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6I'm drowning in admin
Reduce admin without becoming a productivity influencer: minimal tool stack, templates, and weekly rhythms.
Open I'm drowning in adminI need more/better clients
Build lead flow you control: positioning, outbound, referrals, partnerships, and a weekly pipeline rhythm.
Open I need more/better clientsI need to raise rates
Raise rates with less fear: anchors, packaging, negotiation scripts, and scope boundaries that keep prices true.
Open I need to raise ratesI want the freelance game playbook
A guided path through the real games inside freelance work: credibility, fit, pricing, scope, payment, retention, and capacity.
Open I want the freelance game playbookI'm already freelancing but inconsistent
Stabilize the machine: pipeline, delivery, admin habits, and pricing boundaries.
Open I'm already freelancing but inconsistentI'm leaving my job
Make the transition without panic: runway, offer, pipeline, and the first client outcomes.
Open I'm leaving my jobCodex
14Solo operating system: reduce admin
A minimal freelancer operating system: one place for tasks, docs, and billing, plus SOPs and a weekly review rhythm to reduce admin and stress.
Open Solo operating system: reduce adminDelivery & Retention for Freelancers: Systems Clients Trust
Build a calm delivery system: onboarding, communication cadence, scope control, paid change requests, and renewal habits that keep clients coming back.
Open Delivery & Retention for Freelancers: Systems Clients TrustFind freelance clients without an audience
A practical client acquisition system for freelancers: clear positioning, prospect lists, outreach scripts, follow-ups, referrals, and a weekly pipeline rhythm.
Open Find freelance clients without an audienceMoney, tax & bookkeeping for freelancers
Practical money systems for freelancers: get paid on time, set aside taxes, and run minimal bookkeeping so filing and planning stay boring.
Open Money, tax & bookkeeping for freelancersRetirement plans for freelancers
How self-employed people save for retirement: SEP IRA vs Solo 401(k) with 2026 limits, deadlines, and a worked comparison at two income levels, plus UK personal pensions and SIPPs, Canada's RRSP and TFSA, and Australian personal super contributions.
Open Retirement plans for freelancersSet freelance rates
Set freelance rates with a repeatable system: floor math, packaging, hourly vs project vs retainer, negotiation scripts, and scope control.
Open Set freelance ratesFreelancing is game theory: incentives, trust, leverage, and repeat business
A practical guide to the recurring games inside freelance work: signaling, screening, pricing, contracts, payment, retention, optionality, and scaling.
Open Freelancing is game theory: incentives, trust, leverage, and repeat businessHow to subcontract freelance work: briefs, quality control, and margin
Subcontract freelance work without losing quality: a copyable brief, a QA review rubric, agreement terms, and a worked margin example before you delegate.
Open How to subcontract freelance work: briefs, quality control, and marginResearch
1Game theory for freelancers: reading guide, glossary, and evidence notes
A plain-English research guide to the concepts behind credibility, pricing, scope, payment, retention, and scaling in freelance work.
Open Game theory for freelancers: reading guide, glossary, and evidence notesTools
5Freelance Business Health Check
Answer 14 questions to score pipeline, pricing, client concentration, scope, payment, burnout, and systems, then get the next move for your weakest area.
Open Freelance Business Health CheckClient Concentration & Capacity Scorecard
Check how much your freelance business depends on one client: revenue share, meeting load, mental load, and replaceability, with a worked example.
Open Client Concentration & Capacity ScorecardWeekly Review Checklist
A 20-minute weekly admin reset checklist for pipeline, delivery, and money so your freelance business doesn’t run on panic.
Open Weekly Review ChecklistGame Diagnosis Worksheet
A 15-prompt worksheet for freelance problems that keep coming back: map the players and incentives, name the pressure point, and pick one structural fix.
Open Game Diagnosis WorksheetSubcontractor Brief + QA Checklist
Brief a subcontractor and review their work before it reaches your client: a checklist, a copy-ready brief template, a margin example, and QA gates.
Open Subcontractor Brief + QA ChecklistRadar
3AI in client work: disclosure, confidentiality, and who owns the deliverables
Client contracts increasingly ask about AI use. Learn what to disclose, how to keep client data out of the wrong tools, what the U.S. human-authorship rule means for IP clauses, and a sample AI-use clause.
Open AI in client work: disclosure, confidentiality, and who owns the deliverablesQ2 2026 estimated tax payment (June 15): reconcile and catch up
An archived checkpoint for the June 15, 2026 federal estimated tax payment: reconcile what you paid, catch up a missed or short installment, and plan January 15, 2027.
Open Q2 2026 estimated tax payment (June 15): reconcile and catch upTwo full-time jobs vs freelancing: a better alternative to overemployment
A comparison of dual-job work, freelancing, fractional roles, and reusable products, with U.S. data through September 2026 and a plan for testing demand.
Open Two full-time jobs vs freelancing: a better alternative to overemployment