Freelance Radio, Episode 19: Dealing With Self-Doubt

The nineteenth episode of Freelance Radio, the official FreelanceSwitch podcast, is now available! This episode, we talk about a number of topics, including dealing with self-doubt, ethical ways to collect payment, getting out of a project that’s not a good fit and more! Subscriptions to the podcast are available via iTunes and an archive of all podcasts will appear in the podcast section. We hope you enjoy it!

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You can subscribe on other podcast aggregators by using our podcast feed–it’s simply http://feeds.feedburner.com/FreelanceRadio. The Shownotes:

• Theme of the Episode: This episode’s theme is the dealing with self-doubt; we talk about how to deal with some of those nagging, scary questions that can eat away at a freelancer’s self-confidence and drive.
• Fantastic Forum Post and Mailbag: We talk about ethical ways to collect from a client who takes a very long time and how to get out of a project.
• Freelance Radio Recommends…:No recommendations this week for time! Other links and topics mentioned include Kristen’s blog about some of the topics her new book covers at http://www.ramenrentresumes.com and that’s about it.
• Outro: This week’s song is by Raflesia and is called El Camino from the album Logenplatz im Pantheon. The song (and indeed the album, as it’s licensed under Creative Commons) can be obtained by going to the album’s website.

And that’s the episode! If you like it, please feel free to rate it in iTunes or your favorite podcast aggregator (check us out on Digg at http://www.digg.com/podcasts/Freelance_Radio), and don’t forget to email your questions/comments via the Freelance Radio form. If you’d like to record a question/comment or submit an original outro song, you can upload them via this form!