
EP355: Dopamine Management and Time-Boxing for Nurse Solopreneurs with Steven Puri
Let’s talk about dopamine management. What does that actually mean, and how does dopamine affect our ability to sit down and focus on something like writing?

Allow your intuition to see what you want in life. Just play out in your business. Don't let it rule your life. Your business is there to support your life and not to take it over.
Laura Briggs
Freelancing can bring a lot of advantages but can it can be challenging, too. Listen in as my guest, Laura Briggs shares her tips on how to prevent freelance burnout so you can enjoy your work!
Laura Briggs is a three-time TEDx speaker, freelance writer, and the author of five books, including the Six-Figure Freelancer. She used to be a 7th-grade teacher, and she was in a Ph.D. program at night. She suddenly realized that she didn’t see herself doing that same thing for 30 years in a classroom and just collect that retirement. She literally Googled how to become a freelance writer and gained several longest clients. Freelancing is something that she always seems to come back to, and she fell in love with it.
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Operation Freelance – a program that educates and trains military spouses and military veterans with the tools, skills, and strategies as they start their freelance careers.

Let’s talk about dopamine management. What does that actually mean, and how does dopamine affect our ability to sit down and focus on something like writing?

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