Reader Questions

What do the most successful business owners in my world have in common? I can think of a lot of traits… but in the interest of time, I’ve narrowed it down to four.  🙂  Good news — you don’t have to be born with them. I wasn’t. You can cultivate these skills starting right now.

Asking questions is a GOOD thing. But it can also keep you stuck, especially if you’re spinning your wheels worrying about making the “right” decision. I won’t claim to have all the answers (no one does), but I can say this… everything I’ve managed to accomplish in the last 25 years is because I did […]

A lot of folks get hung up on this question when they’re starting their business… and I get it! Everyone wants to feel like they’re setting everything up right, from day one. But there’s something important you should do first, and you’re better off thinking about this BEFORE you start thinking about which structure is […]

I’m back this week with the second video in my “Getting Unstuck” series. And one thing I see people get stuck on a lot is publishing… they know it’s important, but they just don’t know what to publish.  It happens to both newbies and experienced business owners. And it reminds me of that awkward feeling […]

In my last video, I posed a question: if we were grabbing a cup of coffee, what would you ask me? Well, I got some great questions about building a business. But there were a few questions I’d consider to be almost counter-productive (and these questions can quite literally stop your business in its tracks, […]

Great question someone asked me this week – if I had to start over from scratch, TODAY, do I think I could achieve the same success? Given all the massive changes in the world over the past 25 years, here’s what I think of my chances…

The third episode in my “Time Travel” series – these are the things I learned when I first started out in online business (way back in 1996). This ones all about marketing – and the one method I learned from the old-school direct marketers that made all the difference.

I’m thinking about time travel again… and some of the key lessons I’d bring back in my time machine from when I first got started online. One thing is the difference between launching a business and buying a lottery ticket – and how you need to be clear on the difference between the two. That […]