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How to trust yourself, no matter the challenge
I take a walk every morning in my neighborhood. About a year ago, I noticed that a neighbor I had not met started to sit on the bench in front of her house every morning.I would wave as I walked by and say good morning. Then one day I saw her walking very slowly and...
From Becoming Minimalist to Scalable Impact: How Joshua Becker Brought the Becker Method to Life
Joshua Becker has helped millions embrace a simpler life through his books, blog, and courses on minimalism. But as the founder of Becoming Minimalist looked ahead, he faced a challenge: How do you preserve and expand a life's work beyond yourself? The answer came...
From Vision to Global Impact: How Dr. Romie Built the BrainSHIFT Movement
When Dr. Romie Mushtaq first came to Pamela Slim, she was holding a bold idea in her hands and wondering if it was brilliant—or completely unrealistic. As a neurologist and integrative medicine physician, Dr. Romie had already seen what burnout and chronic stress were...
Building Something We Needed: Ericka Hines on Thriving at Work for Black Women
When Ericka Hines began her research into the work lives of Black women, she wasn’t chasing accolades—she was chasing truth. She’d seen too many Black women who, by all traditional measures, had “made it”—only to burn out, break down, or disappear from the workforce...
Feeling out of control? Stop, drop and organize
As if running a business isn’t hard enough when the market is stable, when things get rocky, it is easy to feel out of control. Our job when navigating the ups and downs of business, especially when you are working on streamlining and scaling, is to live what Jim...
Your Business Leadership 5 Point Check Up
When do you really learn who you are as a leader in business? Is it watching your financials tip into the "met my big number goal!" column of your spreadsheet? Is it in the afterglow of a great talk when you hear the audience applause bouncing off the walls? Is it in...
How to keep your fire burning, despite obstacles
I recently opened a letter I had written to myself at a self care retreat in December, 2023. In the letter, I described what my life would look like in December, 2024. The retreat leader Emily held onto the letter then mailed it so it would hit my mailbox a year...
Resetting the vision for your body of work
10 years ago, when I wrote Body of Work, I was responding to a world that said "you can only be cool, creative and free if you work for yourself." That obviously wasn't true, as I knew plenty of cool, creative and freedom-loving people who worked for others in a...
The most powerful market differentiation question: What’s Missing?
"There are a million consultants/podcast hosts/coaches/authors/coffee shop owners/(insert your own profession) out there. How in the world can I stand out and share what is special about working with me?" "How can I come up with a new model when just about every model...
053: What Exactly Is And Isn’t Working In Digital Marketing Right Now with Pat Flynn
“The relationships that you build with others, your clients, and how you make them feel is going to be just as important, if not more important, than what it is that you are actually delivering.” - Pat Flynn In this episode of The Widest Net Podcast, Pam is joined by...