My coaching business started by accident.
As closely as I can trace the steps, it happened like this: First, I started sharing my writing every day on the Internet.
A few months later, I was invited to become a coach at Akimbo.
Then, one by one, people started asking me if I could help them with their businesses.
Read MoreMy video workflow is supposed to be as follows:
Every Wednesday: script or outline five videos.
Every Thursday: shoot five videos.
Every Friday: edit and format five videos.
If I do that, I will have five videos “in the can,” ready for the following week.
Read MoreWhen I started making videos on TikTok this summer, I thought I was taking a pretty chaotic approach.
In order to turn out three videos a day, I had to make a video on any topic I could come up with. I couldn’t overthink it. I didn’t have time to make a plan and follow it.
Sometimes, this made the work easier — I could pull any idea off the top of my head and turn it into a video.
Read MoreThe one thing I could offer that would benefit my fellow entrepreneurs the most? Clarity.
Unfortunately, it’s not something I can sell. You pretty much have to set off on a traditional hero’s journey with fantasy animal friends in order to find it for yourself.
Some people do try to sell clarity — or the promise of clarity.
Read MoreEven as a college student, the only practical career I could visualize for myself was to be a teacher.
I didn’t know much about other careers, and my obsession with music precluded my pursuit of even learning about them. So when I went to college, it was to study music education — a worthy compromise.
I never could have imagined where I’d end up. After all, when I was a kid, there was no Internet.
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