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As self-employed business owners who put ourselves out there every day, no one knows better than us about the topic of today’s guest’s...

We can work hard. We can trust in our skillset. We can be confident and believe wholeheartedly in ourselves. And we also have to have...

In my work as a business coach, I often talk about adding good habits, morning practices, daily habits, and such. In this episode, we're...

What could be more fun than being in the toy business, right? But, as we'll discover in this episode, this line of work isn't all fun and...

Using the next very unique episode as an example, I share a few ideas about how to stand out, open some doors, and how to be memorable....

Whenever I've been asked about the number one characteristic required for success, I've often answered with “resilience.” However, it...

Tw Two of the most common experiences we have as self-employed business owners are feeling like we're being pulled all over the place and...

Have you ever thought that your life was like a movie? Have you had someone suggest you write a book, implying that your life is as...

Let's keep these show notes simple – because simplicity wins, especially in marketing and messaging. I'm joined by Ben Guttman, marketing...

Investing in your business growth and your personal development is essential. Whether it's coaching, training or technology, we're always...

Some business owners still cling to the old-fashioned idea that quality takes time or that customers will wait due to the demand. In the...

I fully support our guest's perspective of retiring the term “retirement;” as Dr. Jann Freed aptly puts it, “We are not retiring from...

When we talk about systems in business, we are most often referring to processes and technology. However, the best and most important...

Here on “The Self-Employed Life,” we often focus on businesses with under five team members, and even one-person businesses....

Observing my coaching clients and students of the Self-Employed Business Institute, I see far more fear of success than failure. In this...

If you're like most people, when you hear the term “seven figures,” you probably immediately think of money. There's nothing wrong with...

I recently learned a new term called biomimicry, which is mimicking what we observe in nature and applying it elsewhere – such as in...

We often think of being in the zone or being in flow as optimal states. While those are certainly great states to be in, I'd like to...

I've often said that recognition is a strategy, not a destination. Few of us want to be stars or celebrities, but smart marketers today...

Sometimes we know we're special and sometimes we feel like the odd ones in a crazy world. In this episode, I share some scientific PROOF...