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It may be kind of boring for everyone else, but it made us jump with joy anyway: Logo of Freelancing.eu has just been registered as an EU trademark — a happy ending to a year-long process!
Many thanks to Mira Szkandera (who designed the logo and tweaked it to stand out) and Petra Dolejsova as the lead consultant and representative. There were also important contributions from Anna Drgova (on procedures and research), Michal Hanych (on risk assessment) and Thomas Kimpfbeck (on limitations, probabilities and adjustments).
This is the cover of the new HarperBusiness’ edition of The Freelance Way, soon to be published in India, Pakistan and other countries of the Indian subcontinent — home to 1.7 billion people, many of them freelancers.
P.S. Check out our selection of this and other great books for freelancers.
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Our top 3 books of the year:
You use Google Sheets and cool features in there, right? Well if not, that’s another story. But if you do, browsing The Ultimate Google Sheets Toolkit will increase your knowledge quite a bit.
A growing collection of free tutorials includes many gems, such as 10 Google Sheets Tips You DON’T Want to Miss from our favorite Viennese expert Leila Gharani.
If you are a creative or knowledge worker, Genius Foods is one of the most useful books out there to support your mental strength and performance.
Max Lugavere (with Paul Grewal, MD) did a superb job collecting the best science-based advice on long-term brain health. The subtitle says it all: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life.
Genius Foods is a true must-read for all life-hackers and hard-working freelancers out there, which also makes it the newest addition to our list of Great books for freelancers.
It’s been a fantastic year for Freelancing.eu — the first complete one after our inception in May 2020. We have never looked back since, so here are the highlights:
If you want to watch something truly inspirational for the end of the year, Where'd You Go, Bernadette would be our top pick.
Based on a best-selling novel by Maria Semple, starring Cate Blanchett, and directed by the great Richard Linklater (Boyhood), the movie goes straight into the depth of what it means to be an original creator under the pressure of everyday life. Never mind the average rating of 6.5 on IMDb — this movie is a jewel and a must-watch for all ambitious freelancers out there!
“You are at a family gathering of some kind, and at a certain point, the conversation turns to you and your cousin George who’s a big success in the big city,” jokes Mark McGuinness about a situation familiar to many freelancers in a newly released clip Creative assets as an alternative to a career ladder from his talk.
Yearly planning is quite important for many freelancers in terms of business strategy, healthy finance, and work-life balance. YearCompass is one the most popular tools for such outlooks. Available for free in 50 languages, with more than a million downloads since 2012, the YearCompass booklet has become a sort-of standard for individual yearly planning.