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Coworking: How Can You Live Without It?

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co working Coworking: How Can You Live Without It?Copywriter Leif Kendall gives away his secret for happy and successful freelancing: coworking. If you haven’t tried coworking, you’re missing out on a wealth of potential. As a freelancer it’s an ideal way to get out of the house and be in an office, without all the extra baggage that comes with office life. Leif explains why co-working works for him…

What is coworking?

Coworking is like renting an office, but loads better.

Originally conceived by freelancers wanting somewhere to work that was more professional than coffee shops, coworking demands less commitment and cost than traditional office space.

The enticing facts

If you’re lucky enough to have a coworking space near you, then you’ll probably get:
  • Low-cost space to work
  • Low-commitment (no scary contract)
  • People to work with (co-workers)

The exciting reality

Coworking is so much better than just having a lame-o office with big fat rent and a complicated, destined-to-screw-you-over contract.

So what’s the big deal? It’s PEOPLE! Coworking spaces are great at pushing people together, at drawing people out of stagnant offices or lonely cafes and giving them a space to talk to each other, work together and procrastinate together.

Working without coworking

Coworking has been BIG for me. Being a freelance copywriter in Brighton is great because I can choose from the Werks, West Werks, The Skiff and Chapel Studios. These spaces have introduced me to hundreds of great people. I’m eternally grateful to all of the industrious folk who turn their offices into coworking space.

If you are a freelancer who hasn’t tried coworking, I urge you to try it. You are missing out on an infinite web of connections, possibilities and friends.

By SEO Copywriter and Strategist, Leif Kendall

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  • http://twitter.com/freelanceadvice Freelance Advisor

    Where are all the great co-working hangouts? Would be great to create a resource of the best.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Darren-Fell/572421149 Darren Fell

    I've got to say that co-working is the way forward. After a few months at your Ikea desk at home you'll need that social interaction of other people to chat to. To feel like you are leaving the house going to work and then leaving work all behind and coming home is a fantastic feeling! Go co-working, you'll love it!

  • http://twitter.com/RalfLippold Ralf Lippold

    CoWorking -for most people- looks like giving up your independance and your clients to the co-workers (it feels like a threat in a world where collaboration is not valued very much and organizations are “killing” another one just to keep “alive” oneself.

    Just think back to the days, when our grandparents were living a village, where everybody knew everybody. Every job could be done in close connection in time and space, as one could communicate in the village center.

    Communication and conversation at one space – the CoWorking Space!- is essential going back to the roots:-) Spreading the “village spaces” accross the globe is what CoWorking is all about (see http://coworking.pbworks.com) in order to generate value TOGETHER.