http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/ Personal Development for Smart People Fri, 16 May 2008 03:58:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/#comment-20845 A New Start? « starting from scratch Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:09:15 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=378#comment-20845 [...] I took a day and allowed my strong emotions to scour the slate clean. I reconsidered my ability to run my own business, and thought hard about possible employment opportunities I might take instead. No, I really do want my own business; it is important to me. I listened to Kickstart Your Own Business and read Cubicle Nation for a few hours and then brainstormed business ideas, from a clean slate. My skillset and my interests bring me back to essentially the same thing I have been working on — after all, how could I have worked on it for so long with no results unless it was something I was really passionate about? [...] […] I took a day and allowed my strong emotions to scour the slate clean. I reconsidered my ability to run my own business, and thought hard about possible employment opportunities I might take instead. No, I really do want my own business; it is important to me. I listened to Kickstart Your Own Business and read Cubicle Nation for a few hours and then brainstormed business ideas, from a clean slate. My skillset and my interests bring me back to essentially the same thing I have been working on — after all, how could I have worked on it for so long with no results unless it was something I was really passionate about? […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/#comment-19323 The Renegade Writer Blog » Blog Archive » How Screwing Up Can Bring You Freelancing Success Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:59:23 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=378#comment-19323 [...] If the fear of not being perfect is keeping you from getting your work out there, here are two resources that will help motivate you to embrace your mistakes. One is a podcast on Kick-Starting Your Business from Steve Pavlina’s excellent site Personal Development for Smart People. In this podcast, Pavlina urges you to just try things and see if they work. If they do, great. If not, try something else. But at least you’re taking action, which will get better results than sitting there fretting about doing it “right.” This is what Pavlina calls the “ready-fire-aim” approach. [...] […] If the fear of not being perfect is keeping you from getting your work out there, here are two resources that will help motivate you to embrace your mistakes. One is a podcast on Kick-Starting Your Business from Steve Pavlina’s excellent site Personal Development for Smart People. In this podcast, Pavlina urges you to just try things and see if they work. If they do, great. If not, try something else. But at least you’re taking action, which will get better results than sitting there fretting about doing it “right.” This is what Pavlina calls the “ready-fire-aim” approach. […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/#comment-18229 Advice from Steve on starting your business! « InvestorBlogger Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:12:28 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=378#comment-18229 [...] Posted by kennethdickson at September 4th, 2006 StevePavlina.com Podcast #009 - Kick-start Your Own Business [...] […] Posted by kennethdickson at September 4th, 2006 StevePavlina.com Podcast #009 - Kick-start Your Own Business […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/#comment-13898 Nev’s blog - Listen to podcasts twice as fast Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:55:20 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=378#comment-13898 [...] The only downside to pre-processing is that you may not be able to alter the speed on-the-fly when you listen to it later (depending on what device you’re using). While I listen to most podcasts at 2x speed, some people are naturally fast talkers and I may listen to them at only 1.6x. Or I may want to fully absorb a topic like Steve Pavlina’s podcast on how to kick start your own business, so I’ll listen to it much slower. [...] […] The only downside to pre-processing is that you may not be able to alter the speed on-the-fly when you listen to it later (depending on what device you’re using). While I listen to most podcasts at 2x speed, some people are naturally fast talkers and I may listen to them at only 1.6x. Or I may want to fully absorb a topic like Steve Pavlina’s podcast on how to kick start your own business, so I’ll listen to it much slower. […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/#comment-13860 Self Help Fair - Just another WordPress weblog » Welcome! Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:25:53 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=378#comment-13860 [...] Welcome! By byamabe Welcome to the Self Help Fair. I got the idea for this blog from two Steve Pavlina podcast, one entitled “How to Make Money Without a Job” and the other “Kick-start Your Own Business.” I’ve been looking for a business to start for a long time, but I’ve never able to put something together that would replace my entire income. What I’ve finally taken to heart is that I need to create income streams, multiple income streams. [...] […] Welcome! By byamabe Welcome to the Self Help Fair. I got the idea for this blog from two Steve Pavlina podcast, one entitled “How to Make Money Without a Job” and the other “Kick-start Your Own Business.” I’ve been looking for a business to start for a long time, but I’ve never able to put something together that would replace my entire income. What I’ve finally taken to heart is that I need to create income streams, multiple income streams. […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/#comment-10796 Money Crashers » Blog Archive » Alternative Ways to Starting Your Own Business Mon, 27 Mar 2006 03:51:51 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=378#comment-10796 [...] 7:51 pm If you are like me, then you may have started out with a very formal way of thinking when it comes to entrepreneurial ventures.  The traditional school of thought is that you must have a business plan, have a substantial amount of capital, and be extremely organized and planned with your marketing plan.  I thought that all of these things were essential to starting and being successful with a new business, but then I listened to Steve Pavlina’s podcast about kick starting your own business.  [...] […] 7:51 pm If you are like me, then you may have started out with a very formal way of thinking when it comes to entrepreneurial ventures.  The traditional school of thought is that you must have a business plan, have a substantial amount of capital, and be extremely organized and planned with your marketing plan.  I thought that all of these things were essential to starting and being successful with a new business, but then I listened to Steve Pavlina’s podcast about kick starting your own business.  […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/#comment-10773 Figment Games » Blog Archive » Ready, Fire, Aim Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:25:29 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=378#comment-10773 [...] In a recent podcast Steve Pavlina talked about kick starting your business, with advice aimed at turning a profit as soon as possible. One comment in particular made me think. He mentioned how when he started speaking about personal development as a business he didn’t bother making a fancy website, designing a business logo, nor making fancy flyers or business cards instead he concentrated on the things that would make him money as soon as possible, eg the website content needed to draw in visitors. I have to wonder how many projects spent more time creating a flashy website than working on the game the site is promoting. In many cases the games never reached fruition making all the work on the website a waste. [...] […] In a recent podcast Steve Pavlina talked about kick starting your business, with advice aimed at turning a profit as soon as possible. One comment in particular made me think. He mentioned how when he started speaking about personal development as a business he didn’t bother making a fancy website, designing a business logo, nor making fancy flyers or business cards instead he concentrated on the things that would make him money as soon as possible, eg the website content needed to draw in visitors. I have to wonder how many projects spent more time creating a flashy website than working on the game the site is promoting. In many cases the games never reached fruition making all the work on the website a waste. […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/#comment-10514 Connected Logic » Blog Archive » Just start Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:39:39 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=378#comment-10514 [...]  However, I was listening to a podcast by Steve Pavlina on kick starting your own business where he talks about the “ready, fire, aim” technique.  Basically, just start and adjust later on.  As fast as is possible make decisions, and if they’re wrong then change them.  Just don’t get stuck in the aim, aim, aim procastination cycle. [...] […]  However, I was listening to a podcast by Steve Pavlina on kick starting your own business where he talks about the “ready, fire, aim” technique.  Basically, just start and adjust later on.  As fast as is possible make decisions, and if they’re wrong then change them.  Just don’t get stuck in the aim, aim, aim procastination cycle. […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/#comment-10462 HomeDirt.com » 30 Days Till a Habit and Maybe Success Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:55:17 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=378#comment-10462 [...] For my sake and reality’s sake lets just hope I can learn to write just a little bit better and keep going.  I’m going to ask my dear wife if she will help me with this “just a little bit better” part.  She is a pro at the writing thing as she teaches high school english. Why 30 days?  I was inspired by Steve over at stevepavlina.com.  In the last 18 months he has created a very insightful an useful personal development website.  I’m not sure if I by into all of his focal points like polyphasic sleep and veganism.  However I’ll keep reading his stuff and see what I find useful.  Having read just a handful of articles he has gained credibility with me, especially with “getting started” and “take action now”. Maybe it’s just the timing of where I am in life now and discovering his website but he has motivated me to do something different. As far as I’m concerned he’s got me started. I read one of his many blog entries about taking action and was inspired to follow his “30 Days to Success” plan. Steve takes the mantra of 28 days till a habit and expounds it to 30. Give something a try for 30-days and if you have success then keep it going. So here I am with homedirt.com. [...] […] For my sake and reality’s sake lets just hope I can learn to write just a little bit better and keep going.  I’m going to ask my dear wife if she will help me with this “just a little bit better” part.  She is a pro at the writing thing as she teaches high school english. Why 30 days?  I was inspired by Steve over at stevepavlina.com.  In the last 18 months he has created a very insightful an useful personal development website.  I’m not sure if I by into all of his focal points like polyphasic sleep and veganism.  However I’ll keep reading his stuff and see what I find useful.  Having read just a handful of articles he has gained credibility with me, especially with “getting started” and “take action now”. Maybe it’s just the timing of where I am in life now and discovering his website but he has motivated me to do something different. As far as I’m concerned he’s got me started. I read one of his many blog entries about taking action and was inspired to follow his “30 Days to Success” plan. Steve takes the mantra of 28 days till a habit and expounds it to 30. Give something a try for 30-days and if you have success then keep it going. So here I am with homedirt.com. […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/#comment-10100 The TechWise Idea-Machine Blog » Affiliate Marketing Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:34:25 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=378#comment-10100 [...] Permalink   [...] […] Permalink   […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/stevepavlinacom-podcast-009-kick-start-your-own-business/#comment-10079 GBGames’ Blog » Blog Archive » Coincidence? Way Too Weird Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:06:33 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=378#comment-10079 [...] I spent the past week looking up as much information as I could on forming an LLC for GBGames. It was starting to frustrate me that there seemed to be an overwhelming amount of legal knowledge required, which was discouraging, and the other day I discover that Steve Pavlina has a new podcast called Kick-start Your Own Business. Today I find that MicroISV has a link to A Guide to Starting Your Business. Discouragement no more. [...] […] I spent the past week looking up as much information as I could on forming an LLC for GBGames. It was starting to frustrate me that there seemed to be an overwhelming amount of legal knowledge required, which was discouraging, and the other day I discover that Steve Pavlina has a new podcast called Kick-start Your Own Business. Today I find that MicroISV has a link to A Guide to Starting Your Business. Discouragement no more. […]

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