Mentality & Personal Development

How to get over your fear of cold calling, and a big sales “first”

Is there anything worse than a lingering cold? I mean, probably yes. But when you’re going through it, it feels like hell and the thought of just getting better is like heaven on earth. Suffice to say my runny nose is still sticking around, but hopefully back to 100% asap. That being said, I’ve gotten …

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Solopreneur sick days, walks and motivation

Back to the grind today after a hectic end of last week and crappy beginning of this week. Here’s how it went down: So last Thursday night I had a meeting with a potential partner, which ended up being a few beers long. It should probably be a written law in business that more beers …

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Tiktik videos, Youtube Shorts and Events, and branching out of your business bubble

Yesterday I mentioned that some of my Youtube Shorts were starting to pop off. And wanted to go into some detail on my strategy thus far. Interestingly, my stance on Shorts has changed a bit in the last few months, especially as compared to Tiktok. A few months ago I was all-in on Tiktok and …

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Is solopreneurship fun? And peaking beyond just business

Saw an interesting Q&A with Elon Musk on a short video today. As you all know, I love soaking in information and guidance from successful solopreneurs, entrepreneurs and tech founders. He was talking about how – contrary to popular belief – a lot of entrepreneurship actually isn’t fun. Which really stuck out to me at …

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AI for solopreneurs and knowing your business

Had an interesting chat with someone yesterday about AI and how the future of work will look because of it. I’m not a deep tech nerd, I’ve just helped build some basic software, but it seems like AI is going to be a game changer for everyone, especially solopreneurs. And it’s probably just starting to …

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Being a business yogi and a crazy immigration story

Trying to get better at not letting things phase me as a solopreneur. Easier said than done, especially in the business world. In fact, if you start your own solopreneur business, the only thing you can be certain of is there will be ups, downs and setbacks along the way. Probably lots of them. But …

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Early morning phone calls and what solopreneur success comes after

Holy moly – what a whirlwind of a week folks. Largely because on-top of the usual stuff, started doing some cold outbound sales to India. And if you know anything about India, you know that it’s ~10 hours ahead of me in Canada. Which means if I want to do any meaningful outreach by phone, it …

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Solopreneur mastermind, change of scenery and new website

Back for another solopreneur blog update! In case you don’t live in Canada or the US, or in another country with fun holidays, we were off yesterday. In Ontario it’s called Family Day – no complaints here! Anyway, last week I was talking about what to do if things feel stale for any aspect of …

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