Integrated Entrepreneurship

Question: When should you trust your gut?

Answer: Every time.

Last week I spent some time working with Jay on my personal brand. We've been creating great content, but follower growth has been slow.

And then we had a breakthrough. We found a strategy to help us grow, acquiring real, relevant followers, through shoutouts. And since then, we've grown from 1700 to almost 9500 followers in just a week.

Retracing my steps, this happened because I said yes to several things in a row.

First, I sai…

This is something I've been thinking about a lot:

Most of us HATE that feeling of being wrong.

Our ego hates it.

That sinking feeling in the gut.

But the more you learn to LOVE that feeling, the better.

You're ALWAYS wrong. In a million little ways.

The faster you identify where the faster you find the bug in your thinking, the better everything becomes.

Because your thoughts and beliefs dictate your perceptions, your actions, and your results.

So start loving being wrong.

What do you…

There are always alternatives. There are always options.

I like to remind myself that I'm wrong in a million big and small ways, and the faster I identify and fix those false beliefs, the better my life gets.

This week has blown up some of my beliefs around the potential of my businesses, and what's possible in terms of sheer financial possibility.

The potential out there really is quite limitless.

It's up to you and what you want

... what you're willing to put in

... what you're willing t…

As you grow your business, you will have to grow as well.

If you're just starting out with your business, that person who has made their first $10k online is not the same person you are today.

As you grow, the person who has a $50k/year business is not the same person that just hit the $10k milestone.

And on and on it goes.

For every stage of growth, there are steps you have to take.

And then there's the person you have to become.

For me, I've always been a doer. An overachiever.

I'm lear…

As a business owner and a human, we need to set goals.

Okay, let me rephrase that.

We don't need to set goals. But goals can be a super useful tool.

When we know exactly where we're going, it's a lot more likely we'll get there.

The challenge with goals—especially goals that are deeply emotionally meaningful to us—is that it can trigger our very human tendency to reject the present.

You set a growth goal for your business, and now you feel bad about the fact that you're not there yet.

You …

Before I get into this week's topic, I just want to quickly share with you the questions from last week's AMA:

• Leveraging Facebook Groups For Your Business
• Do You Need Upsells For Your Online Course?
• How To Grow Your Business In The USA As A Foreigner 

Now back to talking about success...

One of my favorite questions when I'm coaching customers or community members or team members is

What does success look like?

What are we really trying to achieve here?

What's the outcome we want?

For the longest time, I hated the word "success".

It felt like it was more an indictment.

A judgment.

Are you successful?

Are you good enough?

Are you worthy of being here?

And I always felt like I didn't measure up.

Didn't make the cut.

But then about ten years ago, someone helped me see the word "success" in a completely different light.

Not as a judgment of me, as a person.

But as a matter-of-fact statement about results out there.

Success is simply about whether you achieved what …

At the AMA (Ask Me Anything) call, Jacob asked me who's the most important hire in the company.

My answer?

It depends.

If you're starting out, and you need to grow revenue, I'd want to hire a marketer.

The most experienced marketer you can afford. A good marketer will (obviously) pay for themselves many times over.

That's the point.

For where I'm at, my most critical hire is an Integrator.

If you don't know what that is, check out the book Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman.

Chances are you're …

The other day I was doing a live AMA, and one of the questions I got asked was about jumping into a new career.

My answer centered around building on past success.

Find a way to leverage what you've already built up to stand out and acquire your first customers in your new career.

See the question and my full answer on my YouTube here.

And while you're there, make sure you subscribe to my channel ... and hit the little bell to get notified of new videos.

See you at the next AMA.

Love,
–Calv…

A lot of people will tell you you need to focus on one thing.

And I think there's merit to that.

It's just never worked for me.

I need a bit of chaos. I need to switch contexts and work on something else.

It inspires me. It gives me new insights and new energy to work on other things.

Last year I decided to embrace three new businesses. Pafei, Body Meal, and Correli Leadership Institute. And to start building my personal brand.

It's definitely been a bumpy ride. A learning experience.

But…