Hair is part of your image – and as I always like to say, there’s no good second first impression is there? Perhaps you can’t leave the house without your phone, your heels or…
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I’ve been working as a freelancer since Day 1 of my career. After obtaining 2 degrees and following several work and study experiences abroad, I started working for myself giving myself 6 months to…
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Busy bee: this year started big, with plenty of long-term commitments and even less free time in the day to write. I’ve been meaning to take a short break – but it ended up to…
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I’ve recently listened to a dear colleague of mine (@jonathanddownie) at a translation conference (@TLConference) talking about the importance of having a lifeline – it’s an interesting word just because to me it evokes…
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How important is first impression for freelancers? Ivanka Trump may have an controversial father but hey, she is an entrepreneur and knows a thing or two about good image. She says: “There’s a reason…
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Finding the right look can indeed be an issue – and we saw what the criteria are for that in a previous video: choose the place, know the crowd, the type of event… and…
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We welcomed the New Year barely a week ago but my new year starts now, work-wise. I managed to get the much sought-after (and probably much-deserved) holiday in the sun that I longed for a while:…
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The past and the future often are intertwined. I thought I would wait for Thursday, the usual day posts are published, but today something happened that pushed me to write. When I was 18 and…
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Back to school is a popular concept – most countries see their kids going back to classrooms and books by the first or second week of September and to me it has always been…
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Travelling. For those of you who are natural-born travellers, this post may be interesting – especially because the types of travellers are many and not all of them are made equal. Over the years, my…