Pivot with Jenny Blake
409 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 188 ratingsWhat’s next for your career and creative projects? Pivot with Jenny Blake launched in 2015 to help us better embrace fear, insecurity, imperfection, and intuition as the superpowers they are while pivoting. Join Jenny Blake, award-winning author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One, Life After College, and Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business, for intimate conversations with authors and friends on finding opportunities in unexpected places through practical tips and tools. Jenny’s motto? If change is the only constant, let’s get better at it. Subscribe now so you don’t miss an episode (released every Sunday) at pod.link/pivotmethod, view show notes at http://PivotMethod.com/podcast, and learn more about Jenny’s private community at http://itsfreetime.com/bff ❤️ If you're looking Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, visit https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot. Check out Jenny's other award-winning podcast Free Time for Heart-Based Business owners at pod.link/freetime.
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57: What's a Silent Meditation Retreat Like? Sweet Sound of Silence (Part 2)
February 04, 2017 15:40 - 20 minutesSilent meditation retreats always intimidated me. What would it be like? Would I get bored? Antsy beyond belief? So uncomfortable I can't stand it anymore? Could I handle something like that? Do I even want to try? 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/57 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
56: Perfection Detox with Petra Kolber
January 15, 2017 12:00 - 40 minutesPetra Kolber radiates. When she walks into a room, it lights all the way up with her positivity, passion for life and joie de vivre. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/56 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
55: Rebirth: On Fear, Flow, Love and Magic with Kamal Ravikant
January 08, 2017 15:00 - 58 minutesWhat lies on the other side of our fear? According to Kamal Ravikant, magic. "That's the promise of the heart," he writes in an early chapter of his wonderful new book, Rebirth: A Fable of Love, Forgiveness, and Following Your Heart. This is one of my all-time favorite Pivot Podcast conversations: Kamal inspires courage in vulnerability, living with an open heart, and road-tested practices on loving yourself and living your truth. Every moment of talking with him was a delight, and I hope you...
54: Plan Your 2017 Pivot
January 01, 2017 11:00 - 1 hourHAPPY NEW YEAR!! I'm grateful every day to all of you for being here listening—it's an honor to be walking our pivot paths together. I'm on Day 2 of my first five day silent meditation retreat, but didn't want to leave you hanging! Today I'm sharing the latest Q&A call recording for Momentum, my private community for side-hustlers and solopreneurs, to help you plan your 2017 pivot and set "soul goals" and intentions for the new year. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links t...
53: The Sweet Sound of Silence (Part 1)
December 29, 2016 14:00 - 23 minutesTomorrow I head out for my first 5-day silent meditation retreat . . . I have no clue what to expect! The idea of doing something like this used to terrify me, even just 24 hours of silence seemed almost impossible. Now, especially after all the book marketing commotion, I am absolutely craving it. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/53 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
52: Martha Beck on Enlightenment and Messages our Bodies Send
December 04, 2016 12:00 - 49 minutesThis week we tackle a tiny little topic—enlightenment—with one of my all-time favorite authors and thinkers, Martha Beck. I have read all eight of Martha's books (two or three times each) as they helped me through some of my biggest transitions in life and work. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/52 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
51: Die Empty — With Todd Henry
November 20, 2016 13:00 - 43 minutesMany people want to avoid thinking about death, let alone talking about it—not to mention writing a book with "die" in the title. Not Todd Henry. True to the concept of memento mori, reflecting on death to be more present and grateful in life, Todd believes contemplating death helps us fully explore and realize our creative gifts. I absolutely loved this conversation and Todd's thoughts on how to "die empty" without feeling pressure to do it all; how to minimize minutiae and pursue great work...
50: Post-Election Pivot Point: Find Order in Chaos
November 13, 2016 17:25 - 21 minutesWhat an epic pivot point for our country with this presidential election. Wild week for all involved, as half the country celebrates with relief and the other half navigates its grief. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/50 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
49: The (He)art of Book Publishing Excerpt: Land a Traditional Publishing Deal — Q&A with My Editor at Portfolio/Penguin Random House
November 06, 2016 16:06 - 59 minutes1 in 3 people say they want to write a book someday. Are you one of them? As Michael Larsen puts it, it's no longer a question of if you can publish a book, but when and how. This week's podcast, an excerpt from my 5-Day The (He)art of Book Publishing, dives into the how of getting a book deal with a traditional publisher. (Pardon the brief echoey-ness at points!) 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/49 Learn more about your...
48: Life is Not Scalable: On Ditching Tired Business Rules with Scott Stratten
October 23, 2016 10:30 - 45 minutesHow do you eliminate competition? According to Scott Stratten, who earns $1 million per year in speaking fees, the answer is simple: ignore it. Be yourself, and there is no competition. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/48 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
47: Live Fiercely, Study Deeply . . . While Earning a Living — with Jonathan Fields
October 16, 2016 10:00 - 50 minutesJonathan Fields' mission is to "live fiercely and study deeply." How does he do that while earning a living? That's what we unpack in this week's episode. According to Jonathan, "There are only two ways to earn a living: you're either solving a problem or delivering a delight. If you're lucky and creative, you do both simultaneously." 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/47 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...
46: What's Your Pivot Profile? Unpacking Pivotability with Dr. Tom Guarriello
October 10, 2016 16:53 - 58 minutesWhat do the most agile pivoters have in common? That's what I unpack in this week's episode with Professor Tom Guariello, founder of RoboPsych and my co-pilot in creating the Pivotability Index self-assessment. Researches often cite the "Big Five" personality traits: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (often listed under the acronyms OCEAN or CANOE). But in today's environment, we must all develop ourselves on a sixth dimension: pivotabili...
45: Post-Launch Pivot Point + Visit From the Furry Rest Monster
October 02, 2016 16:00 - 32 minutesWhat happens just after you pivot? Can you sit at the edge of uncertainty—and its ensuing discomfort—and not try to fix it? After two very exciting weeks launching PIVOT, I returned home from a mini book tour and immediately got sucked into The Void. Although I knew it would come (I even blocked the entire last week off so that I had no meetings), and although I maintained all my mind-body practices leading up to the launch, the Furry Rest Monster still conspired with my couch to swallow me w...
46: Smartcuts: The Breakthrough Power of Lateral Thinking with Shane Snow
September 15, 2016 10:00 - 49 minutesHow do hackers, innovators and icons accelerate success? Find out in this week's episode with one of my favorite authors, Shane Snow. I loved Smartcuts so much when I first picked it up that I would walk down the streets of New York holding the hardcover version so I could continue reading while walking. Move over annoying texting-while-walking pedestrians! I brought distracted strolling to a whole new level. Now that's a true testament to how hard this book was to put back down once I picked...
45: Happy Launch Day!! Pivot for the Podcast: James Altucher Interviews Jenny
September 06, 2016 10:00 - 1 hourOne of my favorite authors, bloggers and friends—James Altucher, author of Choose Yourself and the Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth—takes over the Pivot Podcast this week to interview yours truly. I couldn't imagine a better way to celebrate the book launch—be sure to grab your copy wherever books are sold!! 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/45 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
44: Want Nothing, Have Everything: The Happiness Equation with Neil Pasricha
September 01, 2016 10:00 - 39 minutesNeil Pasricha's writing is like a cup of hot chocolate, or as he would describe it in Awesome Thing #119, like watching butter melt on a hot piece of toast. It is comforting and delightful. His latest book is about what he learned along his own roller coaster ride of reaching smashing success with his 1,000 Awesome Things blog and books, then realizing he still wasn't happy. We break down topics like The Saturday Morning Test, the three time buckets, and many more. Enjoy! 📝 Check out full sho...
43: Humans are Underrated with Geoff Colvin
August 28, 2016 10:00 - 49 minutesWhat can people do that computers never will? According to Geoff Colvin, that's the wrong question. It is futile to ask what computers will never be able to do, since they are accomplishing new, previously unthinkable feats at an astonishing rate. Instead, we must ask what it is that humans will insist continue to be performed by other humans? 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/43 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
42: Are You High Net Growth?
August 21, 2016 10:00 - 26 minutesThe final countdown is on! PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One launches in two weeks . . . !!! Today's episode is an excerpt from one of my favorite chapters, High Net Growth. I give an overview of career operating modes, how to assess your risk threshold, and share my pivot story of leaving Google, then resuscitating my business when I almost "blew up" two years later. You can download this as a PDF here. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources ...
41: The Progress Paradox with Gregg Easterbrook
August 14, 2016 13:00 - 47 minutesAccording to Gregg Easterbrook, "The men and women at middle-class standards or above in the United States and European Union now live better than 99.4 percent of the human beings who have ever existed," including most of the royalty of history. And yet, we are no happier. How can this be? 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/41 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
40: The Upside of Stress with Kelly McGonigal
August 09, 2016 09:00 - 46 minutesHave you fallen into the trap of thinking that all stress is toxic? If so, you may be unknowingly compounding the effects of it on your body and mind—or at least missing out on some of the benefits and insights stress has to offer. Kelly McGonigal, a pioneer in the field of "science help" and one of my favorite authors, debunks a number of stress myths in the episode. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did! 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources ment...
39: Unmistakable: Why Only is Better Than Best with Srinivas Rao
July 31, 2016 21:35 - 37 minutesThis week’s guest, long-time blog friend Srini Rao, raises the bar on creativity. Don’t just create art, he says, strive for unmistakable art—output so unique it doesn’t even require a signature, and by nature eliminates all competition. It is yours and yours alone. And of course, achieving this is not a simple, straightforward feat. Check out this week’s episode on what Srini has learned from his own lowest moments, and from interviewing over 600 guests for his Unmistakable Creative podcast ...
38: Behind the Book: Pre-Launch Rollercoaster Climb
July 24, 2016 21:33 - 24 minutesA week after I returned home from the safari, I fell into a bit of a bliss crash (as my dad would call it). The trip was so exciting and rejuvenating, and on my way home I realized: my book is launching in TWO MONTHS. Two months! 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/38 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
37: Surge: How to Spot and Ride Trend Waves
July 17, 2016 21:41 - 37 minutesI always have a blast talking with Mike Michalowicz—Mike is the author of several business books, one of which—Profit First—completely changed how I handle my expenses and banking. But alas, today we’re talking about his latest book, Surge, on how entrepreneurs can make their own luck by learning to spot trend waves and ride them effectively, and when to “dump” a wave as it’s about to crash upon the shore. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http...
36: Kevin Kelly on Techno Literacy, Systems Thinking, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality
July 10, 2016 22:13 - 50 minutesI almost fainted when today’s guest, Kevin Kelly, said yes to be on the Pivot Podcast. Kind, brilliant and the king of techno-literacy, Kevin is one of the great technologists, futurists, and thinkers of our time. We talk about how to get better at systems thinking, become more techno-literate in an ever-changing environment that fosters a constant “newbie state,” artificial intelligence, centaurs and robot whispering, virtual and augmented reality, why now is the best possible time to start ...
35: Ego is the Enemy with Ryan Holiday
July 03, 2016 22:17 - 39 minutesWhat happens when you reach previously unimaginable pinnacles of success . . . and still find yourself miserable? I’m stoked to bring you today’s Pivot Podcast with Ryan Holiday—marketing master, studier of Stoic philosophy, and author of several bestselling books. His first, Trust Me, I’m Lying—which the Financial Times called an “astonishing, disturbing book”—was a debut bestseller. His next books, Growth Hacker Marketing and The Obstacle is the Way were both published by Penguin/Portfolio,...
34: Perception: Navigating Our Non-Linear Universe with Penney Peirce
June 05, 2016 22:20 - 52 minutesI have had such a blast talking with Penney Peirce about her Transformation Trilogy on intuition, frequency, and now perception. Talk about a dream come true! Today’s Pivot Podcast is our third in the series, and we dive deep into the nature of our holographic universe, the shift toward right-brain perception, why attention is the new intention (forget the law of attraction), how to find flow in projects, and how to navigate the void after major life or work phases are complete. 📝 Check out...
33: Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following with Dorie Clark
May 29, 2016 22:24 - 32 minutesToday I’m thrilled to share an interview with my good friend and business author doppelgänger, Dorie Clark. I interviewed Dorie while writing Pivot on the big ideas from her book Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It. When we’re not scrounging up interesting New York activities to try, we both love thinking about how to reinvent careers and the best way to develop and share ideas that make a difference in others’ lives. 📝 Check out full show notes from ...
32: How Meditation Re-Wired My Brain + 5 Tips for Making the Habit Stick
May 22, 2016 22:26 - 38 minutesMeditation has re-wired my brain. I don’t walk on clouds every day, but I do feel like a new person three years in to maintaining a daily practice (and 120 days in to a consecutive streak). I know, I know. One shouldn’t promote meditation as a miracle cure. But if you have an active mind, one that veers toward anxiety and stress like me, take a listen to this week’s Pivot Podcast. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/32 Lear...
31: Illuminate - How to Lead a Movement with Nancy Duarte
May 15, 2016 22:29 - 48 minutesWhat are the key ingredients to leading a movement? How do you motivate fellow travelers to traverse the change process, within themselves and within your organization or community, even when all they want to do is quit? What happens when you hit a natural plateau in the growth cycle? These are the topics I explore in today’s show with Nancy Duarte, master of systems thinking, speech writing, and the subject of her latest book, Illuminate: How to Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Cerem...
31: Illuminate: How to Lead a Movement with Nancy Duarte
May 15, 2016 22:29 - 38.4 MB“The future is a formless void, a blank space waiting to be filled. And then a Torchbearer envisions a new possibility. Some say being a torchbearer is a burden. Some say it’s a blessing. Either way, those who light the path are the ones who change the world.” —Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanchez, Torchbearer’s Calling in Illuminate
30: Dreams: A Guide to 24-Hour Consciousness with Penney Peirce
May 08, 2016 22:31 - 50 minutesDreams. Although we often laugh them away today (if we remember them at all), many ancient and tribal cultures treated the dream world as absolutely real and worthy of our respect, an extension of the waking world. As Penney Peirce writes in Be the Dreamer, Not the Dream: A Guide to 24-Hour Consciousness (previously published as Dreams for Dummies), “Everything we do in the dream world is real; it’s just happening at other dimensions of our awareness.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
29: Deep Work: Ditch Cognitive Junk Food with Cal Newport
April 24, 2016 22:33 - 44 minutesWhen was the last time you were in the zone?There’s nothing I love more than working with time flying. The sun rises and sets and I barely notice because I’m so engrossed in my work. Cal Newport calls this deep work, and says that contrary to what many assume, it is a skill, not a habit. That means it takes deliberate practice, and is a cognitive muscle that can atrophy with disuse—something we are all prone to as we get sucked into network tools like social media and email. I loved this conv...
28: Tradeoffs: 5 Things I Was Terrible At While Writing PIVOT
April 17, 2016 22:36 - 16.1 MBAll big projects require trade-offs. Scratch that, all big life choices do. What trade-offs are you making right now? What are your non-negotiables while working on a soul goal? What are you willing to let slide a bit in exchange for intense focus?
28: Tradeoffs: 5 Things I Was Terrible At While Writing Pivot
April 17, 2016 22:36 - 20 minutesAll big projects require trade-offs. Scratch that, all big life choices do. What trade-offs are you making right now? What are your non-negotiables while working on a soul goal? What are you willing to let slide a bit in exchange for intense focus? 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/28 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27: Intuition and Frequency with Penney Peirce
April 10, 2016 22:40 - 57 minutesIntuition is an innate gift, one available to all of us, and a skill—a muscle that you can build with practice and attention. I am thrilled to bring you today’s podcast, an interview with intuition expert Penney Peirce, whose books have had an enormous impact on my life. Reading The Intuitive Way kicked off two years of coincidence tracking, intuition studying, and surrendering to serendipity—and completely transformed the way I go about my day-to-day life. I hope you enjoy this conversation ...
26: Tame the Advice Monster with Michael Bungay Stanier
April 03, 2016 22:44 - 49 minutesWe have all had the experience of sharing something that’s on our mind with a friend, family member, partner, or co-worker — then bristling in frustration or quiet defeat as they jump straight into trying to solve our problem with their brilliant advice. What’s the alternative? Curiosity and a few simple coaching questions. That what I dig into on today’s Pivot Podcast with Michael Bungay Stanier, whose new book The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever launches...
25: Opt Out: Say No to the Good So You Can Say Yes to the Great
March 27, 2016 22:46 - 40 minutesWhy is it so challenging to say no to something good even when we know we have outgrown it? The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t. We often accept “the devil we know” for longer than we should out of fear. Hey, at least there is some security and safety in our current devil. Who knows what lurks on the other side! And what if we can’t find a better one? What if we regret our choice to leave this devil behind? What if we are being too picky in the first place? Is the grass gree...
24: Behind the Business: How Long Does it Take to Write a Book?
February 21, 2016 05:15 - 29 minutesI can hardly believe it, but the Pivot manuscript is DONE! D-O-N-E, done. It didn’t sink in until after I reviewed the copy edit and made my most recent round of changes. After I turned it in, my editor told me I wouldn’t be touching the Word file again. Huh?! Are you sure you don’t need me to take just oooooone more look? Says the perfectionist afraid to let go. Nope. The next (and final) time I get to review the book, it will be printed on 11×17 pages for hand edits before the advance copie...
23: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking with Oliver Burkeman
January 31, 2016 23:39 - 49 minutes“The effort to try to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable. It is our constant efforts to eliminate the negative — insecurity, uncertainty, failure, or sadness — that causes us to feel so insecure, anxious, uncertain, or unhappy.”—Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote I read Oliver Burkeman’s The Antidote a few years after it came out, and it quickly ascended to the top of my all-time favorite books list. At one point during the most intense part of my tumultuous pivot year...
22: Success on Your Own Terms with Derek Sivers
January 17, 2016 23:48 - 58 minutes“To have something (a finished recording, a business, or millions of dollars) is the means, not the end. To be something (a good singer, a skilled entrepreneur, or just plain happy) is the real point. When you sign up to run a marathon, you don’t want a taxi to take you to the finish line.”—Derek Sivers, Ask Me Anything My dad started a band called Mr. Gasoline that he ran for 25 years, and recalls uploading his Mr. Gasoline albums to CD Baby “back when Derek was still sleeping on a couch in ...
21: Reinvent Yourself with James Altucher
January 01, 2016 23:50 - 1 hourHappy New Year Everyone!! Greetings from Tulum, Mexico where I’m taking a (solo) week of R&R with yoga, reading, and hanging out by the ocean. Gotta get myself prepped to head back to snowy NYC! I am also celebrating (and decompressing from!) ten years of running Life After College, and turning in the final draft of Pivot mid-December. After 14+ months of working on the manuscript, we are now moving on to a final copy edit and page layout this month. Read more and get my latest book and tool...
20: Set Your 2016 Strategy
December 21, 2015 05:19 - 24 minutesIt’s the final countdown! Time to wrap-up the final days of 2015 then dream-and-scheme for what’s to come. I don’t set New Years Resolutions, but I do choose a theme for the year, do fun mind-mapping exercises, set quarterly targets, and hold myself accountable with mastermind groups. In today’s final Pivot Podcast of the year, I share practical tips to help you set a 2016 strategy by doubling-down on what’s working, and setting up small experiments to test what’s next. AKA, the Pivot Method!...
19: Vertigo
December 13, 2015 05:23 - 22 minutesI woke up and the room was spinning clockwise. Am I wasted? No . . . I haven’t had a sip of alcohol in weeks. Is this some kind of immaculately conceived hangover? After an hour of laying in bed hoping it would pass, I stood up and stumbled. Grabbed for a nearby wall to prop me up. I felt nauseous. Do I have food poisoning? No . . . I haven’t eaten anything different this week, or any typical poisoning potential foods. Maybe I just need something to eat . . . a bagel. That will soak up these ...
18: How to Become a Robot Whisperer with Dr. Tom Guarriello
December 06, 2015 05:28 - 1 hourGet your geek on! This week’s Pivot Podcast is all about robots, artificial intelligence, and automation. How can we become more agile in an economy that is increasingly transformed by these areas? What skills and mindset will best position us for success in the future? How can you become a “robot whisperer” like today’s guest, professor Tom Guarriello? I could talk with Tom about all this for hours, but we contained ourself (for now!) in keeping this week’s episode to one jam-packed 60-minut...
17: On Creative Sabbaticals and Social Media Fatigue
December 06, 2015 05:25 - 1 hourDon’t bite the hand that feeds you. That’s the gremlin I hear behind the slight nerves I feel about sharing today’s conversation with my good friend Nicole Antoinette. As we both hit eight years of blogging this year (ten since I started Life After College), we decided to take an honest look at the social media fatigue that sometimes washes over a life lived online. These periods of being public versus private ebb and flow, just as any creative journey will. While blogging and social media ar...
16: Stacy Sims on Somatics: Why How You Sit Might Cause Stress
November 29, 2015 05:31 - 49.2 MBDid you know that just the way you sit might be causing anxiety? Or that by straightening your spine and scanning the horizon you can calm your central nervous system, just as deer in the savannah do? Stacy Sims, founder of True Body Project, is an expert on somatics, or how our physical and psychological bodies relate to one another. I had the great fortune of stumbling across her workshop in Bali when we were both there in 2013, and we have kept in touch since. In this week’s podcast...
16: Stacy Sims on Somatics — Why How You Sit Might Cause Stress
November 29, 2015 05:31 - 1 hourDid you know that just the way you sit might be causing anxiety? Or that by straightening your spine and scanning the horizon you can calm your central nervous system, just as deer in the savannah do? Stacy Sims, founder of True Body Project, is an expert on somatics, or how our physical and psychological bodies relate to one another. I had the great fortune of stumbling across her workshop in Bali when we were both there in 2013, and we have kept in touch since. 📝 Check out full show notes a...
15: Special, Not Special — How to Work Your Way Out of a Dip
November 21, 2015 07:33 - 33 minutes“The explorer is the person who is lost.”—Tim Cahill I rode the high of hitting my 50,000-words-in-a-month NaNoBlogMo goal for exactly one day last week. For one day I was over the moon! I did it! I wrote almost every morning for one month, and came out with 50,000 words by the end of November. It was like running a mental marathon! Combined with my October practice of trying to write for 30 minutes each day, I had amassed 100,000 words of a book draft. For those who aren’t word nerds, that’s...
15: Special, Not Special: How to Work Your Way Out of a Dip
November 21, 2015 07:33 - 26.7 MBI rode the high of hitting my 50,000-words-in-a-month NaNoBlogMo goal for exactly one day last week. For one day I was over the moon! I did it! I wrote almost every morning for one month, and came out with 50,000 words by the end of November. It was like running a mental marathon! Combined with my October practice of trying to write for 30 minutes each day, I had amassed 100,000 words of a book draft. For those who aren’t word nerds, that’s about 350 pages double-spaced. Definitely cau...
14: Systems, Hacks and Shortcuts for Solopreneurs
November 08, 2015 05:33 - 1 hourHappy November! As I shared in my latest JB.me behind-the-business update, Pivot for Pivot, we have postponed the book launch from March to next September. My initial resistance turned to great relief as I realized I could actually enjoy some time off over the holidays! Read the behind-the-scenes recap for the biggest mindset mistake this move highlighted, and how I corrected course. While my editor Natalie reviews the latest draft, I spent the month of October furiously studying podcasting a...