WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT <ul><li>Anna and I discuss the difference between the business of writing, and the writing of writing</li><li>The fear that so many of us feel of showing up, and putting ourselves out there or “being seen to try”. Anna says this is “straight-up embarrassment,” and we feel this way whenever we step outside the norm (even if we are embarrassed for positive reasons, like receiving a compliment)</li><li>But in addition to this, she says that what holds us back, post-pandemic, is “very low emotional reserves.” All of us have a lower baseline of resilience which makes pitching scarier, and rejection harder to take</li><li>Recognising when you’re in burnout (and remembering that you don’t have to have all the answers before you’re allowed to help anyone else!)</li><li>Defining freelancing and the many roles that freelancers need to play. Learning to be both boss and employee, and knowing when to shift between these modes</li><li>Seeking a balance between working ON the business versus IN the business. Anna says she spends 20 percent of her time actually writing… but she’s working on increasing this!</li><li>The bonkers (Anna’s word but I wholeheartedly agree!) system that rewards creative people for doing a good job by making them managers - a completely different skill-set and a role that a lot of creative people don’t actually aspire to take on</li><li>Working with people in your business from a place of collaboration, rather than management</li><li>Getting comfortable with sales (and moving on from the door-to-door salesman stereotype)</li><li>“Dirty capitalism” versus “clean capitalism” (in other words, the conflict-that-shouldn’t-be-a-conflict of doing the right thing while also making money)</li></ul> LINKS WE MENTIONED<ul><li>Anna’s book, <a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/youre-the-business-9780753558669">“You’re the Business: How to Build a Successful Career When You Strike Out Alone”</a></li><li>My first chat with Anna, on<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/life-lessons-for-freelancers-with-anna-codrea-rado/id1200930280?i=1000462414317"> “Life Lessons for Freelancers”</a> -</li><li>The book Anna mentions, “A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload” by Cal Newport</li><li>The quote I was trying to remember is attributed to Ellevest co-founder and former Citigroup CFO Sallie Krawcheck, who said, “About the most powerful thing you can do to help a society and economy is get more money in the hands of women.” Hear hear!</li></ul> WHERE TO FIND ANNA ONLINE <ul><li>Anna’s <a href="https://t.co/1r6MdJ2ATM?amp=1">podcast</a>, Is this working?  Which she co-hosts with Tiffany Philippou</li><li>Anna on Twitter (she’s <a href="https://twitter.com/annacod?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@annacod</a>)</li></ul>

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