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Business RuthAnn Rafiq Business RuthAnn Rafiq

5 Steps to Get Started With Your Online Business

I still remember those crack-of-dawn early mornings at my day job, with steaming coffee in hand at my computer, with one tab open on my work and the other tab open reading the blog of a designer I admired who was doing exactly what I wanted to do: branding and website design while working from home. Yawning, I would think, “I can do this.” But how?

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Why You Should Steer Clear of Free Content

When I started my business, I thought I had it all figured out. I had soaked up all the free content that was out there like a sponge. I just knew my business would take off so I could quit my day job and live the dream of working at home in my sweat pants.

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10 Character Qualities You Need to Be Successful

This past week I felt like a failure. Back in February I set a goal for myself that I would quit my day job on a certain day, do or die! Well, that day came and went this past Friday and here I am at work today, Monday morning with coffee in hand, just like normal.

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Side Hustle Life RuthAnn Rafiq Side Hustle Life RuthAnn Rafiq

How to Take on Projects as a Side Hustler

There's a lot of pros and cons to being a side-hustler. Some days I'm super thankful I have my day job and other days I'm like "WHY?!" It's an emotional roller-coaster to say the least. But have you ever thought about the great advantages there are to being a side-hustler? Let me break down a few things I'm grateful for in reference to taking on projects with my side-hustle.

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Why and How to Change Your Mindset as a Side Hustler

As a side-hustler, I feel like I look over the fence to my friends who work for themselves full-time and I sigh and say, ahh that would be nice. You get to work from home, work in your pjs, get to spend all day working on projects you love… the list of wonderful-ness goes on and on.

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