There is this immense pressure these days to DO MORE. Sleep less.
There is this immense pressure these days to DO MORE. Sleep less.
There’s an insane amount of hype around hustle these days, from Gary V. telling you not to sleep to shaming instagram posts about how easy it is for some of us to “just be productive.” On the show today we break down this trend, talk about why it’s happening and how your drive to hustle is actually hurting you.
I’ve got a little bone to pick with a piece of extremely common advice I hear from successful entrepreneurs. I hear this advice everywhere.
Running an indie business is more possible than ever — even when you’ve got a young baby or a new marriage. But if you try to simply burn more candles at more ends (or pour more cups of coffee to get through the day) you’ll find yourself and your family paying a price too high.
Picture this: you've been working hard on your business when an amazing opportunity comes along. You've been asked to speak on a panel where your ideal customers will be eagerly listening in the audience. The adrenaline starts pumping as you process the good news, when suddenly…
When we compare ourselves to other people our work gets worse not better. And yet it’s a totally human experience: “they have people buying, listening, reading, clicking their stuff, why don’t I have that?”
Something really stuck with me after reading the amazing four-part blog post series at Wait But Why about Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX. In the first article in the series, Elon Musk: The World’s Raddest Man, author Tim Urban notes “… he [Elon Musk] refuses to advertise for Tesla, something most startup car companies wouldn’t think twice about — because he sees advertising as manipulative and dishonest.” (emphasis mine)
“I don’t really have deep expertise in anything. I’m more of a jack of all trades. Do I have any business starting a business?” We’ve heard this question a number of times at Fizzle, so let’s set the record straight and give you some insights about starting a business without expertise.
Sabiki rigs are one of the most fascinating tools I've ever seen used in fishing. They consist of anywhere between six and ten small lures with individual hooks, all attached to one fishing line and rod with a sinker at the end.
Can you try two business ideas out at the same time or will it just waste your time on both to not focus on either? On the show today we share our thoughts on that question as well as 3 others brought up recently on the Fizzle Forums:
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