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E27: When I Abandoned My Career (Or, How to Thrive in Uncertain Times)
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I started my business in the beginning of 2009 at the height of the recession, and quickly realized that my lifelong preoccupation with the news was affecting me negatively.
Running a business was challenging enough without a steady diet of all of that noise.
These days I consume less news than ever, I gave up the constant scrolling of my Twitter feed a couple of years ago, and I purposely avoid the news section on Facebook - and it just works for me.
But if you subscribe to anyone’s email list or use social media, you’ve probably seen more people talking about the state of the economy, some in nearly catastrophic terms.
I can actually recall at least 4 or 5 other times over the last nearly decade and a half that this has been a “thing” that comes up in the business world.
It’s cyclical.
People are still spending money, but they might be giving more thought to what they spend it on.
Those who thrive in this climate have a few things in common that they make clear before they've even sold anything to anyone.
In this short and sweet episode, I share the tragic story (lol) of my original career ambitions, and reveal the simple but powerful strategies enabling many entrepreneurs to do exceptionally well in otherwise uncertain times.
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