Accomplishments and Lesson Learned Friday! - (April 12, 2019) Entrepreneur |
- Accomplishments and Lesson Learned Friday! - (April 12, 2019)
- I conducted a study of 1,117 content marketers to learn what successful blogs do differently. Here are the top takeaways.
- Advertise to founders and businesses for free - new platform by fellow r/Entrepreneur user!
- Would jobs consider hiring me based off my self ventures?
- When do you quit your day job?
- Where should I be spending revenue?
- How to structure a finders fee for deal?
- Check out CyberTramp a new UK clothing brand.
- How to achieve a minimum threshold of customers?
- What percent net profit should a average company make? How much take home a year in %?
- What's the fair value of a facebook page with a large reach sharing my content? How do I figure out what to offer?
- Questions about starting small wood shop
- 1800Accountants - hmmm
- Test my knowledge
- For all entrepreneurs how do you find consistency even through depression
- I would really much appreciate some insight about my shopify redesign :)
- SportsTrader.pro
- I want to design and launch a new planner/journal - what do?
- $10k/month renting out camper vans.
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| Accomplishments and Lesson Learned Friday! - (April 12, 2019) Posted: 12 Apr 2019 06:13 AM PDT Please use this thread to share any accomplishment you care to gloat about, and some lessons learned. This is a weekly thread to encourage new members to participate, and post their accomplishments, as well as give the veterans an opportunity to inspire the up-and-comers. Since this thread can fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:46 AM PDT In February I ran a big survey to find out what blogging & content marketing strategies are working best right now. A full 1,117 people responded in total, including a bunch of redditors. Two-thirds of them are blogging to make money or build a business. Their responses have given us some really interesting data with a 2.9% margin of error at 95% confidence. The best part: it's segmented by income level, so you can see what bloggers who earn over $50K per year do differently from lower-income ones. The full results post includes 19 illustrated charts and reactions from experts like Brian Dean of Backlinko, Andrew Warner of Mixergy, and more. Here are some highlights:
Note that this is not a checklist of things that all blogs need in order to be successful. These statistics are based on correlation and not necessarily causation. Adopting an advanced technique too early may even make a blog less likely to succeed. (E.g. Unprofitable blogs will probably only become more unprofitable if they start using paid promotion.) However, if you're just starting a blog or having trouble making yours perform well, it can be very helpful to see what higher-earning bloggers are doing differently and test emulating it. The key is to think about how those techniques fit in with the stage your blog is at, as well as what you are trying to accomplish and what would best serve your audience. The charts and expert opinions in the full results post also add much more detail and context. Thanks to everyone who took the survey! [link] [comments]  |
| Advertise to founders and businesses for free - new platform by fellow r/Entrepreneur user! Posted: 12 Apr 2019 05:18 AM PDT Marketing is always expensive especially if you want to target specific audiences like business owners and founders to sell your products or services. I have spent thousands and thousands of USD on Adwords and Facebook ads in the past to promote my projects. But recently I had one of those ideas that come out of nowhere if you know what I mean. For my banking I am using a credit union, which is in simple terms a bank owned by its customers which means it doesn't have to generate profits for shareholders. That reduces fees a lot and makes it possible to offer really good conditions for loans and credits. So why isn't there a marketing platform like that if it seems to work for other industries? I created inboxfounders.com with exactly this concept in mind. A platform to promote your services to other businesses and founders for free. Every week we randomly choose someone from our email list to promote his business with a special offer to all other users for free. And everyone else gets a great deal on something he would need anyway like CRM software, SEO services, graphic designers, freelancers etc. I would love to hear your thoughts about it and to advertise your business/services here for free as well: inboxfounders.com Of course you can also subscribe just to get awesome deals for all kinds of useful services! [link] [comments]  |
| Would jobs consider hiring me based off my self ventures? Posted: 11 Apr 2019 05:27 PM PDT Hey, I'll just get right into it. I grew up super poor, in around 9th grade I started running game servers. Dropped out of high school to pursue this further. Was making around 15-20k a month. Did this for around 5 years. It died down then I moved to doing amazon fba. Started around 8 months ago and have done around 70k revenue. About 25-35% profit. I have a bit of knowledge in everything. Lots of successful ventures, some not so successful. Haven't exactly had an actual job before and I'm almost 21 now. Anywho, tldr. If I've ran a lot of businesses my self, yet never worked a day job in my life & didn't even finish high school. Would those things be good on a resume and potentially get me a job position if I ever looked to get one? [link] [comments]  |
| When do you quit your day job? Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:57 AM PDT For those of you have made the transition or are planning to make the transition from working for the man to working entirely for yourself, how/when do/did you decide to make that decision? How was your side gig revenue compared to your income? What were the determining factors for you? [link] [comments]  |
| Where should I be spending revenue? Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:49 AM PDT I am currently selling a product that does $8,000-10,000 a month in revenue. The product has 60-75% profit margin depending on the quantity purchased. I spend approximately $1,000 a month on ads, but 50-60% of my traffic is organic. The problem I am facing is I would be happy to spending 2-4x the amount of money on ads if it would scale my revenue, however the product is for a pretty small niche and there is new competition coming in with cheaper products. I am rank 3 or 4 on google for the main keywords, two domains I cannot compete with (Amazon) are ranked #1 but my products come up first there as well. I have tried testing google ads and facebook ads many times with no success because of how specific this product is. Would it be worth trying to find an agency that might have more knowledge on targeting the niche with ads? Where should I be spending my revenue other than back into inventory and adding products? [link] [comments]  |
| How to structure a finders fee for deal? Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:07 PM PDT I have a friend trying to get me involved in a college lettings business he has going. Unfortunately I moved away so I haven't had a chance, but I've now got a contact for a big realtor who generates a large amount of leads in a neighbouring state that has a large college population and is looking to expand into that. What is the best way to structure a finders fee? How can I add value to the deal in order to increase my profit? [link] [comments]  |
| Check out CyberTramp a new UK clothing brand. Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:03 PM PDT |
| How to achieve a minimum threshold of customers? Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:42 PM PDT I have a business in mind that I am confident will be successful. I need a minimum of 25 of two kinds of customers (25 individuals, and 25 businesses) to start with. It is similar to a placement/headhunter service, matching candidates to opportunities. The individuals will be easier to attract - I can have at least 25 in 1-2 weeks. Finding the businesses will be a bit more difficult. My problem: it would be best to provide weekly updates to both individuals and businesses. How can I do/work around this through the startup phase, when I might not have the 25 businesses in place? I don't want the individuals to be inconvenienced if it takes a while to get enough businesses. [link] [comments]  |
| What percent net profit should a average company make? How much take home a year in %? Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:29 PM PDT Is it about average to see 20% profit, 80% cost? Are any of you taking around 50% net profit, 50% cost? In percentage how much do you take home for your salary? Is it about 50% of profit? What is your understanding on how large a margin you need in order to take home a profit, and have money to reinvest in the business? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:12 PM PDT I'm working on a satirical news site, and have reached out to a few various FB pages in the niche we're targeting about sharing some of our content to gain exposure. The problem is, I really have no idea how to value what sharing an 1,2,3 of our articles is worth depending on how many likes or reach the page has. Is there an industry standard based on, say, a page with a million likes? 2 million likes? etc.? [link] [comments]  |
| Questions about starting small wood shop Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:57 AM PDT So my hobby is making stuff out of wood. Little things out of pallets and what not. Beer bottle openers, wine racks, shelves. People seem to be interested and people pay me for little jobs. I am overly nice and usually give it to friends and family for free though, which I don't mind since I enjoy it. Question is though, how do I turn this into a weekend business. Not looking to make crazy money but a few bucks here and there would be cool. I plan on going in on Instagram, Facebook marketplace, Craigslist style places. I can make a website that has e-commerce myself too. Has anyone ever gone to the weekend Flea Markets and have success? Any feedback or guidance would be awesome. Thanks in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:40 AM PDT Just got done talking to 1800Accountants through a LegalZoom referral on my filing of an s-corp in Texas. I'm an independent IT consultant and have a contract for 12 months, $150 an hour, 40 hours a week. 1800Accountants really felt slimy. Offered $1700 for a year of services, past two years personal tax review, software, access to pool of 3 accountants within the flat-fee structure. Quarterly filings are $100 apiece, payroll (for my company to pay me) is $59 a month. I know nothing in this area - what do you guys think? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2019 10:29 AM PDT Hey everyone, I've been in the digital marketing game for a little over 4 years now, I currently work as a business analyst for a tax education provider. In the past 2 years since I've started at my current position, sales have skyrocketed. We have been doubling our sales every month. I'm writing this post because I want to test my knowledge and help out other people in the process. Ask me anything regarding your company and digital marketing; facebook ads, google ads, SEO, email, web design, content, copywriting, and anything in between. Look forward to hearing from you! -AC [link] [comments]  |
| For all entrepreneurs how do you find consistency even through depression Posted: 12 Apr 2019 06:02 AM PDT |
| I would really much appreciate some insight about my shopify redesign :) Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:48 AM PDT My website was just redesigned and I would love some ideas on the way it looks : www.atto-digital.com [link] [comments]  |
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| I want to design and launch a new planner/journal - what do? Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:18 AM PDT I have the features I want, page layouts and writeups/directions etc, but I'm not sure where to go from here with regards to prototype or anything. Anyone have advice on launching printed products like this? TIA. [link] [comments]  |
| $10k/month renting out camper vans. Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:15 AM PDT Hey - Pat from StarterStory.com here with another interview. Today's interview is with Gretchen Bayless and Taylor Hood of ROAMERICA, a brand that does campervan rentals. Some stats:
Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?We are Taylor Hood and Gretchen Bayless, founders of ROAMERICA. A company that specializes in adventure vehicles, including 4wd campervans. ROAMERICA offers campervan rentals for the ultimate road trip. We have 4wd and 2wd campervans available. All have 5 seat belts, 2 beds, fridge, sink, stove, heat and plenty of storage for all your gear. All are car seat friendly too! The fleet comes fully stocked with everything you'll need to camp off the grid (camp chairs, table, full kitchen set up, bedding, Rumpls, headlamps, etc.). There are so many people these days looking for adventure and what better and more comfortable way than a campervan? Most of our customers come from out of state and about 10% are international. Our customers differ depending on the season. In the high season (June – August), we meet lots of families and in the low season (Sept – May) we meet lots of couples, groups of friends & retirees. Overall though, our customers share the same love for the outdoors and exploration. Last year, 2018, we both became full time. We are hiring our 1st employee this spring and are expanding our fleet quickly. It took a couple years of both of us working our 'day jobs' and ROAMERICA but we knew that in order for this business to really grow and be where we knew it could, we needed to give it 100%. It was an exciting transition in becoming full time and not a day goes by that we aren't happy with our decision. As of today, everything the business is making is going right back into the business. In order to add vans, build vans, hire people and expand our offerings, we've come to terms that we personally will be sacrificing a 'more comfortable' lifestyle…but we are so happy with that. Exterior of one of the 4wd rigs, DELTA Interior of DELTA What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?We are two adventurous souls who met on the Oregon Coast in February 2010. In the beginning, it was all about traveling to find surf and deep snow without the crowds. We originally traveled around in a 1998 Toyota Tacoma with a canopy. It was a great vehicle for accessing all sorts of amazing places but when it turned cold and wet, it became quite uncomfortable, especially with our 2 dogs. We always dreamt of having a vehicle that could keep us dry throughout the Northwest winters and allow us to access snowy mountains and desolate sandy beaches. In 2013, we upgraded our vehicle to a 2006 4x4 Ford Econoline cargo van. We threw a cooler, futon mattress and a couple seats inside, we had our perfect set up. 6 years later, we have a toddler and baby #2 due in May so we've upgraded the layout of a newer Ford Econoline to include a sofa bed that has seat belts for the car seats, a portable fridge/freezer and plenty of storage and room for the 2 pups and all our gear. As our life changes so does the layout of our van. See a little more about our family on our Instagram Highlight Reel. How we came up with renting campervans is a funny story. We were both trying to unwind one night in early 2015. (Taylor was working in construction, Gretchen in web development and living in Portland, Oregon). These were careers that we both knew we wanted to get out of. It was a lot of computer time and only adventuring on the weekends. We knew we wanted to start a family, move back to the Columbia Gorge, and have a more flexible schedule. So Taylor looked over at me and said, what if we rented Sportsmobiles? Now, Taylor comes up with A LOT of ideas and I usually turn them down but this one just stuck. I said yes right away and that night we were researching the idea. We didn't have any experience with a rental business but Taylor has a background in construction and I have a background in branding and web design. We both love traveling, exploring and getting lost on dirt roads. Turns out, this was a good combination and we figured, the rental part is something that could be learned. We started with one 1998 campervan. We wanted to 'test the market' before we bought a $100k rig. We operated out of our home to save money and without any marketing we booked that 1 van for the entire summer in about 6 weeks of being online. The power of search engines! We had a total of 20 reservations for that 1 van in 2016. We were hoping for 6 total! So, after the beginning of that first season, we knew we were on to something. Our first van , ALPHA - 2016 Take us through the process of designing, prototyping, and manufacturing your first product.It has been a long process. In 2017, we decided that we needed to start building out our own campervans instead of purchasing used pre-converted campervans. Originally we tried to work with a few builders so we wouldn't have to build in-house. Those partnerships fell through and we decided the only way we can guarantee high quality, consistent products is to take it in-house. So the next step was to find a designer. After going back and forth with 3 that couldn't get the job done, we started to run out of time and just did it ourselves...again. Seeing a theme here? This is why you have to be resilient and you have to love what you are doing. Setback after setback gets really frustrating. We had another one yesterday when we called to check the status of new bed/benches for the vans. They are expected to arrive this week. When we called to check in, we quickly found out the manufacturer "lost the order" and the (4) bed/benches have not even been started. These take 4 weeks to make and 1 week to ship. One more setback, one more thing to learn….triple check all orders. We are currently building out our first Ford Transit van interior and the process is going very well. We did a lot of planning on the front which is helping to facilitate the build tremendously. If the vendors can ship the products on time, we can meet the deadline to finish the builds. Here is a BEFORE picture: Here is a During picture: Final Transit expected to be completed May 2019. Describe the process of launching the business.We knew the website and branding needed to make an impact. Luckily we had the background and passion to create that. We also knew SEO would play a huge role. What's the point of putting an awesome website out there amongst millions, if no one can find it. So for about 6 months prior to 'launching' the website, we were building the brand and working on the SEO. This meant, designing our own logo and website. We knew how important these would be in the success of the initial launch. So we did a lot of research on keywords and what people were interested in learning about when searching for road trips or campervan rentals. We took what we learned and added it to our website. We learned people wanted information on Oregon and for the process to be easy. So our website was super simple and resourceful. We also did a few road trips in our own van to test out our process, to make sure it was actually easy for customers. This was in November of 2015, so it was cold and wet but almost perfect. We did make one major change, we knew built-in heaters would be a must! Crater Lake National Park - November 2015 Oakridge - 2015 We started the typical social media channels as well, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Luckily, we didn't have to shell out a ton of money for the website since the business was 100% bootstrapped. Again, Taylor and I were both working full time jobs and operating ROAMERICA out of our home. Luckily, we received a super low interest rate for that 1st van so our overhead was really low. This first van was completely converted too so that saved us time. It was a 1998 Ford Econoline Sportsmobile. We didn't have any employees either and neither of us took money out of the business to 'pay ourselves'. We originally talked with a few banks about a business loan so we could buy a van but we were a pretty unique business and banks wanted 2 years of financial history on the business before they would even sit down and talk to us. So with our own savings to get the business up and running, we got to work. Between getting the van ready for the road, updating the 'look' of the van, building the site, brand, etc. we were busy...but really excited. Our first van , ALPHA - We removed teal and purple pin stripes, removed the running boards, upgraded the tires to BF Goodrich All Terrains and added a 2" lift. Prior to launching, we also did a lot of research about pricing. There weren't any other campervan companies in Oregon offering what we were going to offer. So between, AirBnB, hotels, car rentals, etc we came to the decision of pricing the campervan to compete with what it would cost a person to rent a car and hotel. Our goal was to rent the van for 3 days a month. We far exceeded this goal, which meant we were prices too low. Our first customers were nice enough to tell us this as well:). So we increased our pricing and offered more in terms of gear and customer service. Looking back, our launch was pretty amateur. We literally posted something on Facebook, no promotion or boost or anything, letting the 'world' know we started a business and had a website. However, luck was on our side, we received a phone call that week to rent one of our Roof Top Tents (which we hadn't even purchased yet!) for that weekend. This customer happened to be a photographer, so we offered the RTT to him at no cost in trade for images. After his trip, he posted some pictures on his social media and tagged us. We did this once more with the van that May. We posted these images on our Facebook and Instagram and it helped a ton. Prior to these images we were just taking our own (not great at all!) so having these professional images at no cost to us, really helped propel our brand. We pushed our website live in May of 2016 and by early June we were booked for the summer. One of our own photos, early Instagram days: 28 likes, 2 comments. Working with professional photographers helped propel our online brand. Working with @taylersteven for photos of the RTT: 205 likes, 11 comments Working with @kylesipple for photos of the campervan: 123 likes, 18 comments Since launch, what has worked to attract and retain customers?We are firm believers in 'the more you give, the more you get'. We love helping people, offering advice, trip planning, van trip giveaways, etc. and our reward is seeing the smile on people's faces. We develop a relationship with every customer and really get to know them. It's a natural thing for us to do and it just so happens that it probably helps the business. Another thing we believe in and has helped attract customers is to never pass up an opportunity. Always exceed expectations of the customer and always give before you take. You may be overworked, tired and have other responsibilities but if something presents itself and you know it may help the business or is super low risk, take that opportunity. Even if it means later nights and earlier mornings. We haven't come across the perfect formula to increase sales or traffic but we're always tweaking and learning. We work a lot on SEO and our brand awareness. We work with a lot of companies with the same values and promote each other, which helps our reach. In order to attract new customers and retain our customers, we really have to look at our website analytics. Most of our web traffic comes from organic Google searches which means we pay a lot of attention to SEO. That is our top priority. Next, we focus our effort on social media and just staying present and keeping our brand fresh and inspiring. In order to stay present and in front of our customers and attract new customers, we look at our social media and website analytics every week. We use Iconosquare for social media analytics and Google Analytics for our website. It was pretty evident early on, that everyone LOVES pictures of the van. Specifically, exterior shots of the van set up in all its glory. Our most 'most liked' post. Taken by @spreadsheetqueen. We are a small business, just the two of us and we don't outsource any marketing which is why we don't do much in comparison to other brands. However, this also gives us complete control of what we put out there because we personally have created it. In order to stay relevant, we send out an e-newsletter once a month and have a sign up on our website. We use MailChimp to design and schedule our newsletters and MailMunch for the pop up form on our website. We also ask for emails at events or to sign up for our annual giveaway. We just added this newsletter January of this year, 2019. We had been wanting to do this since we started but we just couldn't find the time. We still don't have the time but we know how important it is to stay in front of your customers and offer something to prospective customers. Our newsletter has travel tips, trip ideas and more. This is also how we notify our customers of announcements. For example, we recently updated our logo and dog policy (we now allow dogs!). So we sent out a super simple and quick e-newsletter to let our subscriber list know! It's actually quite fun to create every month! What we've come to realize is that our email list doesn't expect a highly professional newsletter with in depth articles. They expect relevant information that is up to date and they just want to hear about the business. So we try to not analyze too much about what we 'should' put out every month. We just look at our most recent blog posts or social media and share the information. Then if we have exciting announcements to share, we'll send those as well. We have a 34% open rate and great click through as well. Another way to to market the business and attract new customers, was to create partnerships and be a part of events/raffles. We partake in events and causes like the Children's Cancer Association annual auction and the annual auction for the Native Fish Society. We love giving van trips away to causes like these. Once a year, we hold a big contest where one winner can win a campervan trip and a pile of gear from our partners. This gets a lot of attention and is super fun for us too! We also have our vans in raffles for Patagonia Portland events, Royal Treatment Fly Fishing and others. In the end, this attracts new people to our brand and one day when they're thinking about taking a road trip, hopefully they remember us! How are you doing today and what does the future look like?Today, business is good and the future is exciting. Gretchen has been putting a lot of effort into the website, SEO and content (check out our new blog!!!), we are hiring our 1st employee this month and Taylor is busy building out new vans and forming new partnerships. There is always room for improvements but as of now, our web traffic is around 3k visitors a month and about 10k pageviews/month. Each user spends about 3.5 minutes on our site too. Our conversion isn't stellar but we also have very high demand and very little supply so we have to take that into account. However, with that in mind we are expanding. We just have to. We keep having to turn customers away because we don't have a vehicle. This is something we don't want to continue to do. So we are expanding our offerings and adding 4wd SUVs, Backcountry Motorcycle tours and a few other fun projects. We also plan to expand locations and offer one way trips. However, right now, our short term goal is to increase our van fleet size before we have our baby. We are due with our 2nd baby May 4th and have a 1 1/2 year old. So needless to say, we are busy! We need to have the vans built and ready for the road before baby shows up, so we can soak in all that new baby goodness! Our long term goal is to continue to increase our fleet size, expand to new locations and offer guided trips. In the long run, we see ourselves traveling to new locations and forging new partnerships. We'll leave the cleaning, trip scheduling and planning to the awesome folks we will eventually hire! Through starting the business, have you learned anything particularly helpful or advantageous?We've learned a ton! However, the top 6 would be:
What platform/tools do you use for your business?We use a handful of tools for our business, including Slack, MailChimp and Iconosquare. Slack is great at keeping our conversations organized and searchable! The search function is our favorite. We have multiple channels like 'office, marketing, web, rental fleet, customers, etc.'. This is way easier than texting or emailing, faster too! We use MailChimp for our monthly newsletter and sign up form. This is a great product for the price and easy to use and integrate with our website. We also like that it has an app, so we can keep an eye on our open rate from our phone once we send out a newsletter. Ahh, the little things that gets an entrepreneur excited! Iconosquare is great for managing Instagram conversations. We have a hard time keeping up with comments otherwise. They have a scheduling feature but we don't use that as much. We know we haven't even scratched the surface with what these tools can do, but it's a start! What have been the most influential books, podcasts, or other resources?Taylor devours Podcasts. With a 45 minute commute through the Columbia Gorge twice a day, business podcasts help motivate and are quickly becoming the new Alt-MBA. Tim Ferris, Jocko Willink, Mike Glover, Andy Frisella are just a few he frequently listens to. Jocko Willink is a ex Navy SEAL turned business leader and his books speak volumes on leadership. Extreme Ownership and The Dichotomy of Leadership are must reads. GaryVaynerchuk is an absolute genius when it comes to social marketing. His podcast motivates without sounding like a pep talk. It is as real as it gets and if you are curious about being an entrepreneur, he illustrates it perfectly. Advice for other entrepreneurs who want to get started or are just starting out?START NOW. If you have an idea for a business get started ASAP. The more you know before you start, the more likely you will find a reason to not go for it. Find something you're passionate about and look for a way to monetize it. To make a business successful, you have to play the long game, and during that game you will most likely be close to broke, SO YOU MUST LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO CARRY YOU THROUGH THOSE HARD TIMES. The ones who press on and don't quit, are the ones who reap the rewards. Where can we go to learn more?
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| Posted: 12 Apr 2019 05:21 AM PDT Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7mBNcI2H1c I've also done summaries of the following books:
If you're interested and want to subscribe here's a link:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfbLDMh6uGOZePAfqqjVZ-g?sub_confirmation=1 If you'd prefer to read the script instead of watching the video, here it: Make Your Bed By William H. McRaven Introduction All the successful people across the globe share one thing in common- they believe in starting your day by making your bed, as it is a difficult task to do at the start of the day, but one that charges you up and prepares you for the entire day ahead helping you stay productive throughout the day. This is the crux of the book 'Make Your Bed' by William H. Raven, which is indeed a fantastic read. If you're interested in this book you can get 2 audiobooks for free with a trial of audible using the link in the description of this video. Subscribe and turn on the notification bell so you don't miss any future summaries. The book is actually founded on the commencement speech given by Admiral William H. McRaven for the graduating class of University of Texas, Austin. In the speech, McRaven talks about the 10 key lessons he extracted from his Navy SEAL training which are straightforward and effective lessons that helped him deal with the obstacles and trials he experienced in his SEAL training. However, these 10 lessons can help one in every aspect of their life emerge victorious no matter who the person is or what the struggle he/she has. Here are some prominent takeaways from the book. Begin Your Day with a Completed Task To be productive and successful in your life, you need to kick start your day and you cannot do that better than by starting it off with a completed task. When you wake up, you need to do any one important task to give yourself a good boost of motivation so you stay energetic and positive throughout the day and keep achieving your targets. This is why experts advise you to make your bed when the day starts so you are done with one important task and move zealously towards the next task. You Cannot Do Everything Alone Getting the support of a helpful and skilled friend is not something bad, and does not in any way imply that you are weak or cannot do your task alone. You need to understand and accept the fact that getting help is a positive thing and it is okay to ask for it from your supportive friends when you are in need of it. As McRaven writes in the book, 'You cannot paddle the boat alone. Find someone to share your life with. Make as many friends as possible, and never forget that your success depends on others.' Life isn't Fair so Move On! Life can never be fair and if you expect it to be so, you are only fooling yourself. We should not expect life to treat us justly because things will not always be, as we want them to be. The right attitude to adopt towards life is the positive and can-do one so whatever struggles life throws towards you, you should just buckle up and move on. If you keep moving on, you will soon overcome the obstacles and make the tide turn in your favor. Stand Up to Bullies In your life, you will always encounter obstacles and troubles. Sometimes, it can be in the form of real bullies who taunt and jeer on you, and pull you down, and sometimes these bullies take the shape of tough challenges that weaken your spirit. No matter who or what your bully is, you must always stand up against them and fight for your rights. This may seem difficult at first, but if you dare be courageous, you can achieve your goals. Never Quit but Rise to the Challenge If only you believe in yourself and understand that you have all that it takes to be the winner, you will rise to the occasion and be victorious. You must adopt this very attitude towards all your obstacles in life and become committed to never quit in life. McRaven states in the book, 'In life, you will face a lot of Circuses. You will pay for your failures. But, if you persevere, if you let those failures teach you and strengthen you, then you will be prepared to handle life's toughest moments.' Conclusion Make Your Bed is an amazing read that will change your perspective towards your goals, obstacles and life, which is why you must read it to build a better life for yourself. [link] [comments]  |
| Should I add sales tax to my products? Posted: 12 Apr 2019 08:00 AM PDT I'm sure someone has already asked this, but reading through tax and accounting information really gets me overwhelmed as a newbie. When someone purchases something from my shopify store, should they have to pay sales tax? What about for international customers? Products sold are physical products not weighing more than 1 lb. They are non perishables, but I'm not sure if that is relevant. Llc is based out of FL, USA. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:54 AM PDT They seem to make themselves just about impossible to contact... [link] [comments]  |
| What fields are in desperate need of better software? Posted: 11 Apr 2019 05:05 PM PDT I'm a mid-level software engineer with 7 years of experience. I'm trying to start a business based on bringing businesses out of the stone age with better software for their businesses. My problem is, I don't know where to start. I originally thought of restaurants, and helping them build online ordering software (web applications), but the market seems saturated, from people who have had the same idea. Can anyone lend some insight? [link] [comments]  |
| how to get payment of paypal is blocked in your country Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:38 AM PDT hey guys, i live in pakistan and paypal is blocked here, payoneer works fine but the problem is most of the people use paypal these days and payoneer or paypal dont do cross transactions so, i was thinking should i use my friends paypal he lives in australia he will transfer me the payments, trust is not a issue in this case. i'll be only getting 500-1000usd a month at max might get an increase but he wont run away with money. or do you guys have any idea what kinda gateway should i create/use to get safe safely and timely payments and that doesnt cost too much of money like if i get 50$ i dont wanna pay 10$ tax to these people you getting my point? anyways every suggestion will be appreciated [link] [comments]  |
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