Let me debunk the myth that solopreneurship leads to loneliness. Thereโs a common misconception that solopreneurship leads to isolation, worsening the loneliness many already feel in corporate life. This isnโt true. One perspective argues the contrary. It speaks of solopreneurship as actually being crucial for rebuilding deep albeit covenantal...
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Are You Seeking For Fame As A Solopreneur?
Here’s a cautionary tale for would-be solo influencers. Lord Byron, a notorious incestuous adulterer, who fled his homeland and died of malaria in a foreign war, once said: “๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ต.” Should you seek it? How many Gen-X managers on LinkedIn chase fame? Few have more...
Are You An Expert Unable To Make Profitable Connections?
If you’re a subject matter expert, communicating your expertise effectively to non-experts will be a significant challenge. Not doing so, however, will limit your engagement with potential clients, which will hinder your solo practice’s growth. So, here’s how to transform your solo practice with clear, relatable messaging. While simplifying...
Going Solo Consulting From Being A Corporate Employee?
Preparing for a smooth transition from employee to solopreneur is not complicated. It beats dreaming of becoming a solopreneur while being a full-time employee. No better way exists to end fantasizing than by publishing your thoughts as a subject matter expert. Letโs talk about how to do it within...
How Great Solopreneurs Thrive On Negative Criticism
Can you strengthen your solopreneur plan using others’ negative criticisms? Yes, because criticism is part of becoming a solopreneur. You’ll need a thick skin if all you’ve been is a full-time employee all your life. But embracing criticism is your growth tool. Consider Aesop’s fable of ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ...
Have You Heard Of Value-Driven Networking?
It’s the secret to a sustainable solopreneur career. Transitioning from a corporate job to solopreneurship hinges on building an ongoing cycle of meaningful interactions with commercially-viable connections. These connections aren’t just random contacts. They need to be capable of sustaining your venture and replacing your corporate income. What would...
What Drives The Spirit Of Entrepreneurship?
When faced with a $40,000 loss, where do you find hope? How do you turn setbacks into success? Embarking in starting my online business was daunting yet irrepressible. While failure always lurks, fear looms larger. Because no matter how clear the horizon, clouds will always gather. Mine battered my...
What’s Your Worst Solopreneur Roadblock To Getting Repeat Business?
Which out of 4 is your worst? There are 4 typical roadblocks that may significantly impact your solopreneur’s ability to generate ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐. ๐ As an entrepreneur, your assessment of your specific situation may identify one of these as the worst. While you could be confronting all four, to...
You Don’t Need to Quit Your Job To Get $3,000 Extra Income per Month
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ. ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฏ. ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ $๐ฏ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฝ/๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต You only need 3 ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ that you likely have no clue how to get. Let me point them out to you. But first the things you ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ need: You ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ need to be an expert or have social...
Why Online Solopreneurs Do Worse Than Brick-and-Mortar Business Owners
I’ve put brick-and-mortar businesses online and gotten them leads that they wouldn’t otherwise get. But online solopreneurs fail me right and left. The reason why online solopreneurs do worse than traditional business owners may not be obvious. But I’ll reveal it to you here. A client of mine owns...
Want to Make $50K per Month Investing $0?
I see this every single day, people living paycheck to paycheck, feeling stuck, miserable, afraid of their financial situation. But they’re not willing to invest a few thousand dollars on themselves. Practical education. Applied skills. This is what you need to create a six or seven-figure income no less...
Do You Have to Live Near Where You Work and Make Your Money?
If you’re an office professional who’d rather live other than near where you have to work, but you find that your way of earning your living inhibits your ability to move wherever you may be treated your best, then you have two options: 1๏ธโฃ You can stay put and...
Facebook Personal Profile Goes Professional. Should You?
To use or not to use your personal Facebook profile for business? Recently someone asked in a business group I participate in this question as it relates to Facebook’s policy that discourages the use of personal profiles as a business tool. Here was my response and a couple of...
All Social Networks Aren’t Healthy For You Or Your Business
โI see it all perfectly. There are two possible situations โ you can either do this or do that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or don’t do it โ in the end, you will regret both.โย โ Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or: A Fragment of Life…ย The...
Starting Your Own Business Unemployed: Does It Pay Off?
Youโve seen it before: “Make hundreds of dollars in a few days! Thousands in a month at your own pace, comfortably from you our own home!” Those in desperate straits find the claim irresistible. For the right price, theyโre hooked, because it sounds like a goodwill prophecy. If you...