A Personal Story about How to Lose Your Fear of Hitting Publish

By Rainmaker.FM

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Your online business won’t go anywhere until you hit publish.

Great content needs to see the light of day, and that means pushing past your fears on a regular basis.

But how exactly is that supposed to happen?

This week on Hit Publish, host Pamela Wilson shares a personal story about compassion and fear. You’ll come away with a new mindset about your content — one that will help you feel the fear, but forge ahead and hit publish anyway.

Tune in to Hit Publish to hear host Pamela Wilson share:

  • What working the line at a barbecue joint can teach you …read more      
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Immaturity, Impulsiveness, and the Art of Becoming an Entrepreneur

By Rainmaker.FM

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Before today’s guest on Hack the Entrepreneur built a successful company in China, he was just a wandering 20-year-old backpacker, only looking for an adventure.

He planned on making a brief stop in the city of Beijing to earn some funds, see the Great Wall, and move on to his next adventure.

Turns out, that trip would do more than just earn him enough funds to travel; it would lead him to become a pillar of Beijing’s pop culture. He is the founder and Creative Dictator of China’s first streetwear clothing brand, Plastered T-Shirts.

He has also been awarded …read more      

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How to Answer the Most Important Question About Becoming an Exceptional Writer

By Rainmaker.FM

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Have you ever asked yourself why you want to become a writer?

You should. Because writing can be a thankless job. Like doing the laundry.

Listen. There will be times when you will hit a wall. You are exhausted. Lost. Broken. And you’ll ask yourself, “Why?”

Why am I doing this to myself?

You have to be able to answer that question. At the drop of a hat. All exceptional writers can. And when you do, you’ll walk away gritting your teeth, buckling down, and girding your loins.

In this 10-minute episode of Rough Draft with Demian Farnworth, you’ll discover:

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The Single Most Important Reason Why You Should Start a Podcast

By Jerod Morris

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What are the most intimate activities that you do on a daily basis?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Back up. Not those activities. Okay, so I walked right into that one. My bad. Let me tweak that …

What are the next-most intimate activities you do each day?

Probably bathe and dress, drive to and from work, walk your dog, work out, etcetera.

These are activities that are important, often routine, and you typically do them on your own. You don’t broadcast them to the world or share them. If you do share them with anyone, it’s a spouse, a significant …read more      

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Pew Research Center, Teens, Facebook, And Interesting Insight

Literally every time I get into a conversation about the value of social media, there is always a non-believer that triumphantly proclaims that Facebook is dead and teens leaving. Facebook is old and lame?it?s not ?on fleek?. Well guess what? The kind folks over at the Pew Research Center did a stud…

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