Archive for the month September 2021

Self-organized challenges make you intensely consistent. They work great for getting out of a rut. In 2019 and 2020 I did a series of such challenges and they worked great for me. They got me started with daily writing and…

So in addition to what you do day in and day out, make a 12-months plan to grow your business. Include 2-6 week sprints, in this 12-month plan, with a 2-weeks gap between each sprint. Include what is important for…

Challenges and lack of resources don’t keep us from winning big. Focusing on small goals does. Why is that? Because we make easy choices. And, focusing on small goals is easy because the path to achieve small goals is less…

To be productive in any area of your life, one should be able to complete important tasks consistently.   I am sharing a plan that has worked for me in the past. So, this is what you can do to be…

This is the 1000th daily blog post that I have written on this website. There are more, the ones that I wrote earlier.  But I wrote 1000 in a row, day after day. I am happy to not have missed…

Start sharing what you know.   Aim to become someone who gives more than what she extracts. In the beginning, just give and don’t ask for anything. When you start monetizing, aim for a give-to-ask ratio of 9 to 1.  This…

Most people know what is useful for them. Setting boundaries.Sleeping for 7+ hours.Going for a walk.Eating clean.Working out daily.Reading books.Creating more than consuming.Learning new things. Still, we don’t do these. Why? Because we wait for a perfect start. We tell…

You can apply it to different parts of life. If you want to create content, working longer hours or hustling will take you only that far. What will make you efficient in the longer run, is creating an environment where…

One of my favorite authors, Zig Ziglar, often used two terms to describe different kinds of humans. A wandering generality and a meaningful specific. Meaningful specific is someone who has an organized goals program. It is not the same as…

Time is limited, even for someone who will live to be 100 years. So it is worthwhile to see where most of us waste our time and avoid those time wasters. I’ve compiled some of those here. Filtering through distractions,…

When you have the energy you’ll find time to do what needs to be done. The reverse is not true.   So even when you have time, you can’t find the energy to do something you want to do. Try these…

Work hard enough and you’ll be successful. We hear it often. It can’t be farther from the truth. It is so common to see people who are grinding for years and go nowhere. What about those doing manual labor? A…

Chances are you are reading it because you know how important hiring right is to grow a business. If you are a founder you’ll get good at hiring with practice.  If you want to get good at it, do it…

It is exciting to work on different projects, Launch different courses as a coach, Run an agency business with different offerings, or Launch different products in your business as a founder. But it’s not efficient or profitable because you need…

Experimentation is a sure-shot way to learn, grow and succeed. If you do it enough. If you do it often. If you do it deliberately. When you commit to experimentation and build a mindset of what Marie Forleo calls ‘everything…