• 5 Reasons December Matters More than January

    5 Reasons December Matters More than January

    Stop waiting for the perfect moment – you’ve got time left right now. Normally I hit December and mentally write it off, start planning for January. Push any task I can down the road to deal with later. It’s effectively a month off, right? There’s not really enough time to focus on something new. The

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  • 3 Questions to Find the System You Already Have

    3 Questions to Find the System You Already Have

    What if the system you need is already working somewhere in your life? You already have systems that work. You just haven’t spotted them yet. Think of a system as a routine. It’s something you put into action without much thought. That doesn’t mean you don’t think about what you are doing, just that the

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  • 6 Energy Drains Killing Your Side Hustle (and How to Fix Them)

    6 Energy Drains Killing Your Side Hustle (and How to Fix Them)

    You had a good day at work today. Meetings done. Deadlines met. Decisions made. Now it’s evening. You’ve got an hour for your side hustle. And somehow you can’t make yourself do anything. You’re exhausted before you even begin. Not from the work ahead, from everything that came before it. Here are 6 energy drains

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  • Why Your Side Hustle Drains Your Energy (It’s Not Lack of Discipline)

    Why Your Side Hustle Drains Your Energy (It’s Not Lack of Discipline)

    You sit down to work on your side hustle. You’ve got an hour. You know what you need to do. But you can’t make yourself start. You scroll your phone. Make another cup of tea. Rearrange your desk. Tell yourself you’ll start after you check just one thing for work. The hour’s gone. You’ve done

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  • 4 Ways Employee Systems Don’t Build Businesses

    4 Ways Employee Systems Don’t Build Businesses

    What if you aren’t stuck? What if you just need different scaffolding. You’ve been working for other people for years. Now you want something different. You want a side hustle. Or maybe you want to start your own full-time business. You’ve taken the first steps. You’ve got a plan. A domain. Social handles. You’ve even

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  • 7 Reasons Your Side Hustle Still Hasn’t Started (When You’re So Good at Your Job)

    7 Reasons Your Side Hustle Still Hasn’t Started (When You’re So Good at Your Job)

    What would happen if you stopped blaming yourself and started looking at your system? You’ve got a brilliant idea for a side hustle. You’ve bought the domain, secured the social handles, told the world it’s coming. Then nothing. It’s not that you aren’t excited about the idea. You’ve always wanted to run your own business.

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