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The Mountaintop and the Riverbank

As a soulpreneur, you are often driven by passion and purpose… yet you might sometimes struggle to attract enough of your ideal clients.

You’ve poured your soul into developing what you consider are transformational offerings, honing your skills over years of practice. You know you have something valuable to offer…

…but despite your efforts, the clients aren’t flowing in. If so, then you might be making a common mistake — shouting from the mountaintop.

We’ll visit you on the mountain soon, ...

The EASE Productivity Framework

Not everything on your to-do list is meant to be done by you.

As you look at each task, does it fit all 3 criteria?

1. Enjoyment: You enjoy doing it, or wish to.

2. Expertise: You are an expert at it, or wish to become one.

3. Effect: The results of the task are more worthwhile than other tasks you could do.

If it passes all 3 checks, then the task is worth your time and attention!

If it doesn’t pass all 3 checks, then I recommend using the EASE process:

Eliminate

Automate

Share

En-Joy...

One Hour at a Time: From Soul Frustration to Fulfilled Action

Solopreneurs: if you want to do everything NOW... but your life doesn't allow for it!

"I have a tendency to want to solve everything NOW… and some degree of frustration that my life just doesn’t allow for that!"

Posted by George Kao, Authentic Business Coach on Friday, September 20, 2024

A fellow soulpreneur wrote:

“I’m loving JoyPro! It’s already generated more useful action than I have for months! But I do have a tendency to want to solve everything now, and feel some degree of f...

My Top Advice for Creating Consistently & Authentically

My Top Advice for Creating Consistently & Authentically

This video shares my best advice to date about creating consistently and authentically... See the resource links I mentioned here: https://georgekao.substack.com/p/my-t...

Posted by George Kao, Authentic Business Coach on Friday, September 13, 2024

My content creation journey began in 2014.

I’ve now written more than 1,000 pieces (scattered over social media, about 300 are on my blog)
I...

Growing Your Inner Capacity for Audience Growth

Growing Your Inner Capacity for Audience Growth

“How do I grow my capacity to have and receive a large audience, and not be afraid of becoming more visible or well-known as my audience grows over time? Could you, George, share how your mind/heart have adapted at each stage of your audience growth?” –a YouTube viewer wrote to me. I thought this was a very thoughtful question, and wonder why more content creators don’t talk about this. I appreciate the questioner’s sensitivity!

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Do what you love vs. Love what you do

LOVE what you do, so that one day you’ll get to do what you LOVE...

A reminder for us solopreneurs: You have to do stuff you don't naturally love… until you have enough money to do only what you love. Building a business as a solopreneur involves a huge variety of tasks and projects, most of which you wouldn’t naturally have thought – “This was what I was looking forward to doing, day to day, with an authentic business!” The stronger your passion and vision for what should be your ideal w...

a soulful perspective on goal-setting and deadlines - Joyful Productivity for soulpreneurs

a soulful perspective on goal-setting and deadlines - Joyful Productivity for soulpreneurs

Can you relate to this comment from a student familiar with my content: “I'm seeing this pattern of mind setting up goals and plans, and especially times, to complete things. Then what tends to happen is that the plans get somehow thrown off… Things tend to start after the end of the arbitrary deadline. I thought I just need to get better at doing things on time, but I learned in an inner voice retr...

Not Inspired? Don’t Trust That Feeling. Use Your “Old” Ideas…

Waiting for inspiration?

Not inspired? Don't trust that feeling. Respect (1) your creative muse, (2) your discipline of creating, and (3) your audience (let them evaluate your ideas)...

Posted by George Kao, Authentic Business Coach on Friday, July 5, 2024

 

Ever captured an idea, only to revisit it a few days later and feel uninspired? You’re second-guessing your initial excitement.

“Maybe this wasn’t a good idea after all…”

This is quite normal, in my experience. We get that burs...

7 Authentic Ways to Get More Visibility For Your Content

7 Authentic Ways to Get More Visibility For Your Content

I receive this question often – "How to get more visibility for my content?" In this video I give an overview of my 7 favorite strategies for getting more content reach. Check out the companion blog post with relevant links: https://www.georgekao.com/blog/conten...

Posted by George Kao, Authentic Business Coach on Friday, June 14, 2024

I receive this question often –

“How to get more visibility for my content?”

Here’s my ...

“I do outreach for my business, but very few people respond… what’s wrong with what I’m doing?”

You might be posting on social media about your business, or emailing your friends, and still… few people respond back...

Posted by George Kao, Authentic Business Coach on Friday, June 7, 2024

You might be posting on social media about your business, or emailing your friends, and still… few people respond back with enthusiastic support. What’s going on?

Before I share some advice in this article that can generally apply to the variety of people reading this, I should mention that I ...