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How to Become the Go-To Expert in Your Niche (And Stand Out from the Noise)

Imagine you went to the doctor with a mysterious pain.

And within five minutes, he told you exactly what was wrong, why, and how to fix it.

One week later, you were pain-free.

Would you trust him?

Would you go back in the future?

You see, to become the go-to expert in your niche, you need to know your audience better than anyone else.

You need to understand their problems and frustrations.

And you need to know how to help people move toward what they want.

The better you get at this, the more people...

A Better Way to Cope with Adversity

Everfeel like life is unfair?

Are there too many problems clawing for your attention?

You’re notthe only one.

When things don’t go my way, I tend to become frustrated.

Ispiral into darkness.

But during this past year,my view of adversity has changed.

I no longer resist what comes my way.

Why?

I’ve realized that life isn’t supposed tobe easy.

The Truth About Adversity

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops...

How I Started a Membership Site (And the Mental Blocks I Had to Fight)

I had just launched Lifestyle Liberation Academy, which at the time was a 10-week course.

(It’s now a membership site with training, support, and community).

I’d been thinking about starting a membership site for years.

But the timing never felt right.

However, with my first large course launched, things changed.

My students began asking me about a community. They craved more interaction. Not just with me, but with their fellow students.

That’s when I got the idea for Lifestyle Liberation Tribe, a...

10 Ideas You Must Give Up to Get Paid to Do What You Love

You can do what you love.

You know that, don’t you?

This is not about whether or not it’s possible, but about what’s stopping you from moving forward.

You are built to do what you love, and to thrive doing it.

But you’ve picked up habits that work against you. In order to make progress, you have to let them go.

Here are ten that I’ve noticed in my life, and in the lives of the people I’ve helped:

1. Straight Lines

“You must see your career or vocational path more as a journey with twists and turns r...

13 Incredibly Simple Ways to Overcome the Fear of Failure

Imagine if you could do anything in the world without feeling fear or any negative feelings whatsoever.

The fear of failure is instilled in us from early childhood because of overly protective parents. It’s not easy to hear the words “No!” over and over again.

After awhile you start getting cautious about what you do. You constantly look to an authority figure to see if it’s okay.

As we grow, this negative belief becomes unconscious. You don’t even know it’s there. You just live your life as bes...

Live Your Truth: 7 Powerful Lessons

Are you living your truth?

Are you following your heart with reckless abandon?

Or do you feel like you’re holding back?

Don’t worry. You’re not alone.

And it doesn’t mean you aren’t good enough.

It simply means that you may need to tweak where you’re going, and how you’re doing things.

And that’s what today’s article is about.

You see, I recently came across a book called Live Your Truth by Kamal Ravikant.

I resonated so deeply with the book that I had to share some of my favorite passages.

So if you’...

The Ultimate Guide to Following Your Heart

This post is a part of theFollow Your Heart series.

Note: My book,Follow Your Heart, is on sale until Friday. You can learn more here.

Would you like to follow your heart, but your mind or something else is stopping you?

Does it feel uncomfortable, uncertain, and maybe even confusing to follow your heart?

What you are experiencing is very normal and very common when you are beginning to follow your heart.

It is just the sign that you are heading in the right direction, because your mind and body a...

How to Plan, Outline and Write Your Book (Without Feeling Overwhelmed)

Note: My book How to Write Nonfiction eBooks is on sale until Friday. Grab your copy here.

At first all seems well.

You’re humming along writing your book.

You’re excited to ship your book out to the world.

But then doubts creep up.

You’re not sure if you’re on the right rack. You feel you’re almost randomly throwing words together.

Images of doom take residence in your mind; you see yourself sitting on a street corner, begging for change, regretting ever trying to string a sentence together.

You do...

On Depression, Feeling Worthless, and Finding Your Truth

It all started on a cold December night. A war was being waged within me.

Each morning, I’d wake up feeling like I had lead flowing through my veins, helping gravity do its job.

I’d drag myself out of bed, doing what I had to do. I was living my passion, surrounded by people I loved, but it felt empty.

Somewhere, in a dusty corner of my being, I knew this too would pass, but there was doubt. I wondered if something had gone horribly wrong in the control room of the Universe.

Maybe an operator had...

12 Lessons Learned from Building a 10,000 Subscriber Blog

Wake Up Cloud just reached 10,000 12,000 subscribers.

It took me three years to reach 10,000 subscribers.

I’ve made mistakes, I’ve had my expectations shattered, and I’ve wanted to throw in the towel.

So today I wanted to share some of the core lessons I’ve learned from getting to 10,000 blog subscribers.

There are things not spoken about in the blogging world, and today I’m going to cover them.

There’s honesty ahead, so proceed at your own risk.

And remember to grab some tea or coffee.

1. Advice

I’m...