You have a great product idea you can really get behind. Your spouse loves it. Your friends, workmates, clients, and patients encourage you – they want to see more. Your designer has never been more inspired. And when it launches, it falls far short of your expectations. What happened? Less than enthusiastic response often reveals […]
Entrepreneurship as a Path to Mastery
A few weeks ago, we talked about How to Know When to Quit, and Seth Godin’s handy little guidebook The Dip. There’s one more recommendation Seth makes in The Dip to help us know whether to move forward with a project, or quit and move on. He asks, “Can you become the best?” If you’re […]
How and When To Blog About Yourself
How often do you talk about yourself when writing for your site? I ask because we’re getting mixed messages out there. First, you’re told; “Don’t talk about yourself, focus primarily on the needs of your readers and what’s on their minds.” Then you hear; “You need to tell your story, share more about yourself and […]
5 Ways to Attract Your Ideal Subscribers
Karla had a nice site getting very little traffic or attention. She had posted regularly and done a lot of things right. And then one day, one of the posts she submitted as a guest post landed on a huge site. Her post was so good, within a week she was being shared by hundreds […]
How to Know When to Quit
If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you have a lot on your plate. Maybe you have a full-time job, and you’re building your online business on the side – and it seems to be growing too slowly – or is completely stalled. Maybe you’re looking forward to quitting your job and becoming a full-time entrepreneur. Or […]
How to Be Remarkable
And why it matters. I think the purpose of life is, above all, to matter; to count, to stand for something, to have made a difference that you lived at all. – Leo Rosten Maybe you didn’t change the world, but you changed somebody’s world. – Brendon Burchard What does it really mean to ‘make […]
How to Grow More Fresh Ideas
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. — George Bernard Shaw Consider the story […]
Energizer Buddy, Super Geek, and Shiny Happy People
Have you ever compared yourself to others succeeding online and thought to yourself, “if I only had their stamina / wit / confidence / [insert your favorite here], maybe I’d be able to succeed, too?” Some people seem to be naturals: for them success appears effortless, even predestined. It’s as if they’re born with something […]
Who’s On Your Side?
Last night in one of our mastermind calls, the group recommended I get a dog. I’m not sure what they were suggesting about my life, but I’m pretty sure our cats would disagree with this assessment (note hapless kitty in canine death grip.) This illustrates the kind of helpful recommendations one can receive in a […]
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