You’ve recently lost a big client or account.

Sales have slowed or stalled completely.

You launched a program or a product and results were disappointing.

You’re reaching out to your audience daily, but there’s little or no feedback.

You’re discouraged or you’ve lost confidence…

And here’s what begins to happen:

At first it’s a subtle slowing down – and then it becomes avoidance all together.

The work that once inspired you becomes a burden.

You feel guilty and afraid.

You’re not sure what to do, so you do nothing at all.

And things come to an ugly, grinding halt.

You’re not longer in the flow. You’re on the couch.

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“Just do it.”

“When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.”

“It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.”

“This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs.”

“It’s the real thing.”

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I have a single, driving goal in life: to experience joy.

I’ve discovered, through decades of trial and error, that there are certain practices that lead me to that end goal.

I’ve also found that when I lose sight of the end goal, I become burdened by the practices.

Are you burdened by a practice?

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You’ve just finished that course, quit your day job, or opened your new business, and you’ve decided to take the expert position. You know you need to sell yourself as someone who has the goods. As the real deal. As all that, and a bag of chips.

And then the nagging voices in your head begin:

How can I be an expert? I’ve only just begun.

There are tons of people out there already doing this.

Why would anyone listen to me?

I’m not educated enough.

When people find out I’m a fraud, it will all be over.

OK… enough.

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Online marketing tools are incredibly dynamic and alluring. Especially for small business owners who recognize potential in every new trick. Each day I see a shiny new tactic – a new platform – for yelling an offer out into the world. I watch business owners jump from one new thing to the next, always in search of the one gadget or secret weapon that will take them to the next level.

But I know a secret. It’s one that most people don’t like to hear. But it’s the truth.

If you want to develop a business model and a brand that make money over the long haul, you have to eat a frog.

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