Living life on your own time and terms is a goal that many of us have. Alison Grade comes by the show to share her insight into how Freelancing can help you ac

Living life on your own time and terms is a goal that many of us have. Alison Grade comes by the show to share her insight into how Freelancing can help you achieve this goal. She's the author of the Penguin best-selling book The Freelance Bible and shares a wealth of information with us to help get us started on the freelance journey. QUOTES "The key thing about being a freelancer is that... you are in charge of your destiny. You're not waiting for someone to say, please do this...But with that comes huge autonomy because you can work where you like, when you like." [00:06:57] "You've got to be self-motivated. You've got to just get out of bed and want to get on with it. If you're waiting for someone to tell you what to do you need to think about how do you change that. Because either it's really not suited to you or what you're looking at doing is just not motivating you. You know, you've got to you've got to have fire in the belly for go to want to do it." [00:31:32] FIND ALISON ONLINE Website: https://alisongrade.com/ https://alisongrade.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisongrade/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisongrade/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/alisongrade https://twitter.com/alisongrade SHOW NOTES [00:05:09] How COVID will affect the movie and theater industry [00:06:45] What does being a freelancer mean? [00:08:51] I-shaped versus T-shaped people [00:10:56] The Three C’s analysis [00:15:01] How to set your price [00:19:30] Set a baseline rate [00:20:52] When to work for free [00:23:15] Doing free work to build your portfolio [00:26:24] How to identify the problem [00:30:03] Technology and freelancing [00:31:20] Key traits to become a full-fledged entrepreneur [00:33:26] Freelancing vs entrepreneurship [00:34:38] The freelancer mindset [00:35:51] Building a personal brand as a freelancer [00:37:50] Using Dunbar’s number to your advantage [00:40:10] How can we leverage networking events [00:45:39] The Random Round