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Episode 10 of the Home Work Podcast is here!

This week Dave and Aaron are joined by Cindy Caughey, a home-based presentation designer. While the conversation is more organic this week, topics covered include staying active while working from home and how to say no to work when it’s right there in your house.

If you love us, be sure to leave a review in iTunes, and if you use an iOS device like an iPhone or iPad, check out Instacast as a great way to subscribe to Home Work and the many other great podcasts in the 70 Decibels network.

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THIS WEEK’S SPONSORS: SquareSpace and Pear Note

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The Frictionless Capture Cards

I carry index cards in my pocket 24/7. Because I’m a nerd.

But also because I’m incredibly interested in being as productive as I can. Forgetting tasks or ideas is a great way to ruin your career as a freelancer. Forgetfulness adds friction, and I prefer to be as frictionless as possible.

Introducing the Frictionless Capture Cards. Created to help you remove frustration and stress from your workflow, these cards provide an easy way to capture thoughts, ideas or notes wherever you are. Just enough structure to help you focus, but not enough to get in the way.

The Capture Cards are printed full-bleed on 70lb premium cover stock. They feel great in your hand, yet hold up well in your pocket. Try them. You’ll love them.

Grab a pack before midnight tonight and use coupon code FRICTIONLESS to get 30% off your order!

Frictionless

If you hang around this site enough, you’ll notice that we use the word “friction” a lot to explain the stuff that gets in the way of us achieving our goals. As freelancers, we want to get better at what we do. This helps us earn more, do more and grow into better people and business owners. Friction, then, is our main enemy, and learning to attack it and remove it is key to our success.

Our newsletter, Practically Frictionless, is a great example of one of the ways we are trying to guide people toward a freelancing experience that has less friction in it. It goes out twice a month, so if short lessons and suggestions about removing friction interests you, be sure to sign up today.

But the concept of “friction” has gotten so big that it has started to outgrow the ABF site. So, as of today, all of the friction materials are headed to a new home and business, Frictionless. A Better Freelancer will continue to do what it always does, never fear. But there is so much to teach and say about friction that it seemed natural to give it its own platform to grow.

Some things to know about the site as you head over there:

  • There’s a Frictionless Manifesto that you should download and read. Trust me.
  • The Frictionless email newsletter is the same as Practically Frictionless. You can sign up on either site for the same list.
  • Look for future books that will expand the ideas of friction and how it can be removed from various areas of our lives.
  • And be sure to take a look at the new Frictionless Capture Cards. These custom-designed index cards are great for capturing ideas and tasks in the moment, before you forget them.

Head over to Frictionless today and dig in to the great resources that are currently available, and make sure you check back often to learn about new stuff!

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Episode 08 of the Home Work Podcast is here!

Working from home can be like working on a desert island. Dave and Aaron discuss communication, the role it plays in the home office, and their favorite tools for staying in touch with the rest of the world.

If you love us, be sure to leave a review in iTunes, and if you use an iOS device like an iPhone or iPad, check out Instacast as a great way to subscribe to Home Work and the many other great podcasts in the 70 Decibels network.

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This week’s episode is brought to us by Squarespace and Pear Note.

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