How To Find Your Ideal Digital Business: The Holistic Lifestyle Approach
Don't make the same mistakes I made
Ever experienced burn out?
Every hated what you’re working on so much you just can’t do it?
Ever been scared to end up exactly where you were in the beginning because you’re not making progress?
And no matter what you do, you can’t seem to understand what is happening?
It’s almost like there’s an invisible wall blocking your progress..
Even though you’re doing everything correctly?
I’ve been there..
It’s what happens when you have no direction
Back in 2021 I found the prospect of building an agency fascinating
Fat stacks of cash, private jets, traveling wherever I want etc.
It seemed like a dream.. And I was working hard to get there
Every day would be spent looking up to the entrepreneurs who did it themselves
All I saw was the results, but not the struggles
Constantly having to put out fires
The lack revenue vs the actual profit
Horrible business partners
The endless amounts of hours spent finding the initial clients
But that wasn’t what misdirected me
The misdirection came from a lack of purpose
Why was I trying to build an agency?
Money? Sure
But what was the underlying reason for my actions?
No matter what I did, I couldn’t bring myself to produce the desired results
I tried and tried, but hardly made any progress
I spent a long time doing exactly what they told me to do..
But my results were mediocre at best
In time I came to realize that my issue wasn’t execution, but having no actual purpose
I was trying to build an agency, because I was driven by material gain
To me “success”, was what I was seeing on my timeline
Now there’s nothing wrong with being driven by money..
But in the long term it’s not going to work
You need to find real purpose in your business, otherwise you’ll fail
But how do you find that purpose exactly?
I’m sure you don’t want to spend months following the wrong business model, only to realize you’ve been chasing the wrong goals and just burning yourself out
Luckily I have the answer → The Holistic Lifestyle Approach
It’s an entrepreneurial approach I developed after 3 years as a digital marketer
And it’s broken down into 3 Fundamentals (not this newsletter lol)
Let’s go over them, so you don’t get lost like I did
Fundamental 1 - Finding Balance
Your life is a rush of emotions, thoughts, feelings, activities and circumstances
And as a complex individual, it would be naive to think your issue can be solved by focusing on only 1 thing
This is part of the problem
To address your problem, you need to think about your mind as an umbrella
If all of these things are not addressed, you leave your mind open to issues
“But I still want to do this”
“But I don’t have time for this”
“But I have no time to do this", even though I want to”
Stop. Sit Down. Breath. Evaluate.
If there is no time for it, then create time
If you have no time for it, then change your situation so there is
If you can control it, then do so
If you have no control, then you are not living optimally
The point of the Holistic Lifestyle Approach, is to build your life around who you are..
And not building who you are around your life
There are 2 ways you can pull this off:
Build a sustainable online business that gives you freedom
Get a job that gives you that freedom
You will start at step 2, and later go to step 1
If you never find this balance, you will live a life filled with regret
Passions, interests, hobbies, goals
They will all sit on the sidelines hoping you will one day pay attention to them
And then 40 years from now you’ll sit there, wondering why you never “did that thing”
Find balance in your everyday life, by incorporating every part of who you are, into your life
The best way to do this is by building a digital writing business
Writing is the basis for everything
Learn how to monetize your writing, and you’re set
Sure, you can read all my articles and spend months figuring stuff out..
Or you can join my program, and see significant results in 90 days
I have 5 spots for this August
If you want to:
Divide the time it will take you to monetize your writing by 3
Use writing to setup, build, and grow your digital business
Use organic systems to grow and scale your newsletter
Make money even if you hardly have any followers..
Then I’ll see you inside Digital Philosopher University here
Fundamental 2 - Explore Your Genuine Curiosity
When people start building a business they are driven by false ideals
They think, “I need to do this thing to make money”
STOP.
There are infinite business models on the internet, but only certain ones will resonate with you
You are a multi-faceted person with different interests
Your job is to analyze those interests, and find something within them that truly resonates with you
Once you have found those interests, you can start forming a path of alignment
A path of alignment is, as Naval says, “following your genuine intellectual curiosity”
Its taking one of those interests and passions, then turning it into your philosophy
This philosophy cannot be something you just randomly came up with
It needs to be a fundamental part of what makes you, YOU
Go think about this extensively..
What do you feel very strongly about?
What is something you will always stand for?
What is something you can preach to others forever?
You will most likely find a few things
Now come back to your current experiences, circumstance, and knowledge
How are you going to bring this philosophy to life, by using writing & marketing?
If you can answer this question, you’ve found AN alignment
It might not be the one you’re meant to find purpose in
Over time you might have to follow this process again, in order to find your true direction
I started out as someone wanting to build an agency, but I found no fulfilment in it
I do not want you to make the same mistake
And yes, just sharing your genuine interests with the world through emails, counts as an alignment that leads to purpose (but remember to go deep into this)
Fundamental 3 - Analyze Your Mental State
When I started building my agency, it was about the time I ended up losing my dad too
That had a detrimental effect on my psyche. At first everything seemed fine, but as time progressed I started seeing a gradual decline in my mental health
I had lost my brother and my best friend years prior, so losing my dad was like reinfecting the wound, and agitating it
The reason I’m telling you this is because, had I been aware of this oncoming decline, I could have remedied the issue as much as possible before the worst of it hit me
Which brings us to what this fundamental teaches
If you’re building a digital business, you need to be ready for uncontrollable circumstance → This phenomenon I coined, is explain in my book “On Mortality: The Journey”, get it on pre-order here
In short, an uncontrollable circumstance, is a traumatic event outside of your control
This means before it occurs, you need to anticipate it, and prepare for it
Or if it has already happened, follow the right procedure to deal with anything bad it can do to your psyche
Often this is therapy, medicine, seeing the psychiatrist, properly grieving, lots of tears (really helps), and just talking about all your regrets, fears, and worries
Whether you suffered a loss, or you’re just dealing with something emotionally overwhelming, you need to go through this process
The main reason being, if your mental health suffers, your business WILL suffer
The worst times in a person’s life, is the worst time for his/her business as well
If your cognitive functioning goes down, your ability to operate at the same level diminishes
Learn to analyze your mental state. Learn to psychoanalyze. Learn to spot symptoms of depressions, insomnia, anxiety disorders etc.
One of the most important things you can do for your personal growth, is study psychology → And I mean studying it extensively
I grew up with very little social awareness, so I had to learn behavioral patterns and psychology from an early age
This resulted in me having a deep understanding of the human mind way before others my age even understood what a therapist is
No, you don’t need to spend a bunch of money to find out what’s wrong with you
The books your therapist learned from is available for purchase in the library and online → I’ve talked about this a lot in my other articles
Learn how to learn on your own, without spending ludicrous amounts of money on modern education
Spend enough time doing these things, and in time you will learn how to spot a mental health issue before or just after it shows up
Not only will this save you a bunch of money, it will also allow you to regain control of your life, and keep the same level of performance in your business, longterm
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