And not your circumstances. You can’t choose your circumstances. But you can decide to change them. And, then you can take action to change them. When you do it, you learn one of life’s biggest lessons. It is to learn…

These books are a must-read for a marketer and an entrepreneur who cares about marketing and wants to get better at it. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is HardHey, Whipple, Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Great…

Google wasn’t the first search engine but it is the biggest one now. Chrome wasn’t the first browser but it still has the biggest market share. Tesla isn’t the first company to make a car but its market capitalization is…

Physical work tires us so much that we have no choice but to take a break. It is hard to ignore. But for most of us, most work is mental work. And, we tend to ignore mental tiredness, unlike when…

Delivering transformations is the most important for the success of a coaching business. Marketing it well is the next important thing you can do for growing your coaching or service business. Here are five simple but effective ways to do …

Don’t work at a big company for long if you want to start on your own. The skills you learn in a big company are mostly not transferable to a startup. Big companies hire a specialist and get people to…

Can you build a business that generates enough revenue for living a comfortable life and takes only one-fourth of your total available work hours? Why care about building such a business? Because it leaves you with enough time to do…

To make it work, make a plan to make your job a small part of all that you do, over a few years. How do you do that? Start a side project, where you sell either coaching, services, software, information…

It is a powerful combo. Focus makes sure that your mental and physical energy is not wasted in going after 20 different things.  Here is how focus works. Imagine having a long list of goals, say 15-20 goals. Now going…

Put effort and time into understanding it. This is the most important thing you can do to make success easy. And, it is more important than trying to form habits, goals, or build systems. Because when you want something badly…

When you have an overall idea of the direction you want to go in, move fast. It helps because when you move fast, you make lots of mistakes in a short time. With mistakes comes learning and growth. More mistakes…

Do you need a personal website? Yes. It helps you control what people see when they search about you. But you can do more and make it a gateway of opportunities for you. You can get leads, new business, revenue,…

Speak at a conference once, record it, and put it online where people can see it, and get your work in front of millions of people. Same for a high-quality blog post. Write it once, and be seen by hundreds…

Any business cannot survive without customers in the long run. Often new business owners get beginners luck or get a referral or two, but to make sure the business survives there needs to be a continuous stream of new clients…

A freelance business can be fulfilling if you build it around your lifestyle and run it well. Here is how you can scale it. 1/ Raise your profile.  Put yourself out there. Participate in conversations and add value. Help…