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​This principle has been essential to my success.

How do I make great content? 
By making more content, and observing what spreads.

How do I improve my skills?
By working with more clients, and noticing who grows the most.

True learning comes from action — we build muscles by doing things, not just reading about them.

It takes quantity of action to develop quality of results.

Yet, if you feel you’re not taking enough action, self-compassion is needed.

Remind yourself that action c…

​It’s ridiculous when someone says they’re “#1” in their field.

​“Oh really, by whose standards?” I wonder.

The more we puff our chest, the more imposter syndrome strikes.

The need to prove our worth is part of the fixed mindset (ala Carol Dweck) — when our ego is attached to a fixed identity that we should always be excellent, and one of the best. It sometimes makes us feel like a fraud, because nobody is perfect. We feel pain (or avoidance) whenever we don’t live up to that shining…

A reader asked whether I ever “play hooky”… that is, go off my stringent work schedule… to relax or play instead of doing what I had planned to do.

​I love this question. It has to do with how we relate to the idea of productivity.

The short answer: Yes, I do play hooky. Maybe once every few weeks, I take an afternoon off unexpectedly.

But if we do it very often, then it’s not playing hooky anymore. It would be better called procrastination. We’d eventually feel guilty because our co…

​You don’t need a funnel for a successful solopreneur business.

Many solopreneurs are being indoctrinated by digital marketers who sell them on the idea that they need a sales/marketing “funnel”.

A typical funnel works like this:

1. You see an Ad (for example on Facebook or Instagram), or receive an email, and it’s about a wonderful “free” thing… free video series, email course, or an intriguing quiz.
   
   
2. You can only get that “free” thing by giving them your email address. This is kn…

It's convenient to use Zoom to stream to FB Live or YT Live if you want to show a meeting publicly (or privately) and/or share your screen.

​In this video I show you how I do a few things:

1) Use Zoom to stream a meeting to Facebook Live — whether it’s to a private group, or your public page. You can also stream yourself only, and it’s convenient to use Zoom because you can screenshare if you need to, or use one of Zoom’s virtual backgrounds.

2) Use Zoom to stream to Youtube Live — w…