The Blog
5 Reasons to Share Your Work
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Today’s blog post is about a question I don’t ever get asked, but I wish people WOULD ask me: Tom, why should I share my work online? Great question, Tom! And I’ll explain in one second. But first, a backstory… I started my terminal leave from the Army 1 year ago this month (actually, 28 […]
The 2 Most Important Business Lessons I Learned from Andrew Warner of Mixergy
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Of all the cruel punishments the Greek gods bestowed on humans (and one another), the punishment of Sisyphus has to be the worst. Sisyphus was the king of Ephyra and the son of Aelius (ruler of the winds and son of Poseidon...the guy has some serious lineage behind him). He was also a prideful, deceitful, […]
11 steps to building a heart-centered business from scratch
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Last week, we wrapped up the The Flight Formula LIVE – an intensive, in-person, heart-centered business incubator program. For 7 days, a small group of motivated entrepreneurs met in the mountains of Asheville to discover their gifts, activate their purpose, and build heart-centered businesses from scratch. Jason and Asher led the way (with me providing […]
The Entrepreneur's Journey
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There it is. After grinding it out for years… After hustling every minute of every day…. After putting 100% of everything you’ve got into reaching your goal… You see the top. It’s within reach. Finally… You take a knee to pause and reflect… It’s been a long time coming. When you began, the wins were […]
Lean Launch: How to Sell an Idea Before You Build it (a $41,000 case study)
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I recently launched a new product that generated $41,000 in gross revenue, and in this article, I'm going to break down how we did it. While the launch was a success, the remarkable part isn’t the amount we brought in (I’ve seen bigger launches). No, what’s remarkable is the process we used to get it […]
Behind-the-Scenes of a $40k Launch (our strategy and techniques exposed)
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For a step-by-step path to creating, marketing, and launching your first five or six figure product, read: Collaborate: The Modern Playbook for Leading a Small Team to Create, Market, and Sell Digital Products Online. In the fall of 2013, I resigned my commission in the US Army. It was a pretty great moment, I’m not […]
How to build an antifragile business that gains from disorder
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The Incredible Hulk is a pretty interesting superhero. When he gets angry, he becomes indestructible. Actually, better than indestructible; the more people mess with him (shoot him with bullets, RPGs, lasers, whatever), the STRONGER he gets. At one point, Hulk even went up against Superman (supposedly the strongest / most invincible hero in comic-world), and it […]
How to get paid twice as much as a lawyer by letting people choose their price
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I got an email last week from a Resistance Member asking about Pay What You Want consulting. She wanted to know two things: Does it work? and... How well? Both fair questions. As you probably know, I’m currently doing a test run using Pay What You Want pricing for my consulting services (sorry, all booked […]
The Problem with Version 9.0 – why you should start with beta instead
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This post is all about how to start, finish and ship a project (product or service). To help, I created a guide and workbook: Get the "Quick Start Guide + Workbook" here. In February, I had the pleasure of speaking at The Game Changers Live event in Sydney, Australia. I gave a presentation on how to […]
Beyond the Beach (the creator's dilemma)
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Myrmidons! My brothers of the sword! I would rather fight beside you than any army of thousands! Let no man forget how menacing we are, we are lions! Do you know what's waiting beyond that beach? Immortality! Take it! It's yours! Troy Creators have a dilemma. We want the freedom to create whatever, whenever we […]