When you meet 5 - 6 figure clients, everything changes…
May 24, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
I run a true lifestyle business.
- $500k/year.
- 15-20 hours/week.
- No employees.
- High margins.
Interested? Here's 7 steps to create one:
First, what is a lifestyle business?
1. Designed around your personal lifestyle goals
2. Aims to get maximum output from minimal input
3. Optimizes for profit & freedom, not revenue & growth
May 12, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
8 simple productivity systems you can set up in less than 10 minutes:
1. Set up a distraction blocker
Go to freedom.to, download Freedom and install it.
Run it when you need to focus.
Apr 14, 2023 • 9 tweets • 1 min read
8 powerful questions that can solve any problem:
For procrastination:
“What’s the most important thing I need to do today?Â
Why aren’t I already working on it?”
Apr 12, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The MLE (Minimum Level of Engagement) is my secret weapon.
How I used it to make $500k as a designer in 2022 👉
In our personal lives, it’s taboo to talk about money.
But there’s a paradox...
In business, “Those who can’t talk about money, don’t make it.”
It’s that important.
Apr 5, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Most people have no idea what to say on a sales call.
It's no surprise they hate doing them.
Follow these 6 lessons to make your next sales call a breeze:
1. Before The Call
Screen clients BEFORE you get on a call with them. You should know:
Mar 17, 2023 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
I went from working 70 hour weeks to 20 hour weeks.
How to be more productive while working less hours:
Defining productivity
People get productivity ALL wrong.
Here’s what it isn’t:
- Jamming more tasks into the day.
- Making 1% tweaks for 1% returns.
- Figuring out how to become more busy.
Mar 15, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
People often ask me how I make $500k a year as a very average designer.
The truth?Â
I’ve mastered this one skill...
You ever look at a design and think:Â
This is bad... but I don’t know why.
This is why:
Mar 13, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
These 7 dark productivity hacks are 50% evil and 50% genius:
1. Strategic Incompetence
The best way to make sure that you're never asked to do something again?Â
Royally screw it up the first time.
Mar 8, 2023 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
If you’re like me, the to-do list in your brain is miles long.
Here's how I use The Rule Of Three to get the right things done.
One way I focus and prioritize is through using a simple system:Â
The Rule of Three.
Here’s how it works:
Mar 6, 2023 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
If you have a full-time job, and want to leave it to become a solopreneur,Â
read this:
It’s a tough time to be an employee.
Mass layoffs, recession, uncertainty.
Want to never get laid off again?Â
Be your own boss.
Feb 24, 2023 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
I make over $500k while working 15 hours a week as a designer.
If I was starting from scratch as a freelancer, here's exactly what I would do:
Step 1: Learn a high-value skill.
A high-value skill = a skill that people will pay you for.
Start with a general skill and then niche down to what's in demand now:
Feb 22, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
7 things you can say when the client says you're too expensive:
1. "If success for this project is based on how little you pay, then I'm probably not the right fit for you."
Feb 20, 2023 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
10 time management tips (for lazy people):
1. Hell Yeah Or No
This one is easy.
If it's not a hell yes, say no.
Feb 17, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Warren Buffett is worth over $100 Billion.
His "25:5 Strategy" is ruthless but effective.
Here's how it works:
Too many things you want to do?
Legendary investor Warren Buffett has 3 steps to help get clarity in less than 10 minutes
Feb 15, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
4 productivity mistakes that are costing you 10-20 hours a week:
1. Saying "Yes" by default.
Stop saying yes to meetings, clients, and appointments...
BEFORE checking your calendar to see if you really have time to commit.
Feb 13, 2023 • 17 tweets • 1 min read
16 productivity quotes so good they should cost money:
1. The best productivity app on your phone is called Airplane Mode
Feb 6, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
8 secrets big content creators don't want you to know:
1. Networking matters way more than you think
The difference between a person with 2k & 200k followers usually isn't their content.
It's their network.
People w/ big accounts work behind the scenes to help each other out.
Jan 27, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
I run a $500k/year business in less than 15 hours/week
Here are 9 productivity principles to help you be more productive:
The best productivity app on your phone is called airplane mode.
Jan 25, 2023 • 15 tweets • 23 min read
My 6 figure cohort-based course costs me $836/month in tech to run.
Here are the 13 no-code productivity tools in my tech stack:
• @circleapp - Course & Community ($99/mo)
Supports the learning and community needs of over 170 students.
Hosts replays, resources, assignments, student profiles, and Q&A.
Like Facebook Groups, but way better.
Jan 23, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
How to focus:
(When everything is really distracting)
The ability to focus isn't genetic.
It's a skill.
That means you can learn to improve your focus, starting right now.
