Life Skills That Matter | Create Work That Works For You

Roobens Fils, travel blogger and author of "Traveling While Black" wants to inspire you to turn setbacks into opportunities and he's had his fair share of them! Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show363 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: How the pandemic forced him to finally get his book out into the world. If you get laid off, Roobens shares what you need to do to be prepared. Landing clients as he traveled the world. How to balance work with sightseeing. How long it took Roobens to earn the same amount of money as his last job. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Karwanna Dyson, CEO of She's Got Goals, wants to teach you how to make six figures landing government contracts, helping you become profitable faster! Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show362 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: How to seek government contracts if you sell professional services. Why she tried several different types of business before she found one that made her millions. How to find government contracts earmarked specifically for women and minority-owned businesses. What she learned from her own experience about how to accelerate the growth of a new business. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Sandra Booker, owner of AnyOldTask.ca, a virtual assistant agency, wants to teach you how to become to a virtual assistant (VA) to gain your work freedom right now! Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show361 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: How she turned her administrative skill set into a business. Find business ideas by focusing on skills you're really good and most other people don't enjoy doing. The first couple of steps Sandra took to become a VA. If you decided to become a VA, don't undervalue your skills. How she gets more clients from her best clients. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Laura Roeder, founder of MeetEdgar and Paperbell, wants to inspire you to create time freedom by designing your work around your ideal lifestyle. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show360 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: How such discovered her desire to do work that gave her time freedom. Why she prefers lots of clients who pay her small amounts of money. How she turned her social media spreadsheets into the software that became MeetEdgar. Overcoming her self-imposed limitations. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Jatali Bellanton, founder of BrilliantMindsUnite.com is a financial literacy advocate that wants to inspire you to teach yourself and your kids how to achieve financial freedom. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show359 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: How she started making money from home once she left her job. Why it's so important to talk to your spouse about your entrepreneurial desires. How she secured her financial independence through real estate. Why you need to prove yourself all over again when you start working for yourself. Core financial lessons she believes kids need to learn. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Evan La Ruffa, creative entrepreneur and founder of IPaintMyMind.org, shares how to embrace change in times of great chaos like we are living through. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show358 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: How the pandemic created new opportunities for his nonprofit. Be willing to test anything you are unsure about. Why he doesn't want to commit to just one service. Why gets his team to think of projects like campaigns instead. How he prioritizes his limited resources. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Khalilah Elliott, founder and chief disruptor at Gafford Communications, a multicultural strategic communications firm, wants to inspire you to repackage your skills to do work that matters. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show357 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: If you've been recently laid off, Khalilah has some advice for you. Why freelancing was her entry point into entrepreneurship. The process she went through to recover emotionally from the loss of her job. Why her story is a warning for all of our careers. Within two years, she is making more money than her previous job. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Jessica Malone, a decluttering coach and founder of NachoAverageFro.com wants to inspire you to declutter to live your desired life. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show356 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: Why decluttering was the one method that finally got her unstuck. Why she tackled her closest first to start decluttering. Anxiety about her job drove her to make a change in her life. Why convenience is preventing you from living your desired life Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

In this special panel discussion episode, work futurists Karen Eber, Charles Araujo and George Muir discuss how work changed in 2020 as we've known it and how to adapt to that change going forward. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show355 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: Why George believes we should no longer be discussing how to approach the future of work, but the future of life itself. Karen believes companies need to be thinking about how to create engaged cultures no matter where their employees are located. Charles says if you want to work on your terms, now has never been a better time to do that. Karen predicts younger generations will view commuting to work in the same way we now viewing smoking on airplanes. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Jeremy Enns, CEO of Counter Weight Creative, shares the process he went through to niche down his business to its current focus today. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show354 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: Why you need to shun the nonbelievers from your business life. How he fell into his current niche of health and wellness. What the Niche Tribe Model is all about. How niching down increases your referrals. How you can focus on niche mindsets and not just industries. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Isha Uppalapati, founder of AGirlsFrontier.com, started a nonprofit 2 years ago as a sophomore in high school to teach disadvantaged girls entrepreneurship skills. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show353 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: Sharing the resource you have with others who have less access. The process she went through to start her nonprofit. How she got her very first donation. What she's learned about managing her time from remote learning. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Aaron James, CEO of Webonli, shares how to make your website a sales lead machine. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show352 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: Why your website is your #1 employee. How to build your business without having to chase after sales. How to engage potential customers using social media without spending all your time on social media. The basics of building a digital sales funnel for your business. How to get paid to learn. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Entrepreneur and digital nomad, Natalie Sisson shares our mission to inspire you to get paid to be you and how you can do it. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show351 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: Practice telling your story. Getting paid to be yourself takes effort. Why she's not an advocate of having a backup plan. Identify your unfair advantage as the starting point for creating your business. How traveling the world helped her build her business. Why you want to build multiple revenue streams. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Todd Henry, author of The Motivation Code, wants to help you to understand your motivation, so you can unlock your hidden potential. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show350 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: Why you may not understand your motivation as clearly as you might believe. What Todd learned about his own motivations. How he motivates himself to write, yet doesn't enjoy the process of writing. Sustain your motivation by learning how to activate your core motivations throughout the day. If you want to identify your motivation, takes the assessment now at themotivationcode.com Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast

Black women are transforming work for themselves by starting businesses at a faster rate than any other demographic because the conventional work system never worked for them. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show349 In this special episode, I'm joined by a guest co-host Jillian Hubbard, a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant, who I previously interviewed in episode 247 to guide a round table discussion about black women solopreneurs and how to support their growth. Our guests are Ericka Young, a personal finance coach and founder of Tailor-Made Budgets.com and Naika Gabriel, a researcher at Johns Hopkins and a holistic doula, who is exploring starting her own business, Labor of Love, to support women through the trauma brought on by childbirth. Ready to work for yourself? Learn the first 5 actions at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted Subscribe https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast Podcast Archive https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast