#173 Solopreneurship After Burnout — Justin Welsh on burnout, taking ownership of his time, struggling with a results oriented mindset, non-monetary success, becoming a top LinkedIn influencer, income goals, The Creator MBA, dealing with fears around money

Justin is a former startup executive who helped build two startups past valuations of $1B, teams of 150+ people, and raise over $300M in venture capital. Now he’s building his one-person knowledge business toward $5M in annual profit.

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• The Creator MBA
• The Saturday Solopreneur

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:34) - The scripts that Justin grew up with
• (09:59) - Attention and social media
• (11:43) - Liking your job, the interest curve & having goals
• (15:55) - Justin's burnout, finding a new path & taking ownership of your time
• (25:30) - Not starting earlier & struggling with a results oriented mindset
• (31:46) - Creativity, non-monetary success & business as a creative act
• (38:09) - Being the nr. 1 LinkedIn influencer
• (42:30) - Income goals on the solo path
• (47:09) - The Creator MBA & Brennan Dunn
• (52:09) - Not making the solo career a job & fears around money
• (57:47) - Avoiding emotions, confidence
• (01:02:17) - What's Justin excited about
• (01:03:58) - Closing remarks

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