Today marks the conclusion of my five-part series on entrepreneurial freedom. If you’ve missed any of the posts in the series, here they are in order: 1. The Four Freedoms of Entrepreneurship This post talks about the four freedoms we all seek as entrepreneurs in order to live a fulfilled and meaningful career, and the introduction […]
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A Tale of Two Locations
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been writing on how to achieve freedom as an entrepreneur. Last week, I discussed how your work can help you achieve freedom by asking yourself whether the work you do is rare and valuable. Being rare and valuable is a key to earning windfall profits for your business. Today, […]
Freedom of Work
Over the past two weeks, I’ve been writing about entrepreneurial freedom. Last week I wrote about the two mindsets when it comes to financial freedom: 1) the Spartan mindset of frugality and 2) the Athenian mindset of abundance. Today I wanted to share with you my thoughts on how to achieve freedom via your work. Your […]
Financial Freedom: Spartan or Athenian?
Last week, I talked about the Four Freedoms of Entrepreneurship. Today, I wanted to take a deep dive into one of the most important pillars – financial freedom. Financial freedom is probably the number one most sought-after milestone for anyone who jumps into freelancing, consulting, or owning an agency business. But there are two mindsets when it […]
The Four Freedoms of Entrepreneurship
Everyone wants freedom, but not everyone is willing to pay their dues to attain it. Freedom comes at a price. The ancient Spartans fought the Persian Empire to protect their freedom and 300 Spartans willingly died at the Battle of Thermopolyae to preserve it (and I watched the movie 300 about 50 times when it came out on […]
Does it really take 21 days to form a habit?
Last week, we talked about commitment, and the activities you can undertake to grow your business. I’ll get back to commitment in a moment, but first, I wanted to ask a question. What do the following phrases have in common? “Earth is the center of the universe.” “It takes 21 days to form a habit.” […]
Are you committed?
We all want something in business and life. “I want a million dollar business.” “I want to travel the world.” “I want to be the best in my industry.” Wanting something is easy, something that every one of us accomplishes each day. The hard part? Commitment. Earlier this year, I posted growth goals for jeffalytics.com, aiming […]
Stay Top Of Mind
Do your clients think of YOU when they think about the services you offer? If not you, then who? If your email inbox is as clogged as mine, it’s no secret to you that today is the day GDPR becomes official. A day that has changed how the web operates. Forever. For better or worse. For […]
Your Clients Don’t Trust You
Last week, we talked about the Snowball Strategy, where I argued it is THE key to growing your revenue over time in your freelancing, consulting, or agency/service-based business. Client relationships are the foundation of the Snowball Strategy. You need to develop long-term relationships with your clients to ensure profitable growth in your business. But what […]
Bringing on Partners in Your Agency Business
If you have been working as a freelancer or consultant, the idea teaming up with others to form a business partnership can be exciting. But there are also a lot of daunting questions that must be addressed. Who do you bring on as partners? Do you really need partners to reach your goals? Will they be […]