The following “Career Anchors” helped me clarify my career in a way I never have before. Before, if someone asked me about my values, I’d say words like “freedom” or “autonomy,” but those concepts were too broad to be truly clarifying.

Every month, I jump on a call with Andrea Jacobsen, a popular and talented painter who I’m fortunate to call my friend. On our call this month, I took feverish notes. It’s magical when Andrea starts telling me the answers I’ve been seeking. Here are my top takeaways from our recent chat.

Life is a lot easier (and we are easier on ourselves) when we view everything as an experiment. We don’t need to have all the answers—we just need to be able to run micro experiments to get the answers we need.

I first started doing Quarterly Strategy Sessions with my friend Stef Caldwell. We love peer-coaching one another through life and career. Stef has a way of seeing me more clearly than I see myself at times. Here’s how we structure our sessions and the benefits we’ve both noticed over time.

If your business is making $250,000 a year. It’s a lot easier to focus on growing that to $500,000 a year than it is to try and make $250,000 with outside investments. In this article, we’ll talk about building indestructible wealth.

At the beginning of 2022, I had a strong desire to find a business coach. I needed someone who had similar values and goals as me, but who was a few steps ahead of me.

My goal is to have a decades-long and fulfilling career. I’m not looking to clock-in-and-clock-out for a paycheck (although there is nothing wrong with that). Knowing this about myself helps me remember that slowing down is my ally.

I recently had the opportunity to interview NYT Bestseller author Mary Kubica and senior VP agent Carly Watters, among others. I’ve been asked a few times how I invited them to the show. Today, I’m sharing the pitch template I used.

If you’re a multi-hyphenate creator like me, chances are you don’t fit neatly into a one-word profession. I kept trying to find my “one thing” and felt discouraged. It was liberating to discover I could have a portfolio career and achieve my own version of success this way.

I realized a large obstacle we face as we chase goals is learning how to combat self-doubt. Having a vision holder can be a helpful person to turn to when doubt creeps in, but I started to realize - we can’t always turn to Vision Holders. We have to be our own vision holder. If you read the next paragraph, put yourself in the shoes of being your own guide. Can you imagine how empowering this would be?

“Build Once, Sell Twice” outlines exactly how Jack Butcher developed his audience and products. The audience he built is not only large, but also engaged. A large percentage of his followers buy from him. While you’d have to take the class to see the fantastic Google Sheets, videos, and designs, I wanted to share some takeaways that might benefit you today.

It’s been important to me from day one to operate a very lean business. As you run and grow a business, the expenses tend to stack up and eat into profits, so I try to stay as lean as possible. This often means digging into tools and doing research so I can find a low-cost tool, or when possible, a free tool.

Over the weekend, I read The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry by John Warrillow. I loved it! In this post, I’m going to summarize book highlights so you get a taste of the power of subscriptions.

The internet rewards productive people who can create their own work. It’s also created a massive shift in the way talent is discovered at every level. Geography is no longer a barrier. That means you can deliver value to people that have a problem no matter who they are, or what level of stardom they’ve reached.

In 2018, I was inspired to create a pitch deck, but instead of creating it for a business, I created it for my personal brand. I started asking myself: if I had investors what metrics would I report to them? How would I describe my brand to them and what I’m selling?

I used to think that I needed to find my “one thing” in my career that would unlock my purpose and fulfillment. Ironically, once I let that go and embraced all the things I love, I felt the most purpose and fulfillment!