Before attending your next group meeting, please understand these things… — I host many group meetings and teach classes via Zoom. Here are the things I wish every attendee/student knew: If you need to leave a meeting in the middle… If you need to leave the meeting early, please leave quietly — without chatting the fact that you’re leaving. I know you’re trying to be respectful but it’s better to slip…

Time requirements for an authentic business… — After coaching many people on how to grow their business, I find this recurring issue: Many people are not spending enough time on the right actions… therefore it’s no wonder their business isn’t growing… From my experience as a successful solopreneur and coaching hundreds of others, I’ve summarized the most…

“This shift marks the most important technological breakthrough since social media.” — Time Magazine It’s been the biggest business story of 2022 (and 2023 thus far) — how AI (artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT and Midjourney) is disrupting education, work, and the arts. ChatGPT is the fastest growing internet service…

In my 13 years of business, I’ve noticed 3 ways to approach solopreneurship. — Wait to Respond The way that most service providers do it is to just wait for random word-of-mouth. You might get a few clients a year, if you’re lucky. Some of them might be a great fit, and some will not be. Why? Because starting a business is, understandably, so overwhelming as well…

Your ambitions, no matter how big, are not wrong as long as they align with your values. However, the more attached to your timeline, the more you’re in danger of “means to an end” thinking, which is the beginning of wrongdoing: “The goal is what matters.” “I’ll do whatever it…

The next time an expert tells you that a marketing or conversion tactic “works”… ask this question: “It might work to convert 10% of the audience… but does it build trust with the other 90%… or would it feel salesy to them?” Years ago, I used to care only about…

Here is a plan to help you create a business that expresses your soul — and allows you to have a semi-retirement lifestyle. ​What’s possible with this plan: Year 2: Part-time income with providing your authentic service. Year 4: Full-time income by providing both 1–1 and group offerings. Year 10…

In trying to understand your purposeful work, you may have encountered various kinds of complex venn diagrams to express the idea of Ikigai. Well, the above is my version of it… a venn diagram for Authentic Business. I created that in 2014, and I think it can still help many…

When creating your authentic business, you might get stuck defining your “niche”, or figuring out your “target market.” Maybe you’re trying to get clarity too early in your business. You’re under the illusion that you have to get everything figured out before you can really start to grow your business. …