Impact over Income

Hey Reader, Often I feel like I could skip ahead. Like I know what it’s about and then I fast forward. This newsletter today is an important reminder for myself as well. When my son was a bit younger, like last year, he was trying to walk. He was practicing one step at a time. Now, when we’re going to the park, he loves to run around. There are situations where he is less comfortable. So he slows down. He takes it one step at a time. Obviously, it doesn’t always work. He falls down and gets…

Hey Reader, Since I started with developing businesses about 8 years ago now, I have seen many people come and go.I have also tried many products, many angles, many ideas. Most of them have failed.That’s the truth for most businesses. Most of the ideas don’t work out. There is one question that repeats itself over and over again.The harder the time is:Do I stick with it or do I pivot? It’s a loaded question.You love your idea.You poured many hours in trying to get a move on it.Trying to get…

Six years ago I wanted to start my company. I was all focused on building out my product, because surely when I post about it on YouTube, people will come in millions. Call it naive or unprepared — that was my idea. Becoming a YouTuber is easy. Just post a video and people will line up. The first few videos were pretty fun. I enjoyed filming. Then I thought people would listen. It was fun. And then came the upload. I clicked on publish… And now I was going to be a famous YouTuber. What I…

“Well, I’m not ready.”How often do I hear this from others?How often do I think it myself? Too often. The truth is: You will never feel ready. The more you learn,the more you figure out what else there is to learn. Even when I feel like I have something figured out —the world changes and I have to start over again. Every time I used to start over,I’d get faster because I got better. I also know: Everybody else needs to start over too. There’s this constant battle inside: “Just start” sounds…

Dear Reader, After the term funnel was introduced by Russell Brunson, it became the way to build a business. We are all building a funnel. Many have tried to reinvent the wheel. They call it Flywheel or Cycle. In the end, the components are all the same. The steps are the same. One thing that gives me hiccups from all of it is:the transactional wording. We track the conversions, the click rates, and the card collectors. While those are all important numbers,we lose the human touch. I also…

Hey Reader, In a recent podcast that I listened to, they were chatting about the perfect business. A lot of people advise to build a business you could sell later. It is with the idea to personally get so much money out of the exit that you would never need to work again in your life. When I talk to my clients, they always say that they don’t mind to work. It is the other way around. They want to show their work. What a good work ethic looks like. In the podcast, the host asked: “What if I…