The Self-Employed Manifesto


	The Self-Employed Manifesto

communicatrix

12-6-2006 11:00 PM

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self-employed, manifestos, creeds, motivation

communicatrix says:

Hugh MacLeod has been posting a raft of manifestos on his blog. This is my favorite so far.

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12-7-2006 11:25 AM

ericskiff

The Hughtrain is also a great read

12-7-2006 1:16 PM

communicatrix

Yes! He rewrote it for the Manifesto challenge--there's an under-500 word version now, too.

I also love his "How to Be Creative" series.

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