Life Skills That Matter | Create Work That Works For You

Jinny Oh, a UX designer and founder of WANDR, provides loads of lessons about how to grow your business faster by collaborating with your team and even your clients. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show348 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: Never assume you understand the behaviors of your customers. The design for anything begins by first observing. Why she hired designers better than herself as she built her team. How to grow by letting go, but how it almost sent her business into bankruptcy. The pros and cons of never having been conventionally employed. 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

Nicki Krawczyk, a copywriting freelance coach and founder of filthyrichwriter.com, shares how to start a freelance copywriter business using her own story as inspiration. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show347

Ryan Clover, a freelance web developer and founder of Maple Creative, shares how to become a freelancer developer. His story provides an actionable template for building any type of freelance business. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show346

Iggy Perillo, a leadership coach and the founder of worksportlife.com, shares how to start a mastermind, so get support from your peers as you build your business. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show345

Luke Frye, a CPA for entrepreneurs and the co-founder of TimberTax.co, shares how to demystify accounting for solopreneur startups. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show344

Our guest today Nikki Groom, author of Power of Your Own is going to share how to build your business from the inside out instead of from the traditional outside-in approach. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show343 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: *Why you will never have everything all figured out when you start your business. *How to explore and find your Why. *She took slow, incremental steps into entrepreneurship, not a big leap. 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

Geoff Woods, host of The ONE Thing podcast wants to inspire you to do the one thing that matters to you most! Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show342 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: *Why your time is more valuable than your money. *Life is about searching for the answers to your questions. *Focus on acquiring skills, not getting your dream job. *Why it took experiencing pain to decide to work for himself. *How to reach out to one of your entrepreneur heroes. 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

Lisette Sutherland, author of Work Together Anywhere, shares how to work together anywhere, but in a way that's right for you and your team. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show341 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: *How the pandemic turned her 2-year old book into a must read. *Her curiosity to help people work together remotely grew out of working for someone who was trying to figure out how not to die. *How her company was born out of sheer survival. 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

Dustin Heiner, founder of MasterPassiveIncome.com, provides you a master class in how to earn passive income from real estate investing. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show340 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: *Why your value is inside of you and doesn't come from your job. *The moment he knew he was ready to let go of full-time employment. *Why real estate investing is a "get wealthy plan," not a "get rich quick scheme". *Build your business first before you even buy your first property. 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

Charles Max Wood, founder of DevChat.tv, provides a detailed case study of how to become a freelance software developer. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show339 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: *How listening to podcasts helped him learn software development opportunities. *Why keeping your job is emotionally safe. *How to talk to a spouse who is nervous about freelancing. *How his network helped him understand he was under pricing his software development services. *Red flags to know about before you start working with a new client. 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

Dan Cumberland, founder of The Meaning Movement, wants to share how to be yourself in your work, so you know longer feel like you have to be someone you're not. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show338 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: *How he discovered he no longer wanted to do the work he was "supposed to do". *Ask yourself, "Who told you to be "X"?" *Explore how you receive and give attention. *How Dan defines what it means to "be yourself". *Make a list of areas of your life where you feel out of alignment. 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

Matthew Zachary, founder of OffScrip Media, a podcast production company focused on sharing uncomfortable healthcare conversations, wants to inspire you to choose to live life on your terms. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show337 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: *How he centered himself through the chaos of surviving brain cancer. *How Matthew's Plan B became his Plan A. *Why it's important to mourn the loss of your previous identity to give life to your new one. *How a fellow brain cancer survivor inspired him to work for himself. 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

Alex French, founder of Get Bizzy Coffee, provides you a master class on how to fight off failure to succeed. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show336 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: *Why his first business idea was a failure. *How he founded his business using KickStarter by first reaching out to 100+ blog influencers. *His secret for overcoming the fear of rejection when reaching out to clients. *The pros and cons of working with retailers versus Amazon. *Why seeking investors are more trouble than they're worth. 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

Fabian Dittrich, digital nomad, authorized ZenDesk partner and free diver, wants to share how to make just enough money to live your ideal lifestyle. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show335 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: *How living on less money made him feel more connected with other people. *The benefits of his traveler's mindset. *Why he doesn't like the "fakeness" of the digital nomad lifestyle. *Look for business ideas from work no one else wants to do. 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

Sarah Davis, a learning experience designer and founder of Clewen Learning Experience Design, wants to inspire you to explore how you like to learn and how to learn about yourself. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show334 Lot of great lessons in our conversations including: *What instructional designers do and how to design learning experiences. *How Sarah likes to learn. *How her love of travel prompted her to start exploring remote work. *Her struggle with asking for permission as she started working for herself. *How to discover your values and why that's so important. 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