Joey Korenman is the founder of School of Motion and author of The Freelance Manifesto. During the episode, we talk about why and how he started School of Motion, a few tips from The Freelance Manifesto and his love for teaching, his kids and a short commute.   Links: The Freelance Manifesto http://www.freelance.how/ School of Motion: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/ Toil: http://toilboston.com Twitter: twitter.com/SchoolOfMotion   Highlights: - Freelance.how - Story behind his new book - Two parts: Why you should freelance & recipe for getting clients - How he got his start in motion - Opened a motion design studio: Toil - Doing awesome work, but depressed - Didn't like going into work every day - Felt like there was a lack of purpose - So he created School of Motion - Wrong Mountain Syndrome - The Perfect Day Exercise - Tired of trading my time for money - The beauty of releasing products & passive income - Started teaching at a college: Ringling College of Art and Design - School of Motion started - 30 days of After Effects - Business coach helped launch it - Ask people to buy the course before making the course - Webinar about what is now Animation Bootcamp -100 spots filled up - It sold out in ten minutes - Wired to always be chasing more - But it's not sustainable - Design something that can be run without Joey - Finding balance while still working hard - The art of teaching - Motivators : money and doing cool stuff - Doing work you are proud of not just the work you can get - Core of the book: it's not about money it's about time - 93% of the work Buck does doesn't go on their website - You should intentionally do work you don't want to do because it will pay you better - How to go freelance - Before you ever ask someone to hire you, they have to know you and like you - Reliability trumps talent any day - Identify companies who might need motion design - LinkedIn can be your best friend - sign up for one month of "recruiter" allows for advanced feature - Trigger words to get people to open up an email -- remember people