F50 Issue #36: March 18, 2025 Renew Your Focus: Solve Five Types of Clutter in Your Freelance Business “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun … and … SNAP! The job’s a game!” Do you recognize that quote? For many of us, it’s a familiar voice from our childhood — Julie Andrews playing Mary Poppins in the 1964 movie. She’s looking after two children named Jane and Michael Banks, who need help cleaning their messy nursery. And here’s the element of fun—she...
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F50 Issue #35: February 18, 2025 How to Love Your Freelance Business: Five Lessons from Magnum, P.I. You switch the TV on. An energetic theme song erupts as a colorful helicopter flies over a deep blue ocean. Then a red sports car races down a picturesque highway, and you’re introduced to a cast of characters and their thrilling adventures. Thomas Magnum had a great life. There’s no doubt about it. Whether you watch the original Magnum, P.I., or the reboot, you can tell from the opening...
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F50 Issue #34: January 7, 2024 Start the New Year Off Right: 10 Ways to Grow Your Freelance Business in 2025 It’s December 31, 2024, and Ryan Seacrest introduces the iconic ball drop on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. Over the skyline of Manhattan, screens and buildings light up with the countdown clock, and a fleet of drones projects the numbers in a starry formation. Excitement builds. Then, as the countdown approaches the 10-second mark, Seacrest announces, “Get near someone you love....
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F50 Issue #33: December 3, 2024 Be a “Life Lifter” to Your Clients! “It feels wonderful to be on the receiving end of random acts of kindness. A few times, the driver in front of us in a drive-through has paid for our order - it is such a nice surprise when we arrive at the window and the cashier tells us that the order has already been taken care of 🥰 We never forget those moments!” – Kelly Cannings November 13 was World Kindness Day, established in 1998 as a yearly celebration that inspires...
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F50 Issue #32: November 13, 2024 Exploration + Persistence: A Recipe for Success When Freelancing After 50 Charlotte Bartlett … Professor Minerva McGonagall … Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham … Those are just a few characters that might have popped into your head when you heard the news that distinguished actor Maggie Smith had passed away at the age of 89. She had a long and varied career, spanning over seven decades. Many of us knew her from movies like A Room with a View and...
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F50 Issue #31: October 1, 2024 Healthy Aging: Five Ways to Stay Active and Ambitious After 50! September is Healthy Aging Month, and to celebrate, we’re highlighting people over 50 who have remained active — improving their health and leveling up their skills to achieve great things! (Keep reading to the end, because one of those people is YOU!) First, we’d like to introduce Betty Brussel. On January 20, 2024, at the age of 99 (turning 100 in July), she competed in the 100-104 age category at...
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Hi Reader, Just a quick reminder that you’re almost out of time to secure your spot for the upcoming masterclass: Discover 7 In-Demand Freelance Careers (that won’t be replaced by AI anytime soon).WHEN: TODAY (Thursday, September 19th) at 1pm PT (4pm ET) This Masterclass will teach you: · The FIVE truths about AI that will shape your future success as a freelancer. · A simple strategy to make AI your ally and help you grow a thriving business. · Seven in-demand Freelance Careers not to be...
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F50 Issue #30: September 3, 2024 Reaching the Summit of Your Dreams: One Baby Step at a Time “Only you know what you're capable of and you'll never find out if you don't try it.” — Dierdre Wolownick The trailer for a documentary film called Climbing into Life opens with a gorgeous mountain view, set before a background of brilliant blue sky. Sheer rock faces jut straight out of the ground, skirted by velvety green stands of trees that gently flow into the valley below. Then we hear Dierdre...
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F50 Issue #29: August 20, 2024 How to Dream Big: Five Career Lessons from Carol Burnett Two comedy legends sit down for a conversation about life, work, and aging well. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is interviewing Carol Burnett on the Wiser Than Me podcast, which promises “hilarious and intimate conversations with iconic women, brimming with wisdom and the kind of attitude that only comes with age.” And Carol does not disappoint! She’s in her 90s and shows no signs of slowing down. Most recently, she...
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