This is going to be a short post, because I really just want to pose these questions: do we mean what we say? And does it matter who we say it to? And why does asking these questions make me wince?
The advice you give, the inspiration that you conjure up, the tactics that you teach – do you mean it? Do you really want to create a following of people who are, in some ways, like you? Do you want people to do what you do, say what you say, feel how you feel, and create businesses like yours?
Because, isn’t that what we’re doing? When I tell you my online business experiences, and my takeaways and lessons learned and food for thought and advice, what I’m really doing is telling you what to do – mistakes to avoid, strategies to try, and the like. I am, in a way, fostering my own competition.
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As I’ve mentioned, over the last week or so I’ve been pretty quiet. Aside from having more than enough projects (both personal and client-related) to work on, I’ve also been just watching and listening. I’ve been reading blogs in this space, and other markets. I’ve been seeing how people are interacting on, and what they’re saying on, Twitter. It’s been insightful to just sit back and observe.
And here’s one observation I’ve made recently: it seems like there are only three ways to act as an online entrepreneur. You can be reactionary, innovative, or stale.
Let me clarify those terms and what I mean by them.
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This is the second video in the short video series I’m doing called “Online Business Owners: 4 Tactics for Creating More Hours in the Day”. You can check out more about the series, and the first video, right here.
In this video, I’m talking about how and why to cut the fluff out of your day. You know what I’m talking about. All that stuff we do that, in the end, really doesn’t matter and really doesn’t work.
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