Tag: business

Marketing Yourself While Maintaining Authenticity Entrepreneurship

Marketing Yourself While Maintaining Authenticity

by Jun 02, 2019 No Comments

I had an interesting realization while on a brunch date with my oldest daughter, Emily (15). Over some delicious Indian food, we talked about our purpose, what feels meaningful, and what we enjoy working on. And some questions she asked brought up some revelatory insights that I’ve been pondering. Mainly, I realized that I don’t necessarily want to be the spokesperson for the brands I’m...

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Dream Achievement Blueprint Entrepreneurship / Finances / Personal

Dream Achievement Blueprint

by Dec 21, 2017 No Comments

Do you have a dream you’ve been putting off because you think you don’t have time for it? What would you need to do to create time for it? One of my goals for a while has been to create an online course. You may already know that I’ve been working on a course to help families who want to travel the world long-term. I’ve...

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Entrepreneurship / Finances / Goals

3 Things to Consider Before Starting a Lifestyle Business

by Aug 24, 2016 4 Comments

I recently received an email from a young man just setting out on his own path. He’s questioning conventional education and conventional career choices. He’s looking to create a business that would allow him to travel and pursue his passions without succumbing to the daily grind and instability of traditional jobs. I was moved to answer his questions in my latest video. I know there...

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Entrepreneurship / Goals / Personal / Travel

Income On The Go – 7 Ways To Fund A Travel Lifestyle

by Aug 18, 2016 No Comments

While many people would love to travel long-term with their families, the task of figuring out to how to fund a traveling lifestyle can seem daunting. It is hard to figure out where to even begin, when all you have known your whole life is how to create a conventional life with a conventional 9-5 job. I made this video to help you brainstorm ideas on...

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Making Work Meaningful Entrepreneurship / Goals / Spirituality

Making Work Meaningful

by Oct 16, 2014 3 Comments

When I created Music Teacher’s Helper ten years ago, it was to solve a need that I had in my own life — to better organize my student lesson schedules and payments. I decided to turn it into a “business” for two reasons. One, because other teachers expressed interest in it. And two, to provide for my family without being dependent on an employer. I’ve learned a lot since...

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The Why of Happiness Entrepreneurship / Personal / Productivity / Spirituality

The Why of Happiness

by May 08, 2014 13 Comments

Despite having stated that I no longer offer business consulting, I occasionally get emails asking me if I can make an exception. Sometimes I’ll write back asking what they hope to get out of consulting, and it usually turns out they want advice on what they should do, or instructions for how they should do it. One of the reasons I stopped offering consulting is that...

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Codependent in Hong Kong Entrepreneurship / Hong Kong / Personal / Spirituality / Travel

Codependent in Hong Kong

by Apr 27, 2013 24 Comments

It’s been another intense month for me, digging through the recesses of my soul, questioning what I want in life and relationships, and breaking through more barriers that have been holding me back from being myself. I also took a solo business trip to Hong Kong for a few days, and have been working more on building my business structure and systems to handle new...

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How to Choose a Winning Business Idea Entrepreneurship

How to Choose a Winning Business Idea

by Mar 03, 2013 15 Comments

Recently, thanks to some articles I was highlighted in, I’ve been getting more consulting requests than usual. I’ve turned down many of these, partly because I only want to spend so much time on the phone and email each day, and also because the majority of the requests had the same difficult question: How do I choose a winning business idea? I wrote an article about...

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From Entrepreneur to CEO Entrepreneurship / Finances / Productivity

From Entrepreneur to CEO

by Oct 20, 2012 15 Comments

When I started my online business, I did everything myself. The planning, programming, graphics design, database management, server maintenance, marketing, customer support, billing, accounting, taxes — everything! Most of it I learned as I went along. It was a lot of work and took every spare moment of my time for several years. As the business grew, I realized that I didn’t have to do it all...

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