An Insight About Digital Products That Changed the Way I’m Building My Business

September 4, 2013

As part of my efforts to systemize and streamline Socialexis, I’m working with business coach Charlie Gilkey. He’s helping me tighten up my team, put systems in place that will help us do better work, and navigate a few issues I wasn’t sure how to tackle on my own. In one of our recent sessions, […]

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One Small Way to Invest in Yourself or Your Business That Will Yield Big Returns

August 27, 2013

The last six months have been huge for my company, Socialexis. I hesitate to write too much about this yet because I think I’ll see the full picture more clearly — and be better able to pull out important lessons — once the transition is complete. But I also see the value in sharing while […]

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My Second Anniversary of Freedom and a Gift for You

August 19, 2013

Two years ago today, I left my day job to turn my side hustle into a full-time career. Now, Socialexis has become something I never expected. I’m no longer a solopreneur; I’ve got a team of 10 impressive go-getters helping me do great work. We’re an LLC, offering content marketing services like blogging and social […]

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The Difference Between Learning and Practicing

August 12, 2013

I’m only 30 pages into Josh Kaufman’s book, The First 20 Hours: Mastering the Toughest Part of Learning Anything, but here’s my favorite part so far: learning, he says, isn’t the same thing as skill acquisition. Learning is studying. It’s reading. It’s acquiring knowledge. But if you want to master anything, learning is only the […]

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Work Should Go Around Your Life — Not the Other Way Around

August 6, 2013

It’s strange, this world we live in. You’d think work should go around your life — not the other way around. But too many of us find ourselves slaves to the workday, struggling to fit in exercise or relationships or self-improvement wherever we can. Rather than putting our priorities first, we fit them in around […]

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A New Way to See the Person Next to You

August 1, 2013

After the World Domination Summit, one of the things I heard myself and other attendees saying again and again was how great it was to be surrounded by people who want to live remarkable lives. People who want to live differently. Who have great stories to tell. Who see the world through a lens that’s […]

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Why (and How) You Should Invest In Yourself, Not Just Your Employer

July 30, 2013

If there’s one big mistake young people make in their careers, it’s this: they work so hard for their employer that they forget to invest in themselves. Why is that a big mistake? Why does it matter more than ever before? Because in our new digital world of work, all workers are dispensable. Yes, that […]

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5 Ways to Offer Awesome Content Without Pulling Your Hair Out

July 23, 2013

No time to create original content? Try these ways to offer solid content to your community without spending all your waking hours researching, writing and publishing.

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Launching a Big Website

July 15, 2013

The Write Life is live! This resource for writers has been a vision for more than a year, and we’ve finally brought it to life. The goal of the multi-author blog is to help writers create, connect and earn. So what does it take to launch a big website? A whole LOT of work — […]

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Why I’m Hella Nervous to Launch The Write Life

July 10, 2013

The Write Life launches ON MONDAY! While I should be super excited to launch this new website for writers, a project that’s been in my mind for more than a year and is now finally coming to life, here’s how I actually feel: NERVOUS AS HELL. Why? Because this is my first time launching a […]

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