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Jayne Tancred
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Jayne Tancred
Jayne is Concierge of the Flying Solo forum, and loves the fact that she gets paid to chat with people about their businesses. She also helps edit our contributor articles and is constantly on the hunt for a humorous headline for our home page.
In her other life, Jayne is a freelance writer specialising in natural health and wellbeing. Her work appears regularly in Nature & Health, ABC Gardening Australia and Go! magazines, and she’s contributed to numerous books on health, nutrition, herbal medicine and food. You can check out her portfolio at www.jaynetancred.com.au.
Jayne is a qualified naturopath, but please don’t ask her how to fix your tummy troubles when you run into her at parties.
An idea gathers to itself everyone it needs in order to be born - Richard Bach
Articles by Jayne
Let’s get personal
15 May 12Jayne TancredWhether you’ve put conscious thought into it or not, your business already has a brand personality – and if you’re a soloist, it’s probably closely aligned to your own. Read more
Comments: 19Sharpen up, soloists!
10 Apr 12Jayne TancredAre you happy with how your business is going? Or do you wish it would change a little – or a lot? Read more
Comments: 9Why mindfulness matters
13 Mar 12Jayne TancredHow skilled are you at what you do? If you’re so experienced at your job that you can pretty much do it on autopilot, it might be time to refocus. Read more
Comments: 16My work-life blend experiment
14 Feb 12Jayne TancredToday is the first day of my holidays, and instead of wandering the streets of a city I’ve never been to before, I’m in a café with my laptop writing this newsletter. Read more
Comments: 22Risky business
17 Jan 12Jayne TancredWhile I’m starting the New Year with excited optimism, a friend facing redundancy is wondering how he’ll support his children. Read more
Comments: 28Making yourself irresistible
13 Dec 11Jayne TancredMost of us have resisted taking steps and making decisions that would be perfectly good for us and not that difficult. So why the hesitation? Here are some ways of overcoming resistance. Read more
Comments: 26The trick of confidence
15 Nov 11Jayne TancredWhen asking your target audience to sample your product, are you confident enough to ask for the feedback you actually need? A recent experience of asking for feedback gave me a rude awakening on this front. Read more
Comments: 22Think differently: lessons from Steve Jobs
18 Oct 11Jayne TancredThe recent passing of Steve Jobs got me wondering what the rest of us mere mortals could learn from such a visionary businessman and creative genius. Read more
Comments: 13Why mystery matters
20 Sep 11Jayne TancredOf all the many enlightening things I heard at Flying Solo Independents’ Day this year, one has been a light bulb moment and triggered a real shift in my thinking. Read more
Comments: 5What’s the universe telling you?
23 Aug 11Jayne TancredThe other night, just as I was saying to a friend “If I keep this up I’m going to burn out”, there was a loud POP in my kitchen. Read more
Comments: 34Business plans: Do you like flexibility or framework?
26 Jul 11Jayne TancredIf free-forming works for you, then by all means go for it. But I have to say, I don’t understand the appeal of being a soloist without a business plan at all. Read more
Comments: 22Innovation or renovation?
28 Jun 11Jayne TancredRecently I’ve met two young designers who use objects discarded by others as the starting point for their work. It’s really got me thinking about the importance – or otherwise – of originality. Read more
Comments: 21Does your business have a soul?
31 May 11Jayne TancredI’ve always felt that our businesses have souls and, to a degree, a life nad business journey of their own. Does this sound extreme or do you agree? Read more
Comments: 16Celebrating success – soloist style
03 May 11Jayne TancredWorking on your own raises many challenges, not the least of which is handling the highs and lows without having anyone around to share them with. Read more
Comments: 41False economy: Splurge or skimp?
05 Apr 11Jayne TancredIt’s natural for soloists to watch the pennies, but I’ve been wondering: are there times when skimping is a false economy? Read more
Comments: 27Who’s managing your mojo?
08 Mar 11Jayne TancredOf all the roles at FSHQ, one of the most important is the Mojo Manager. It is important to have some form of accountability. Read more
Comments: 19Are you like Lionel Logue?
08 Feb 11Jayne TancredIt’s not every day you see a soloist with passion, commitment and pure heart portrayed on the silver screen. Read more
Comments: 22The secret to successful resolutions
11 Jan 11Jayne TancredChoosing a New Year’s resolution is easy, but for them to stick you need to ask: did you make a wish or a commitment? Read more
Comments: 24What’s your business networking agenda?
30 Nov 10Jayne TancredA friend of mine joined a business networking group to gain referrals from other members, but found himself under pressure to hand them out, too. Read more
Comments: 62Stop with the stopgaps
02 Nov 10Jayne TancredLots of soloists in start up mode make cheap and cheerful choices, stopgaps, with the intention of switching to something more sophisticated later. Read more
Comments: 26Knowledge sharing: A helping hand
05 Oct 10Jayne TancredIt takes guts to ask for help, but swallow your pride and take the plunge and you’ll be blown away by the willingness of others' to be involved in knowledge sharing. Read more
Comments: 28Billable hours: Back to basics
07 Sep 10Jayne TancredHave you ever recorded just how much of your day’s work is billable hours and how much is non-billable hours? I did, and the results were scary. Read more
Comments: 10Full time, yet flexible working hours
10 Aug 10Jayne TancredI’ve been trying my best to build some flexible working hours into my workday. Just a little, mind you. Read more
Comments: 33Join the community! It’s free.
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