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Jan 25 2016
Corinne McKay

In the Balance: tips for perfectionists and overachievers

If you’re a successful freelancer, chances are that you’re a perfectionist, an overachiever, or both. These traits have a lot of pluses: no one wants to work with someone who’s sloppy, late and doesn’t sweat the details. But they can also have some negative consequences, such as causing you misery and chipping away at your […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Videos, Work/life balance · Tagged: In the Balance, work-life balance for freelancers, work-life balance for translators

Jan 11 2016
Corinne McKay

In the Balance, Episode 8: Boundaries

Here’s Episode 8 of In the Balance, the series of work-life balance videos I’ve been doing for the Standing Out Facebook group. This episode focuses on boundaries: why you need them and how to set them. I mention three types of boundaries that freelancers need to think about, plus a bonus tip on knowing when […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Productivity, Videos · Tagged: boundaries, In the Balance, work-life balance for freelancers, work-life balance for translators

Dec 15 2015
Corinne McKay

In the Balance, episode 7: work-life balance and money

Here’s episode 7 of In the Balance, the series of work-life balance videos that I’m doing for the Standing Out Facebook group (this ‘season’ will feature 10 episodes, then I’ll go on hiatus for a bit). First, let me say that I know the lighting in this episode is really dark and grainy, and I […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Videos, Work/life balance · Tagged: In the Balance, work-lif balance, work-life balance for freelancers

Nov 16 2015
Corinne McKay

In the Balance: How to be a better freelancing parent, spouse or partner

Here’s the latest episode of In the Balance, the series of work-life balance videos that I’ve been creating for Standing Out. In Episode 6, I share a variety of tips on how to be a better freelancing parent, spouse or partner (or, for that matter, friend/son/daughter, etc.). There’s one tip just for parents, one tip […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Videos, Work/life balance · Tagged: In the Balance, work-life balance, work-life balance for translators

Nov 09 2015
Corinne McKay

ATA56 wrapup video

It will take me a few days to recover from the ATA conference and catch up on backlogged e-mail, but in the meantime, here’s the wrapup video from our videographer Derek Platts. The conference was a great success on all fronts: we had 1,622 attendees from 52 countries (we had expected about 1,500 attendees, so […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Videos · Tagged: American Translators Association conference, ATA conference, ATA56, translation conference

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