SOCO Blog
Knowledge Bomb: The Side Hustle
In this day and age, it's never been easier to set up a side hustle – paid work that supplements your main job. There are a lot of tools that help you get started quickly, and many more that can connect you to clients all around the globe. A good number of...
Knowledge Bomb: Failure
The fear of failure takes many shapes in business owners, freelancers, and creatives. For some, it looks like a handful of opportunities passed by. For others, it looks like endless tweaking and refining – never sharing – because, what will people say? ...
Knowledge Bomb: Work / Life Balance
As creators, we push ourselves daily to do our best work. This often involves finding inspiration outside of work. Yet American culture is notorious for long work days and poor work/life balance. This tension is one reason work/life balance is a trending topic in...
Knowledge Bomb: Personal Finance
If you’re like us, you just clenched your jaw and hunched your shoulders. Understandably so - it’s an intimidating topic! At SOCO, we know members have mixed feels about finance. But we also know finance is closely connected to our stress levels, work satisfaction,...
Knowledge Bomb: Creativity
We have this idea that some people are “creatives.” As if they’re a special breed of human. We picture them as whirlwinds of color, music, and poetry. We imagine they wake up with a kind of magic, overflowing with whatever creativity is. And then we picture...
SOCO Knowledge Bomb: Productivity
We're better when we work together. That's one of the reasons SOCO exists. It's also the reason Slack Sessions exist. Slack Sessions are monthly chats hosted in SOCO's Slack community. They're focused on helping members work better, think bigger, and live life on...
Goal Setting Focus Plan
I have historically not been a strong advocate for Goal Setting. I mean I’ve set goals and worked towards them, but the official “setting of goals” thing... You know writing them down and all that. It always seemed like the goals I was hearing other people set were...
2016 Year in Review Part 2: A Growing Movement
In Part 1 of our Year in Review, we focused on our community and shared some of our members' proudest moments in 2016. In Part 2, we take a moment to reflect on SOCO, the entity, and give ourselves a little pat on the back for what we've been able to accomplish....
2016 Year in Review Part 1: A Community of Creators
If we’ve learned anything on this journey to change the way people work, connect and create, its that a community’s core is its people. Movements, organizations, startups, and other game changing efforts are all driven by passionate people on a quest create better...