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​In entrepreneurship, we often encounter a fixation on big goals and dramatic results. 

​"Get 1 million followers! … Build a 6-figure business!"

When that is the constant focus, two things happen:

1. Your subconscious keeps telling you—daily—that you aren't there... that you aren't yet "enough".

Desire becomes a contract we make with ourselves to be unhappy until something specific happens. (paraphrase of Naval’s tweet) 

The fixation on a big numeric goal (such as “6 figure income”…

​To sustain well-being in any area of life requires discipline (or persistent practice). Specific actions, done consistently, allow you to thrive. 

In physical health, good practices include eating nutritiously, exercising adequately, sleeping enough, and caring relationships.

When it comes to authentic business, there are 8 important practices that I recommend.

​I'll describe each of these.

To build a thriving authentic business requires multiple habits to be cultivated. If I had to name one habit that I would encourage everyone to start with, it would be to practice better sleep.

Surprising? Or maybe not, if you understand that better sleep is required to have the energy to plan strategically, to be creative, to set boundaries, and everything else that’s part of effectively managing your time and relationships.

In this article I’ll share with you what works for me to slee…

​Next time you earnestly pursue a project, yet still “fail” to get the hoped-for results, remember this: There is no failure, only redirection.

Even the lack of feedback is feedback. You’re getting the instruction from Life to try something else.

You are being redirected to another idea, another method, another experiment.
A higher purpose than “getting results” is your own learning, your inner growth in patience, lightheartedness, and courage.

​The most common financial goal for solopreneurs? To make “6 figures”.

​(And if they achieve that, they now have to make “7 figures” because you can never make enough, right?)

How do you relate to goals? ​

Do you set ones that are effective — and mentally healthy — for you?

​While there is some science that having “big hairy audacious goals” can inspire and motivate organizations of people, I wonder if it actually helps you, the self-employed person, to take consistent action. Do th…