I used to think business was all about the nuts & bolts. If I used the right tactics and took the right action, I'd win. So I did that. I followed the trends, learned everything that I could, and implemented ruthlessly. It worked for a while--I built a great...
I started running 3 years ago. I was slow AF. Mostly, I was slow because I couldn't regulate my speed enough to keep running... so I would have to stop every half-mile or so to walk. Nothing wrong with that at all but it meant that my average mile times were...
I've had acne since the moment I hit puberty. Certainly worse than average--but not so bad that I ever really considered serious medication for it. It's made me extremely self-conscious and I tried all manner of things to get rid of it or cover it up. In the...
Like many self-starters, I have not historically been a great finisher. I can whip out new ideas and plan out new projects with the best of them. But seeing it to completion? Not so much. It's one of my own personal forms of self-sabotage and something that I've...
Every small business owner wants to figure out how to stand out and earn attention for their brand. And, we normally make it a lot more complicated than it needs to be. Think about some of the biggest players in your industry: How do they run their businesses?What...
I worked in retail from the ago of 16 to the age of 26. On one hand, I loved it. I got to be helpful every day and make it easier for people to get what they need. On the other hand, it was completely draining. As the hours tick on, you start asking yourself: Why are...
"We were betting on ourselves," Jeff Ullrich, co-founder of Earwolf and founder of Midroll, explained. He had taken his wife's Roth IRA and invested the whole of it (about $30k) in starting a company with no guarantee of success. He wasn't betting on the market....
Surprise, surprise: there's more to being a business owner than having free rein in your creative cave or rubbing elbows with digital royalty. There's more to it than making your own schedule or enjoying the flexibility of working from the beach. There's more to it...
I walk out of my hotel room and I can already hear the din of the party 20 floors below me. As the elevator whizzes down, I can feel the tightness in my chest rising up and out. The door opens and my skin starts to prickle. My mind goes blank. I'm at the opening party...
When I first started running races, I thought it was nuts that people would run before the race even started. While I'd be busy trying to get my bib on straight without jabbing myself with a safety pin, they'd be slowly jogging laps around the...
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