything that you don’t 100% understand. Don't take anybody's word for it, like “yeah, the contract gives...
No one has a gun to your head. Realize that you have chosen the path you are walking. You have chosen to be here – no one is forcing you. You are here by choice and you choose you conditions. That means that you either create the conditions that you want, or that you...
Freedom is really just the ability to control your situation. People choose to leave their jobs and become an entrepreneur to gain freedom, only to get caught up in the daily grind and hustle and end up feeling in a 24/7 prison without air to breathe and time to live....
Beliefs * (Strategy + Execution) * Time = Results Looks simple enough. The devil is in the detail – Just think it through. Frei übersetzt: Glaube * (Strategie + Ausführung) * Zeit = Ergebnisse Sieht einfach aus, aber der Teufel steckt, wie immer, im Detail....
Problems that are procrastinated are always amplified! For illustrators on assignment: Waiting always makes deadlines worse. Frei übersetzt Aufgeschobene Probleme tun länger weh. Und speziell für Illustratoren: Je länger man wartet, desto unangenehmer werden...
… is ONE. I was trying to find who actually said this, but couldn't. Anyway, it's true: ONE Customer ONE Product ONE Sales Channel Try for THREE of the above as soon as possible. Also, if you work on very tight schedules: ONE email provider ONE internet provider...