Dorie Clark talks about “How to Trust your Intuition on the Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster (and being less responsible too!)” in this episode of the Intuitive Leadership Mastery Podcast, with host Michael Light.
“And even if you have a day job, just finding other ways to create things on the side for yourself. But certainly if you're an entrepreneur, monetizing in a variety of different ways. Maybe it's podcasting, plus coaching, plus having as an online community, or whatever it is. But that is the way to really free yourself up, and de-risk yourself in a world of unpredictability.” – Dorie Clark
Show notes
- Why is now the perfect time to start a business?
- A time of great chaos and change
- Insecurity of a full-time time
- Side income
- Derisking your
- The value of intuition during times of great chaos, change
- Why Virtual Internship is a smart move these days
- Paid in skills, network, and joy vs money
- Find an ideal entrepreneurial for you to work with when they don’t have any openings.
- How do you balance intuition and testing to figure out what your audience really wants?
- Use intuition to create the first test cases
- How to fight discouragement and depression (the twin sister of despair) when you leap on the entrepreneurial roller coaster
- Meaning in your progress
- Baby steps recognition
- Create your own trusted advisory board who give positive feedback vs friend who always give negative views
- Being less responsible
- The importance of space vs being super busy and perfect
- 80/20 of emails and tasks ←- how to decide – intuition!
- Prioritize
- Client service first
- Leveraged value: Will solving this problem solve other problems done the line
- The value of delaying certain decisions and tasks
- It can be painful to let go of tasks you know how to do perfectly, but you have to make room for what's most important – and recognize that the real definition of being “responsible” at work isn't about getting everything done. It's about getting the right things done.
- How she listen to her Intuition
- Stories of when she listened to your intuition or didn’t
- Picking ideal clients vs annoying ones/deadbeats
- Why are you proud to use your business intuition?
- Better decisions
- More joy in business
- WWIT for you to make business intuition more openly used this year?
- Create Safe spaces to talk about it
“My new book from Harvard Business Review Press, Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive, is now available for pre-order and will be released on October 3, 2017.
What does it take to create the career you want? It’s no secret that the world of work has changed, and we’re shifting toward an ever more entrepreneurial, self-reliant, work-from-wherever-you-are economy. That can be a liberating force, and many professionals dream of becoming independent, whether by starting their own businesses, becoming consultants or freelancers, or developing a sideline.
But there’s a major obstacle professionals face when they contemplate taking the leap: how to actually make money doing what they love. You may have incredible talent and novel ideas, but figuring out how to get started, building your reputation in a new realm, developing multiple revenue streams, and bringing in a steady flow of new clients can be a daunting prospect.
In Entrepreneurial You, it’s my goal to provide you with a blueprint for professional independence, including insights and advice on building your brand, monetizing your expertise, and extending your reach and impact online. You’ll learn the necessary elements and concrete tactics for entrepreneurial success.
In the book, I share the stories of entrepreneurs of all kinds―from consultants and coaches to podcasters, bloggers, and online marketers―who have generated six- and seven-figure incomes, as well as my own insights from building a high six-figure solo consulting business.
This book will be your hands-on guide to building a portfolio of revenue streams, both traditional and online, so that you can liberate yourself financially and shape your own career destiny.
Whether you’re an experienced entrepreneur looking to expand your revenue streams, an aspiring side hustler starting your business, or a happily-settled corporate executive looking for creative new ideas about how to think entrepreneurially, my goal is to teach you the strategies you need to succeed and build the career and life you want.” – Dorie Clark
Mentioned in this episode
- Her new book Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive
- How To Create A Virtual Internship That Will Change Your Life
- Tim Ferris
- Her Book Reinventing You
- The End of Jobs by Taylor Pearson
- The 7 day startup by Dan Norris
- The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
- MVP = MinimumViable Product
- Why You Should Be Less Responsible at Work
- The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer
- Her book Stand Out
- WWIT (What Would It Take)
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Bio
Dorie Clark
Dorie Clark is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the author of Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine, one of the Top 10 Business Books of the Year by Forbes, and was a Washington Post bestseller. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, the New York Times described her as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.”
She is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, TIME, and Entrepreneur. Recognized as a “branding expert” by the Associated Press, Inc., and Fortune, Clark is a marketing strategy consultant and speaker for clients including Google, Microsoft, Yale University, Fidelity, the U.S. State Department, and the World Bank.
Links
- Website
- 42-page Stand Out self-assessment workbook will show you how to develop your own breakthrough ideas and build a following around them – even if you're not sure where to start.
- Her new book Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive
Interview Transcript:
Michael: Welcome back to the show. I'm here with Dorie Clark, and she's a bestselling author, and has written four books both which is coming out real soon now. And we'll be talking about that in the episode. But maybe we're going to be focused on how you can trust your intuition on the entrepreneurial roller-coaster, and how you might be better off being less responsible too. And this especially applies to people who are getting started in business.
So, we'll look at why is now the perfect time to start a business, why virtual internships are a smart move these days, how she balances her intuition, and testing to figure out what the ideal audience really wants. And how to fight discouragement and depression; those twin sisters of despair when you leap on the entrepreneurial roller-coaster. That's a long word for me to say. And we'll also look at why being less responsible is critical for your career progress. So, welcome Dorie.
Dorie: I'm so glad to be here. Thanks for having me Michael.
Michael: Oh you … so welcome. So, why is now the perfect time to start a business? Because many people would say it's a crazy time to want to start a business.
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