10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio Career
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You may have noticed of late that Katie has begun to produce works of linguistic art ! I love what she has started to do and indeed she knocks these pieces of art off to the tune of a few a day – a bit like Picasso did in his greedy period. I showed some [...]
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Great post on making little bets i.e. start stuff in a small way and shape and develop as you go. There is a lot more in this post especially for portfolio workers – its a mindset. As Carolyn Myss puts it, “You cannot live for prolonged periods of time within the polarity of being true to [...]
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My good friend Nick Williams has recently published a new book called THE BUSINESS YOU WERE BORN TO CREATE. A great read with short chapters ideal for the time challenged. One chapter caught my eye entitled “Maybe you are a renaissance soul?” and he quotes Barbara Winter Author of Making a Living without a Job. [...]
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makes you think ?
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We did a posting recently on the thorny issue of when can one use photos garnered from the internet to spice up blog postings or presentations. You need to understand the concept of creative commons and once you have then here are 6 sites that we use to get free photos and artwork – admittedly [...]
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Clay Shirky looks at “cognitive surplus” — the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. While we’re busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi (and yes, making LOLcats), we’re building a better, more cooperative world.
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We posted a video last work from Philip Zimbardo on the secret powers of time and commented on the highly original presentation put together by RSAnimate. Today we are posting another one of their superb presentations – this time to accompany Daniel Pink who is again discussing his new book Drive. We are indebted to [...]
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Katie and I are both great enthusiasts for Ken Robinson’s work and presentations and his writing. Katie interviewed him for this website last year. He has messages for all of us but we believe is especially appropriate to portfolio working. Portfolio workers usually choose this career pattern as it enables them to engage with most [...]
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