Mindset
Sometimes the thing holding you back is a belief you have stopped questioning. These essays explore fear, uncertainty, and learning to act before you feel ready.
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- Stop procrastinating.
You've had the idea for months. You're still 'researching.' Planning mode is a form of perfectionism that kills momentum.
- Why We Often Sabotage Ourselves
Fifty-two months of solopreneurship has surfaced one big realization: most of my traps are ones I set for myself.
- Almost Everyone Gets Failure Wrong
Failure is inevitable as a solopreneur. But almost everyone gets the lesson wrong.
- 4 Easy Ways to Overcome Your Fear of Publishing
That gut-wrenching hesitation before you hit publish? Every creator has it. Four ways to push through.
- 10% of People Will Hate You
About 10% of people will hate what you create. The other 90% are waiting for you to stop caring about the 10%.
- How to (finally) stop procrastinating
Six practical ways to beat procrastination when nobody's watching and nobody cares if you show up.
- 6 Important Lessons I Learned in 2022
Six lessons from 2022 that I wish I'd learned years earlier. The fifth one still stings.
- Face Your Fears To Get What You Want
If you want to build something meaningful, you'll have to do uncomfortable things. The question is which ones.
- What I Learned from Impostor Syndrome
I can generally assess any situation with confidence — except my own accomplishments. Here's what impostor syndrome actually looks like from the inside.