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In my first real job, I took home $1,123 every 2 weeks. I worked 70 hours a week, which works out to $8.02/hour. Factor in the commute time, gas, dry cleaning (suit and tie every day), and other expenses and I’m down to $6/hour. I oversaw people who made $250/hour, fully billable, which was $500,000 […]

I used to be a real smartass. Thought I knew better than anyone else— proclaiming my opinion to others, without experience or facts to back it up. I was on a righteous crusade to prove how smart I was, creating a lot of damage along the way. And then I discovered two things. People make

They live in the Philippines, which has a cost advantage, but more importantly, they are super loyal (unlike the US) and work when we sleep (so work is ready when I wake up). But managing remote employees is challenging. My friend, John Jonas, is the founder of onlinejobs.ph, where a million Filipino workers are (including

It never gets easier– the pain is as much as the first time– even if they clearly deserved it. But one thing I am proud of is that, through the years, our team has developed a de-boarding checklist. This list (below) covers every single system or asset we need to account for, so the company

Today my feed was flooded with people putting their perfect selves forward– idyllic happiness. And it made me feel like I had to do the same- to show my life is amazing, too. Admit it, you felt the same way? Sometimes, I get so caught up in maintaining my online presence that I forget about

Dylan Collins got 300,000 likes on TikTok in just 3 hours so far. See https://www.tiktok.com/@nathantriska/video/6793877980411219205 Key takeaways: It was on only 800,000 views, meaning that his 28% engagement rate is key to feeding the TikTok algo, which is more sensitive to engagement rates than any other social network. Nathan Triska posted it (a larger account

Our website is down right now since we’re moving hosts (back to AWS) and also re-doing the Academy. We should be back in a couple of days— then give everyone new logins to get access to the videos, exercises, and certifications. If you’re looking to start an agency or grow your agency– even if you’re

A pleasant surprise and honor to be featured in April’s edition of FeedFront Magazine by Shawn Collins of Affiliate Summit! I share seven examples of “Dollar a Day” at work on page 27:

Because my time and location freedom are so important to me, I’m unwilling to work 40 hours a week in an office for any amount of money. I like to choose exactly who I spend my time with, as opposed to having these decisions all made for me. But going from employee to entrepreneur was

I accepted a connection request from some guy– we’ll call him “Jay”– just now. The next message from him– please watch this podcast episode of mine so you can learn. “Okay, thanks”, I said. “Do know Larry Kim,” he said. And I replied that I did. “Well let’s hop on a call where we can