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Life First. Then Business.

Honest writing for solopreneurs ready to escape The Ownership Trap and design something better. New posts on the Life-First Business every week.

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Life-First. Then Business.

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Honest writing for solopreneurs ready to escape The Ownership Trap and design something better. New posts on the Life-First Business every week.

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Life-First Business (5)

Should Busy Solopreneurs Prioritize Professional Development?

3 min read

Should Busy Solopreneurs Prioritize Professional Development?

I struggle with this question all the time. There’s some cool webinar or course being offered. Should I take it or are there better things to do like...

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How Solopreneurs Can Sneak Exercise Into A Busy Work Day

4 min read

How Solopreneurs Can Sneak Exercise Into A Busy Work Day

As solopreneurs, our days can be packed. If we aren’t focusing on client/customer work, we’re focusing on lead generation, responding to emails,...

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How Solopreneurs Can Better Their Business Through Gratitude

5 min read

How Solopreneurs Can Better Their Business Through Gratitude

In case you aren’t seeing enough Thanksgiving posts this week here in the United States, I thought I’d put another one in front of you, but I highly...

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A New Way to Look At Scaling Your Solopreneur Business

6 min read

A New Way to Look At Scaling Your Solopreneur Business

Scaling is something that many solopreneurs hope to achieve once they’ve figured out their base business. Successful scaling is a matter of breaking...

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The Solopreneur Success Cycle: Step 5 - Refine/Reimagine

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The Solopreneur Success Cycle: Step 5 - Refine/Reimagine

This is the third on an overview of the Solopreneur Success Cycle. You can read the first post on Getting Started (which contains Steps 0 through 3)...

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The Solopreneur Success Cycle: Phase 1 - Getting Started

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The Solopreneur Success Cycle: Phase 1 - Getting Started

What is the Solopreneur Success Cycle and Why Do I Need It? If you listen to the One-Person Business Podcast, you have probably heard of the...

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6 Tips to Stop Letting Technology Take Control of Your Life

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6 Tips to Stop Letting Technology Take Control of Your Life

“One look at an email can rob you of 15 minutes of focus. One call on your cell phone, one tweet, one instant message can destroy your schedule,...

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Is Goal Setting Really Necessary?

2 min read

Is Goal Setting Really Necessary?

"A goal properly set is halfway reached." — Zig Ziglar

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If Failure Scares You, You Need to Read This

2 min read

If Failure Scares You, You Need to Read This

"If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail…it takes backbone to lead the life you want." - Richard Yates Shake it off. Isn’t that just the worst...

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Make Sure You Never Miss An Opportunity in 2023

2 min read

Make Sure You Never Miss An Opportunity in 2023

"Most people miss opportunity because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas A. Edison In the age of TikTok and YouTube overnight...

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