by Amber Turrill | Jun 7, 2016 | Amberamblings, Freelancing, Productivity
I used to work at an ad agency in Austin. I worked with some of the best people I’ve ever met. We did everything together. We stayed at work late. Once, I stayed past midnight with my boss, laughing at each others’ stupid jokes while we wrapped up a...
by Amber Turrill | Nov 16, 2015 | Best Practices, Freelancing, Management, Productivity
The world of remote working can be really challenging. This is especially true if you’re not a communicator. If you were that person who sat at the back of the class, understood everything and made straight As but never really contributed, you might be an Ill...
by Amber Turrill | Nov 2, 2015 | Freelancing, Personal Stuff, Productivity
I’m a big fan of this guy named Don Dalrymple. He’s my business coach and he’s also a pretty rad friend for several years now. I’m lucky that we’ve been involved in each other’s lives pretty tightly over the past year or so....
by Amber Turrill | Oct 5, 2015 | Best Practices, Freelancing, Productivity
People lie. Numbers don’t lie. This is the universal truth when it comes to working with a marketing person. I can spend hours on the phone going through your marketing and telling you how great I am, but if I don’t leave you with some numbers and some...
by Amber Turrill | Sep 25, 2015 | Best Practices, Freelancing, Personal Stuff, Productivity
Productivity is a science. We tend to think there’s a magic button that can be pushed or a sequence of rituals stitched together that will somehow make us all beasts. Or hyper productive robots who are fully on when we’re on. Especially after the last month, getting...
by Amber Turrill | Aug 19, 2015 | Personal Stuff, Productivity
So I broke down and bought a planner. Who cares, right? Everybody has some kind of strategic organization system-or if they should just so happen to be managing your assets somehow, you hope they do. The thing about having a planner is that I have absolutely no idea...
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