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I’m Rubber and You’re Glue

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Cohere members have developed ways to deal with rejection. Writers, especially, have to deal with rejection a lot. Maybe your work didn’t strike a chord with the editor or maybe you got the dreaded “it’s just okay” feedback but learning how to bounce back from this feedback will be essential for your ongoing mental health as a freelancer. Plus, you probably have crappy health insurance, so let’s be proactive with your emotional fitness here.

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Coworking: this is your brain on creativity

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

I’m always amazed by the stuff that ends up on the whiteboards at Cohere.  The coworkers have particularly vivid brain dump sessions late at night or when plagued by tough decisions that need to be made.  Last week’s work filled an entire… Read More

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Trust: a Bad Lunch Box Trade

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

I’m the classic skeptic.  Always willing to give you the devil’s advocate point of view or find the loophole in your plan.  I’m also a naturally untrusting person.  So, in true guru fashion the universe has decided that I need to learn… Read More

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Accruing Vacation as a Freelancer

Monday, April 26th, 2010

It’s nice to be a freelancing coworker in a coworking space.  We can avoid workplace politics, cubes, a set work schedule and any number of HR forms.  One thing I miss about working a 9-5 job is accruing vacation.  Now, I never… Read More

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The Creative Genius

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

At Cohere’s #frankfriday lunch and learn session today, the Cohere group of coworkers had a stimulating discussion about the creative… Read More

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Do you <3 your job?

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

For years, I confused “being good at my job” with “loving my job so much that I want to take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant (channeling Tracey Jordan).” My previous jobs have been painfully simple. Show up, complete some boring checklist, talk people off emotional ledges, dork around for the remaining 6 hours, go home and repeat. I did this for 8 years! 8 years! 8 years! Those are years I’ll never get back.

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Your Job is to CARE About People and Who Doesn’t Want to be Cared About?

Monday, April 19th, 2010

I long for the bygone days of knowing my farmer, my baker and my candlestick maker and their children, spouses, cousins and their debt to income ratios as well as who was dating who every Saturday night. How can I get a little slice of this hometown nostalgia in a world where it is cheaper to make and ship bowling balls over here from China?

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Coworking fits drug addiction criteria

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Coworking has become a drug to me.  I love coworking so much that I think about it constantly. I found a list of drug addiction signs and I think coworking fits the bill.

Increase or decrease in appetite; changes in eating habits, unexplained… Read More

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Cohere in Northern Colorado Biz Report

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Cohere was featured in Carrie Pinsky’s blog post for NCBR yesterday!

Coworking has taken off across the country, around the world and even right here in Fort Collins. Thanks to Angel Kwiatkowski we haveCohere, a local coworking… Read More

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Get accountable

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

We’re all self-employed, we all battle periods of distraction and aimlessness, and we live our days sandwiched between the rush of deadlines and our own long-term life goals. We’re busy, but we each needed a voluntary reason to stay focused.

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