Hey everybody,
Here’s another batch of actionable insights to start your week off right, so you can be more intentional with how you live, work, and create.
Let’s get started.
Insight 1: Optimize for fulfillment
What if I told you fulfillment isn’t out of reach and isn’t as far away as you think?
You just need a system to make it a reality.
Intentional Life Design is that system.
Here’s my latest article on the 5-step system I use to help entrepreneurs be more intentional with how they live, work, and create:
Intentional Life Design: How to Build a Fulfilling Life and Business
Let me know what you think!
Insight 2: Build your life around what energizes you
There are two major schools of thought when it comes to work-life balance:
The people who work so they can enjoy life outside work and do everything they can to keep the two separate.
And people like Paul Graham:
Indeed, the mere expression “work/life” embodies a mistake: It assumes work and life are distinct…I wouldn’t want to work on anything that I didn’t want to take over my life.
The most fulfilled entrepreneurs I know fall into the second group with Paul because they’ve built their life (and business) around work that is intrinsically rewarding.
Why?
Back to Paul:
There is something special about working on a project of your own. I wouldn’t say exactly that you’re happier. A better word would be excited, or engaged…You have moments of happiness when things work out, but they don’t last long, because then you’re on to the next problem. So why do it at all? Because to the kind of people who like working this way, nothing else feels as right. You feel as if you’re an animal in its natural habitat, doing what you were meant to do — not always happy, maybe, but awake and alive.
Insight 3: Develop a distribution system
Distribution is key for entrepreneurs, and social media has the lowest barrier to entry for distribution in history—if you know what you’re doing.
Justin Welsh has generated over $1M as a solopreneuer. With ~190,000 followers on LinkedIn, he was a big name in small circles on the platform. But after a technical snafu lead to his account getting shut down temporarily, he decided to grow his audience on other platforms.
In the handful of months since he started on Twitter, he’s already amassed 60, 000 followers.
His secret?
In this video, Justin sits down with the Dickie Bush and Nicolas Cole from Ship30 and breaks down his system for creating consistent high-quality content.
Question for the Week
What work is intrinsically rewarding for you?
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Insights in Action
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Until next time—memento mori,
Corey Wilks, Psy.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Executive Coach
Website: https://coreywilkspsyd.com/
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