writing – Nicole D'Angelo

3 Tricks for Staying Productive (Even When No One’s Looking)

Before becoming self-employed, I considered time management one of my greatest strengths. After all, I’d always gotten my homework done early in school, and I never missed a deadline in a professional setting. So, I reasoned, managing my time as a freelancer would be no trouble at all. I was so, so naive. It turnsContinue reading “3 Tricks for Staying Productive (Even When No One’s Looking)”

A 4-Step Process for Giving Feedback that Gets Results

Giving feedback is one of those professional skills that everyone expects you to be able to do, but no one actually teaches you how to do it. We’ve all received feedback on our work that was confusing or landed poorly because the person giving it couldn’t express themselves well. And most of us have alsoContinue reading “A 4-Step Process for Giving Feedback that Gets Results”

4 Ways to Avoid Writing Like AI

Close-up of a hand holding a pencil over a blank notebook. There are pencil shavings on the paper.

However frenzied the AI hype gets, at the end of the day, people want to read stuff written by humans. Even AI’s biggest cheerleaders have backed away from writing with AI. Instead, they generally champion using AI to brainstorm, outline, or edit, leaving the actual writing to a person. This is mostly a good thingContinue reading “4 Ways to Avoid Writing Like AI”