Alex Liou's guest appearances

Alex Liou

Being Freelance

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Alex trained as a musician. He followed a drumming dream to Nashville along with an internship at a 'mom &amp; pop' business.There, they had him creating graphics and videos - those two things came together when Alex discovered motion graphics. He took to studying and developing as a motion designer. Self taught, he’s always been constantly trying to learn and improve.He didn't want to be the best in his company. He wanted to learn from the best...Finding an internship in LA working on big Hollywood movies, he kept at it. Swapping socialising for learning, upskilling and sharing his self initiated projects on Instagram - he made a name for himself and studios started coming to him.Now, post-pandemic, he’s trying to rebalance work-life. 4 day weeks are in. Snowboarding weekends are the norm. But it’s a slippery slope when you stop learning - the instability of freelancing is still keeping him on his toes. You'll find full show notes and transcript for this episode at beingfreelance.com JOIN THE COMMUNITYYou're not alone being freelance. Come and hang out with your BFFs (Being Freelance Friends).A place to ask questions, sense-check, laugh and support.With LIVE Q&amp;As, Coworking, Meet-ups, Socials and more.JOIN YOUR BFFS ATbeingfreelance.com/community NEW TO FREELANCING? THERE'S A COURSE FOR YOU!The Being Freelance course is made for you!There’s no ‘one way’ to be a successful freelancer, but this course will help you avoid the many mistakes that most of us make. Learn from the experience of Steve and hundreds of guests of the podcast.Take the course and you'll also get 6 months FREE community membership.Find out more about the course. FREELANCER MERCHGet Being Freelance merchandise at beingfreelance.com/shopLike VIDEO? - Check out the Being Freelance vlog - YouTube.com/SteveFolland

Alex trained as a musician. He followed a drumming dream to Nashville along with an internship at a 'mom &amp; pop' business.There, they had him creating graphics and videos - those two things came together when Alex discovered motion graphics. He took to studying and developing as a motion designer. Self taught, he’s always been constantly trying to learn and improve.He didn't want to be the best in his company. He wanted to learn from the best...Finding an internship in LA working on big Hollywood movies, he kept at it. Swapping socialising for learning, upskilling and sharing his self initiated projects on Instagram - he made a name for himself and studios started coming to him.Now, post-pandemic, he’s trying to rebalance work-life. 4 day weeks are in. Snowboarding weekends are the norm. But it’s a slippery slope when you stop learning - the instability of freelancing is still keeping him on his toes. You'll find full show notes and transcript for this episode at <a href="http://www.beingfreelance.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">beingfreelance.com</a> JOIN THE COMMUNITY You're not alone being freelance. Come and hang out with your BFFs (Being Freelance Friends). A place to ask questions, sense-check, laugh and support. With LIVE Q&amp;As, Coworking, Meet-ups, Socials and more.JOIN YOUR BFFS AT<a href="https://www.beingfreelance.com/community" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">beingfreelance.com/community</a> NEW TO FREELANCING? THERE'S A COURSE FOR YOU!The <a href="https://www.beingfreelance.com/how-to-start-freelancing-course" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Being Freelance course</a> is made for you!There’s no ‘one way’ to be a successful freelancer, but this course will help you avoid the many mistakes that most of us make. Learn from the experience of Steve and hundreds of guests of the podcast. Take the course and you'll also get 6 months FREE community membership.<a href="https://school.beingfreelance.com/p/how-to-get-started-being-freelance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Find out more about the course.</a> FREELANCER MERCH Get Being Freelance merchandise at <a href="https://www.beingfreelance.com/shop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">beingfreelance.com/shop</a>Like VIDEO? - Check out the Being Freelance vlog - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/stevefolland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube.com/SteveFolland</a>