Category: Second Career
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Start Building your business with Community
Lessons from Sahil Lavinga, The Minimalist Entrepreneur Sahil Lavinga tells us a story about entrepreneur Sol Orwell who, in 2009, was overweight and unhappy. He decided he needed to learn more about fitness and nutrition. He joined a Reddit community and the more he learned about the subject, the more he shared, he answered questions…
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Are you a Minimalist Entrepreneur?
Introduction: Sahil Lavingia started his career chasing unicorns. He joined Pinterest as employee number two but left before his stock invested to build his own billion company: Gumroad. A tool to help creators sell their products online. Simplicity was key, no complicated setup, no elaborate storefront. Just a link for customers to pay and you…
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Continually reinvent yourself – Think in Waves.
Learning from Dorie Clark’s “The Long View” That you cannot do it all at once is obvious, nor should you try if you are playing the long game. But do not fall into a trap that many professionals fall into. Which is finding an activity you are good at, and simply keep doing that forever.…
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Taking the Long Game View – Making the impossible, possible.
More ideas from Dorie Clark’s “The Long View” When setting objectives for our careers whether entrepreneurial or corporate we often default to monetary objectives. That’s why business degrees are so popular, they appear to offer a more direct route to well-paid employment. But one of the best aspects of being an entrepreneur is that you…
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To find success, learn the power of no.
Lesson’s from Dorie Clark’s book – “The Long Game.” When Nancy Reagan, wife of then President Ronald Reagan, was visiting a primary school in California she told the kids “Just say no” to drugs. This was later used as a slogan in the campaign against drugs in the US during the early 1980s. But as…
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Are you too busy to be successful?
Based on Dorie Clark’s book “The Long View” Rejection is part of every entrepreneur’s life. The proposal that is not accepted, the call that is not returned, the blog does not instantly go viral, the client who terminates a contract. But if you believe social media, stories in the press, or courses that offer instant…
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10 things you need to consider before you launch your second career.
It’s time to grab a notebook and pen or pencil and start jotting down the thoughts that are going through your mind about your new business venture. I do strongly suggest that you do physically write down your ideas rather than typing them on an electronic device. Research has shown that the act of writing…
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Why listen to the Geriatric Entrepreneur
I was debating whether to change my show title from Practical Solutions to Difficult Problems to The Geriatric Entrepreneur, after all rebranding is a big step. I asked some folks what they thought and I got a range of reactions from “Great idea” to “Are you mad? Do you believe your listeners will identify with…