• Freelance Switch: Many disagreements with clients, aside from payment issues, arise due to differences between the freelancer’s ideas and those of the client. Knowing how to better align with your client would go a long way to curing that.
• Freelance Folder: Something to consider if you occasionally have the habit of not meeting deadlines: “Will I re-hire a freelancer who missed a sensitive deadline? Chances are, the answer is no.” Here’s how to never miss one.
• Smashing Magazine: “Why do most ideas never happen? The reason is that our own creative habits get in the way. For example, our tendency to generate new ideas often gets in the way of executing the ones we have. As a result, we abandon many projects halfway through.” Read on for a nice analysis on getting these ideas to actually happen.
• Reen Coded: In freelancing, nearly everyone has periods of downtime following projects. You could use these periods to rest… or to your advantage and find ways to earn more money.
• Web Designer Depot: There are a million posts out there asking you why aren’t you aren’t freelancing yet. What are you waiting for? Well, you may want to consider these reasons before making the jump.
• Design Luv: Would five minutes taken out of your day be worth it if it get you more work?
• DesignM.ag: To be successful with freelance work, it requires many hard dedicated hours. What comes next? Eventual burnout. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid the dreaded freelance burnout.
• Dumb Little Man: Procrastination is not healthy if anything is to ever get done. Or is procrastination actually good for you?
• Copyblogger: There is a lot of advice on being a better blogger. Forget it all for a second and read the habits of highly effective bloggers. Are you doing any of these?
• CtKingston.com: It made my day knowing the top ten freebies out here… anywhere!

More on the author, Johnny Spence
Johnny is the founder of The Freelance Rant and a freelance web programmer with 8 years in the business. Have a visit at his company Oscarrr!web or see what he's up to on Twitter.

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