I’ve been receiving some questions about the Marketing Yourself Intensive, a 6-week group program for experts and entrepreneurs. I thought you might find these answers helpful. (If you have another question not covered here, feel free to hit 'reply' and I'll get back to you right away.) ========== Q: Is this a live program, [...]
If you think that play is something you only do separately after work, I’d like to share this quote with you from the French diplomat and historian François-René de Chateaubriand: “A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and [...]
Today’s article is written by guest author Corey Haines, founder of SwipeFiles.co. Steve Jobs once said “good artists copy, great artists steal.” And before that, Pablo Picasso said, “Good artists borrow, great artists steal.” See the pattern? Everyone who publishes is standing on the shoulders of giants, and the more shoulders you have to stand on, [...]
[22 for 22] Get free 1-on-1 coaching with me Every new year brings with it a sense of possibility, a feeling that anything is possible if we set our minds to it. And one of the most effective ways to take advantage of this sense of possibility is by setting goals for the year ahead. [...]
Leonardo da Vinci looked at the world with the eye of an artist, and the raised eyebrow of a scientist. Arguably one of the most creative people who ever lived, he produced paintings, sculptures, feats of civil engineering, and breakthroughs in anatomy, hydrodynamics, and optics. Less than 20% of da Vinci’s notebooks have survived, totalling roughly 6,000 [...]
Work without will or wonder is just drudgery. Play is an overlap of work, will, and wonder, and it transforms how we participate in the act of working.Bringing play into your work increases your capacity to do work well. Think of the seven dwarves, toiling in the mines; they knew to whistle while you work. Play makes [...]
When I hosted the Marketing Yourself Masterclass earlier this month (replay here), I asked everyone to answer this question in the chat box: What's the hardest thing about marketing yourself? The answers included: Knowing the difference between marketing my brand vs marketing myself Having a well defined product and knowing how to execute it [...]
Let’s face it, online courses are not that exciting. Nobody has the problem on the Internet of ‘not enough information.’ There is an overload of information, on any topic you wish to research. The bigger problem we all face is: ‘How do I get the information that is most relevant to my situation, right [...]
When I was 19 I was a street musician for a year. I hitchhiked across North America, surviving off the kindness of strangers. (I tell this story in my book, Marketing Yourself. I'll tell you a bit more about how this story relates to marketing in this article.) I would roll into a new [...]
I'm on a podcast tour for my new book, Marketing Yourself. Here are some recently published episodes: Ask Pat 2.0 with Pat Flynn - How do I scale my business the right way? Entrepreneur to Author with Scott A MacMillan - The Acrobatics of Marketing Yourself Build Your Thing with Matt Giaro - Personal [...]