I Bet Beyonce's Friends Listen to Her Shit Now

 

Starting your business is an exciting and difficult time all wrapped into a warm blanket of pins and needles. You’re happy one minute, frustrated the next, and sometimes you just don’t know how to feel. 

Sometimes people have this fantastical view of what starting a business is like. They picture rubbing elbows with celebrities on mega yachts from day one. I think most business owners will tell you though, it’s a difficult road, but a road that’s definitely worth it. 

When people have this misconception of what starting and running a business is like—especially in the beginning—there are a few tried and true complaints that you can expect those people to have. One of them is that their friends don’t support their business.

Since my audience is full of entrepreneurs, I see this complaint a lot. I’ll admit, I’ve even wondered myself about why certain friends are much less supportive than others. This isn’t...

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5 Easy Ways to Support a New Entrepreneur

I want to see US all win. Like really, I’m not just saying that.

This week, I’ve been talking a lot about family and friends not supporting your business, and in yesterday’s episode of my podcast—Master Your Mission—I talked about family and friends actually hating on your business (or your growth). Check that episode out to hear more on the subject.

 


Since I’ve been wanting to talk about the subject that I’m about to go into for a while now, I thought this was the perfect time to do so. There’s really no need to feel salty about anybody else’s growth. We can find ways to support one another and still grow our own business. 

There are enough people out here to serve that we can support each other and still all have plenty of customers. There’s enough money out here to be made that we can lift each other up and still all make a shit ton of money. There’s enough drip out here that we can all glow up....

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What If Family & Friends Don't Support Your Business?

Entrepreneurs need support. When you first start a business, support from the people you love the most—your family and friends—can mean more to you than it ever did before. But what if your family and friends don’t show support for your business? Check out this video I posted on Instagram.

  
 

One of my IG friends asked me a question, about the post above, that I absolutely love. To paraphrase his question, he asked how I know that your family and friends aren’t truly just hating on you. So I want to share my opinion about that here.

Family and (fake) friends can absolutely be haters. Sometimes people truly don’t want to see you do better than them. They’re envious that you’re doing what they wish they could or what they’re afraid to do. Their hate, or lack of support, is really a reflection of how they see themselves, and there’s not a lot you can do about that. Sometimes people realize that...

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Dating Someone Who Doesn't Support Your Dream

A friend of mine recently asked me for advice. Let’s call this friend “Chuck”. Chuck shared something with me that he had never shared with anyone else. He had an idea for a book that he wanted to write about some of his life experiences. He had a unique point of view he wanted to share with a very targeted audience that he knew he could help. He was ready to step out of the shadows and finally share his gifts with the world. He’s super talented and I had no doubt in his ability to make his dream a reality. 

Chuck and I talked through the idea for his book, and sensing that Chuck wasn’t very confident in his talent and ability to write the book, I suggested that Chuck start writing a blog. I explained how writing the blog would capitalize on his sense of urgency, help him build his confidence, and that he’d get better at writing and expressing his point of view with each blog article he published.

Reluctantly, Chuck agreed to start that...

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