Life is like a painting. You start with an idea of where you are going. But life experiences color how you create your painting.
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Have you thought about starting a blog or maybe an online business?
But then you think:
I have no clue what’s involved, where to start or what I even need to know to do it.
The good news is... there are plenty of people who can tell you.
The bad news is... there are too many people who can tell you.
Where do you start?
Who do you trust?
Live where you want to
instead of where you have to.
Someone I admire is
Natalie Sisson.
Natalie is a New Zealand woman who has created an online business that she runs from her travels around the world.
While I don’t want to become a constant traveler like she is, I do want to have an online business that is not dependant on where I live.
By having an income that is not dependant on where I live, I create the opportunity to move closer to my family who live in an area of the country without a lot of jobs available.
I’m sure you understand the need to live in an area because either:
that is where the jobs are or
because you’re underwater on your house and can’t sell it to move.
Developing an online business that can be grown to replace a job’s income, can allow you…
…to move to where you want to live…
… instead of where you have to live.
That’s a pretty good reason for wanting to know more about starting an online business, don’t you think?
Natalie Sisson recently wrote a guide that is a good overview or summary of what is involved in setting up an online business.
She fills in the blanks.
After reading her guide, you will at least know “what you don’t know”,
you know!
Her book is called BYOB Guide.
And no, that doesn’t stand for Bring You Own Booze.
It stands for:
Build Your Online Business
I had the opportunity to read this book before it was published.
Natalie does a great job of explaining in a general, easy to understand way what you need to know about so you can think about starting your own online business.
After reading this book, you can begin to think about where and how you can start creating an online business for yourself. And you’ll have a better idea of what types of information you’ll need to dig deeper into.
Her book, BYOB: Build Your Online Business Guide, is well written and easy to read.
For $37 you get a pdf of her guide that you can read on your computer or iPad.
The guide (143 pages of awesome) includes templates, checklists, case studies and a resource section. Click here to view more details
Natalie also has an audio version of her book that you can listen to in your car (while driving to that job you want to replace with your own business.)
The audio book is $10 and read by Natalie with her charming New Zealand accent. Click here to view more details
Here is a video of Natalie talking about being a Suitcase Entrepreneur.
As I said earlier, you don't have to want to live out of a suitcase to use some of her great advice.
But if she can do this out of her suitcase, then you can do it out of your home, right?
I'm sharing these links with you because I’ve read the book myself and found it very helpful. If you click on the links above (affiliate links) to Natalie’s book or audio, I will receive a commission from her. If you would prefer to go directly to her site and not use my link, her site is http://suitcaseentrepreneur.com/byob/ Either way, I think you’ll find her book very helpful. And I hope that you’ll use my affiliate links.
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(Can someone please leave a comment to let me know how the sound is on this video? I'm having some issues with my sound equipment. Just want to make sure the video sounds okay. Thanks.)
Do you read a number of blogs?
Or do you find blogs you'd like to read but forget where you found them?
If so, then you might just love Google Reader as much as I do.
I use Google Reader to collect all the new posts from all the blogs I like to read. Then they are all in one place where I can glance through them and see which ones catch my attention.
I don't have to have a whole long list of bookmarks in my web browser. And I don't have to try remembering any URLs. I just go to one place and there are all my blogs I want to read. I can read the posts on the Google Reader page or I can click through and read it on the original blog.
If you're not familiar with Google Reader, take a look at the video.
If you have any questions about it, please leave a comment below this post.
PS. Once you've got Google Reader set up with some blogs, there are some great apps for the iPad that put all the blog posts into a magazine-style format for your reading enjoyment.
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As I listened to Dr Brene Brown talk on a video, I felt like she hit me up side the head!
She doesn’t research or talk about “how to”. Her theory is that we all know the answers to “how to”. We all know what we should do. It’s what gets in the way of what we know we should do that she researches and talks about.
Not knowing “how to” isn’t the problem. The problem is what we throw into our own way.
Wow!
So many times in my life, I’ve known what I should do but couldn’t do it at the time because…
…the time wasn’t right.
…I had to get something else in place first.
…I had to make someone else happy first.
The list of “because” could go on and on.
I’m sure there are instances in your life where you could make the same kind of list. Maybe you’re in one of those moments right now.
On the relationship between shame and perfectionism:
Perfectionism is not the same as healthy striving. Healthy striving is internally motivating, wanting to do the best you can.
Perfectionism is simply a defense mechanism that leads this thought process: If I do it perfect, live perfect, look perfect, I can avoid or minimize feelings of judgment, shame and blame.
The thing about perfectionism that is so destructive and addictive is that you can’t avoid or minimize feelings of judgment, shame and blame. It’s part of the human experience.
So when you go out and you’re not so perfect, which is not achievable, your thought process is: If I had just been more perfect. Next time I’ll be more perfect.
So if you really think about it. Perfectionism is not healthy striving but a way to help us from feeling “less than”.
Watch the full video. It’s 25 minutes long but I found it sooooo worth listening to.
Did listening to her give you food for thought?
What did it make you think about?
Leave me a comment with your thoughts. I’m curious if this affected anyone else the way it affected me.
Now I'm off to go read Dr Brene Brown's book, The Gifts of Imperfection.
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