Why I’m Retiring Every Product I’ve Built
In October, I didn’t have a single paid order. I wasn’t really promoting anymore.
Read on: Why I’m Retiring Every Product I’ve BuiltRenee Shupe
Journal
Letters from my desk, for women in their second chapter. Building a business on enough, the books I’m reading, pens and paper, love, and whatever else has my attention this week.
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The Five Things That Happened Every Time I Quit a Business
I’ve quit a lot of businesses. I launched my first one to become a life coach, with no plan, because it seemed cool.
Read on: The Five Things That Happened Every Time I Quit a BusinessGood at It Isn’t the Same as Fed by It
Rick and I spent the last week of September and the first part of October on the West Coast, visiting family and friends. I barely touched my computer the whole time.
Read on: Good at It Isn’t the Same as Fed by ItThe Business That Paid Well and Was Still the Wrong One
Your business is successful but you're unhappy. Here's how I knew mine was the wrong one, and four checks to run on yours before you decide.
Read on: The Business That Paid Well and Was Still the Wrong OneWhere I Draw the Line With AI
AI can draft, sort and count. The idea and the final yes stay mine.
Read on: Where I Draw the Line With AITwo Weeks at Mom’s, and What Enough Looks Like
You can't see what enough looks like from inside a full calendar. It shows up in the white space.
Read on: Two Weeks at Mom’s, and What Enough Looks LikeFive Offers That Didn’t Sell, and What Each One Taught Me
Why isn't my digital product selling? Five of my own offers that didn't work, with the real numbers, and how to tell a fixable offer from a dead one.
Read on: Five Offers That Didn’t Sell, and What Each One Taught MeRick Said He Doesn’t Know What I Do Anymore
Rick said he doesn't know what I do anymore. From the outside it looks like nothing is happening.
Read on: Rick Said He Doesn’t Know What I Do AnymoreHow to Start a Business at 50 Without Hustle Culture
How to start a business at 50 without hustle culture: a five step method built for real energy, real money, and the life you already have.
Read on: How to Start a Business at 50 Without Hustle CultureOne Trip, Five Jobs
When the drive costs you the better part of a day at each end, a trip has to earn itself. You don't go down just for a haircut.
Read on: One Trip, Five JobsThe People You Don’t Tidy Up For
Nine days is long enough to stop tidying. By about day three the good version of the house had given up and the real one took over.
Read on: The People You Don’t Tidy Up ForRunning a Business After 50 When Your Energy Isn’t What It Was
The energy drop is real, but the bigger change is tolerance. What I changed in my business after 50, and how to tell fatigue from a business that's wrong.
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