Decisions are like hats, haircuts and tattoos

Making decisions doesn’t have to be hard. I believe that more people fail from failing to make a timely decision than from making the wrong one. If you make a decision that proves to be wrong you can usually correct it (we’re talking about business here, not open-heart surgery). If you procrastinate about making a […]

What do you do when the world is chaotic?

When chaos seems to be the norm, how do we run our businesses? Work Smart Not Hard Tip No. 43 in a series written for Indie Cambs From AI to wars, politics, supply chains, prices, DEI issues and more, it’s easy to feel that we’re not able to influence anything very much. If you sometimes […]

Getting your pricing right

How do you work out what to charge? At a recent Work Smart Not Hard meeting a new member who had just left his corporate employment of many years to start freelancing was explaining how he used spreadsheets to work out how much time he spent on each job and what this meant about how […]

How do you rate your thinking skills?

Is thinking a uniquely human skill? Work Smart Not Hard Tip No. 42 in a series written for Indie Cambs We’re entering an interesting time. With the help of  AI anyone can create almost anything in seconds with barely a thought, so it’s going to take the thinkers, the people who know how to think, […]

Practice defensive pessimism

Do you convince yourself you’ll lose or convince yourself you’ll win? Work Smart Not Hard Tip No. 41 in a series written for Indie Cambs If you know me, you’ll now that I’m a bit of a tennis fan. The gladiatorial aspect of the sport is fascinating.  It truly is a game where no-one can […]