10 Books To Become a Better Freelancer

10 Books

To Become

a Better Freelancer

Today we want to make a list of books that can help you become a better freelancer, and accomplish more while enjoying the ride.

We will start with 2 books that are personal recommendations of Etcetera team members.

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown.
The book teaches about Essentialism – a productivity technique that allows to make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter.
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chriss Voss.
This book can change your life by teaching you how to use communication in order to get what you want and receive great feedback as a freelancer.

And here are 7 more books from the freelance classics:

The Freelancer’s Bible: Everything You Need to Know to Have the Career of Your Dreams—On Your Terms by Sara Horowitz
This book gives a comprehensive roadmap for starting and running a freelance business. Sara Horowitz teaches the most important things for new freelancers, including how to decide on office space, get and keep clients, let clients go, set rates, draw up contracts, or negotiate effectively.
Stop Thinking Like a Freelancer: The Evolution of a $1M Web Designer by Liam Veitch.
The book illustrates important strategies for creating a more stable freelance career. Veitch teaches us how to grow an online presence, change mindset, and repel toxic clients as we stabilize and scale freelance businesses.
Creative, Inc. by Joy Deangdeelert Cho and Meg Mateo Ilasco.
This is another book for beginners. It will help to learn about building a portfolio that gets clients’ attention, navigating the legal steps to business-building, and launching a successful business.
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh.
The visionary CEO of Zappos details his life as an entrepreneur and explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success.
Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way by Steven Pressfield.
The authors lay out a road map designed to help you chart a course, start, and finish any type of work. This book will help you complete important projects whether you’re a writer, developer, graphic designer, artist, or project manager.
“Remote” by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson.
This is a book about the pros and cons of remote working. You will read about how to run, embrace and thrive having an organization with a distributed team.
The E-Myth Revisited – Michael Gerber.
This book is filled with insights for small business owners who want to see their business become bigger and last for many years. It reached to build a system that operates while you sleep.

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