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Do you believe every experience teaches you something? Is there ever such a thing as success or failure? In episode 10 the delightful and intelligent Dawn Marrs Ortiz returns to The Solopreneur Hour; she and I answer these questions and we discuss the top 8 steps needed to become a successful solopreneur.
There is so much meat in this show; every single one of the eight steps carries tremendous value, so here’s a quick glimpse of each one:
1: Discover Your Passion
Don’t worry about what you know or what you’ve done, think about what you LOVE. Have you stayed up all night working on something and hardly noticed it was 4am? THAT is your passion.
2: Immerse yourself in the culture: dive on in.
Three questions to ask yourself about the thing you love: who’s who of that world? What are the top blogs/forums? Where do you go to get the latest info? Answer those and then dive into each.
3: Seek knowledge.
Wisdom isn’t just for the Buddhas of the world. Find out whatever you can and go wherever you have to go to learn EVERYTHING about your topic. This is what the greats do to become great.
4: Make the decision to TAKE (imperfect) ACTION!!!
Nothing gets done without action. You’re a hustler, now show it. Take your knowledge from the previous three steps and put it into action. You’ve gotta pull the trigger at some point.
5: Surround yourself with leaders.
Relationships, relationships, relationships. This is the only thing that matters: build relationships, especially with the leaders of your industry. YOU are the product of the 5 people you spend the most time with.
6: Take MORE action.
Action begets more action so take some now and commit to continually doing so. Make your actions based on your knowledge and what you’ve learned so far, and GO.
7. Show gratitude.
Find something to be grateful for on a daily basis: this one simple act can shift your life in ways you can’t begin to imagine. Try this exercise: Everytime you sit down to a meal with a friend or family, have everyone say (out loud) 2 things you were grateful for that day, 1 thing you were good at, and 1 thing you’re looking forward to. You’ll be surprised how it makes you feel.
8. Give back.
This one is beyond important: what could you pass on today to help someone else? Knowledge, money, time? Whatever someone has given to you in the past, pay it forward today.
Take each step one by one and I know you’ll find a way to make a living doing what you love. These eight steps are absolutely key for any solopreneur’s success.
If you’re looking to put number 5 into action and surround yourself with another leader, find Dawn Marrs on Facebook and Twitter:
https://www.facebook.com/dawnmarrs
Resources from this episode:
https://disruptivethinkers.org
Get your FREE audiobook of your choice at: https://solohourbook.com
Hi Mike,
Another great episode. I think Dawn hit the nail firmly on the head when she spoke about the vibe of being here at the beginning of your success.
I think that is what has got me so excited, about everything I hear you doing. I have my idea. I have my movement.
I have my tribe name……..I just don’t really know how to pull it all together.
So hearing you speak about the things you have done to get your figures….and the transparency of the up and downs in listener figures has doubly inspired me.
At the moment I think I am changing into Katy Perry………I’m getting ready to Roar!!!!!
So yeah, a mastermind club would be very interesting for me.
David, thank you! Your message was fantastic, thanks! Let me know how I can help you. As far as the mastermind, if we get a few more people that are interested, we’ll make it happen.
Sign me up!!
Sara, it’s going down that road. I’m working on how to structure it to get the most value. What do you think you need the most help with?
@saraparedesmccann:disqus The Mastermind Group will be Called The SoloLab. I would love to hear what you’d like to get out of it: Tweet me with hashtag #sololab with your suggestions for the SoloLab, or email me at michael@solopreneurhour.com
@disqus_omrnRmnVl6:disqus The Mastermind Group will be Called The SoloLab. I would love to hear what you’d like to get out of it: Tweet me with hashtag #sololab with your suggestions for the SoloLab, or email me at michael@solopreneurhour.com
Michael really interesting to hear about your download figures for the first few shows. I was wondering whether the number of downloads you quote includes ones from Stitcher.
I listen to number of shows and they all ask me to leave an excellent review in iTunes but being on Stitcher I can’t do that. That’s a shame and wonder if you can tell how many people specifically download the show through Stitcher.
Anyway love the show, thoroughly enjoyed the one with Pat Flynn. Seems like you are posting a new show every few days – is that the plan for the foreseeable future.
@andybrownuk:disqus…yes. Shows are MWF, as long as I can hack it. 🙂
Nice! Yes, very conversational. Awesome.
If you start a mastermind, I’m totally going to be the first person to sign up. Do it!
(Oh, and thanks for attacking that common misuse of the word “humbled”. One of those things that constantly annoys me.)
Timothy, its definitely heading down that road. I’m considering calling it “Sololab”. Your thoughts?
Sounds promising… I’ll get back to you soon.
Tim, Tweet me with hashtag #sololab with your suggestions for the SoloLab or email me at michael@solopreneurhour.com
Another great episode, the best parts are when you get into the physiological aspects and mindset related topics. Enjoy that! These conversions are so rich and motivating. Definitely will listen to this episode again. Also interested in mastermind. Action time. 🙂
Alex…you’re grandfathered into the mastermind. 🙂
Thanks! Tweet me with hashtag #sololab with your suggestions for the SoloLab (Mastermind), or email me at michael@solopreneurhour.com
Michael I caught the interview with Dawn loved it !!!! Awesome job !!! I loved you’r thoughts on starting a mastermind group. I’ve been listening since your first episode. I’m very interested in your million dollar business idea you’ve mentioned need more info. keep up the awesome work Bro !!!! 🙂 you have my 5 stars
@normshafer:disqus Thanks brother! Sorry it took me so long to respond…I didn’t see this notification! It looks like things are progressing towards the mastermind. I’m just trying to build it in a way that it provides tremendous value for everyone. Stay tuned.
The Mastermind Group will be Called The SoloLab. I would love to hear what you’d like to get out of it: Tweet me with hashtag #sololab with your suggestions for the SoloLab, or email me at michael@solopreneurhour.com
I just finished listening to this episode on my commute to work and it was super inspiring. Listening in the car is great, however I am always dissapoinited I can’t write down all the great tips. I will have to listen again to put the 8 tips on my inspiration board. Great work. These podcasts are absolutely fantastic to listen to on my way to my new business each day- really sets the stage of my inspiring day.
Nicole…thanks for that feedback. Working on that as we speak. I’m considering doing “extended” show notes for people that subscribe to my emailing list. That way the people that are really interested can get all the meat and potatoes, and those that are just checking it out can get a brief summary. Thoughts?
Great idea. I was thinking of a way you could only give extended notes to those who listen first. Not sure how with put it getting too complicated with passwords and such. Maybe a great idea for an App or iTunes feature … Give those who listen first extra notes. For now perhaps you can include a link for extended notes in your newsletter? (And on our honor we will listen first before clicking)