A lot happened this week! Our new community for 7 & 8-figure founders is filling up fast and we’re stoked to open the doors to TMBA listeners. On this week’s podcast, we explore frameworks for identifying and dealing with high-conflict personalities.

We’ve got news! Dan takes the stage to deliver some big updates about the podcast, the new high-level community, and more. Plus, how you can get involved.

This year felt busy. Part of the busyness was travel, which for me, returned to pre-pandemic levels – with a trip every month and a few long stays abroad. Our business was equally frantic at times.

Just before Christmas of last year, I wrote an annual update about the various aspects of our business. Many of you emailed me positive feedback

Our 2021 Year-in-Review episode went live today. I wanted to say a little bit more for those of you following the newsletter and our blog.

It was nearly one year ago today – June 2020 – that our team decided to make it a primary focus to build product and

Hey all- What a year. For many of us who run online businesses it’s been crazy busy – whether we’re rebuilding, pivoting, or dealing with

It’s time to get inspired and motivated by movies. We’re all hanging out quarantine, so let’s enjoy some movies about entrepreneurship that may just encourage us to do better in life.

Today I'd like to share a letter from reader Kevin Marshall. He responded thoughtfully to a YouTube rant that in retrospect, I'm not very proud of. As in many poor and one-sided debate, I committed all the same errors I was accusing others of.

In the meantime, Bossman and I have taken to doing daily Youtube livestreams as a way to share and brainstorm ideas in real time with TMBA listeners. It’s been really fun.

Today’s discussion should be put into the context of the relationship between entrepreneurs and the financial independence retire early (FIRE) community. The conversation is guided by an email from a listener.

Our team wants to know who you are, where you are and what you’re doing. Why? So we can put out more relevant content both on the podcast and blog, and also, to partner up with advertisers that’ll offer discounts and promotions valuable to our listeners.

While I was writing responses to emails I received this week, I realized there’s an idea Ian and I talk about often in-person and find useful, but it comes up rarely on this blog. It’s this: often, the most important job of an entrepreneur isn’t to make money, but to understand value.

As a team we’ve been doing tons of interviews in our efforts to match remote professionals with great companies over at Dynamite Jobs. We’re exploring ways to ask more elegant and efficient questions.

Back in the day I strongly encouraged quitting your job. But there are lots of ways to get more freedom and flexibility in your career and business without necessarily doing that. Let’s dig a little past mere possibility and start to look at what’s working for people.

The Charisma Trap is when a job candidate shows a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for the position in a way that resonates deeply with the entrepreneur. This enthusiasm manifests in compelling ways: the candidate is a true believer in the company’s purpose, the candidate is passionate about future prospects and in the companies potential.

It’s worth noting that I’m not 100% clear whether or not all of these entrepreneurs would identify themselves as doing business in the 4HWW style. In fact, our adoption and implementation of some of the book’s principles have led us, as a community, to both expand and critique them (naturally!).

The archetype at the core of the digital nomad identity is that of the backpacker or traveler. So you might say: earn like an entrepreneur or freelancer, and live like a backpacker or traveler and boom: digital nomad.

Many members, though, have been sharing their thoughts about the event, how they experienced it and how it might change their business. One that caught my eye was that of Nabeel Keblawi, who is a professional B2B copywriter.

We’re seeking someone with a lot of energy and ambition to join our team this winter as an apprentice. The gig is a paid (but not much!) marketing apprenticeship designed to be a springboard into the location independent lifestyle.