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Justin Welsh

28 days

Today, my little one-person business crossed $7.5M in total revenue. It took 1,712 days, I ran zero ads & operate at a ~91% margin. Here are the 22 steps of my wild & strange journey: Hope they are helpful to someone ↓

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Things I know at 41, I wish I had known at 21. 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

I’ve done $2M in income in 2.5 years as a solopreneur. And I didn't write a single line of code. My 14 "must use" no-code tools: [🧵 thread]

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

9 months

Make a habit of reaching out to people when you don't need something.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

8 months

I paid a guy $130 to move a treadmill in 30 minutes. Said he had 8 moves that day. Do the math. Have you made $1,040 in one day? Everyone wants entrepreneurship to be fancy. Sometimes it's just movin' treadmills.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

10 months

Today I turn 42. Here's every unique lesson someone taught me in my 20-year career: 1. Don't fuck around in your 20s.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

My one-person business does $105k/mo in revenue. It costs me $623/mo to run it. Here are the 11 no-code tools in my tech stack: 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

My one-person business does $169k/mo in revenue. It costs me $623/mo + 2.9% to run it. Here are the 11 no-code tools in my tech stack: 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

I’ve done over $1M in income in 2 years as an entrepreneur. And I didn't write a single line of code. My 12 "must use" no-code tools: [🧵 thread}

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

Being underestimated is one of the biggest competitive advantages you can have.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

I made $0 online in 2019. 3 years later: - 100M+ impressions - $1.7M in online income - 4 successful revenue streams What changed? I started writing online every day. Here's my simple 4-step process. [Short 🧵]

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

3 years

Last week my little one-person business crossed $1.3M in revenue. It took 810 days, I ran zero paid ads and operate at a ~98% margin. Here are the 14 steps of my strange journey: Hope it's helpful to someone. [🧵 thread]

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Today, my little one-person business crossed $3M in revenue. It took 1,187 days, I ran zero ads & operate at a 94% margin. Here are the 20 steps of my wild & strange journey: Hope it's helpful to someone. [🧵 thread]

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

I escaped the rat race 3.5 years ago. My secret sauce is not playing status games. I don't: - want to change the world. - want to build the next unicorn. - want to be featured on any lists. - want to get the highest valuation.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

How to stop procrastinating (for good):

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

Smart people adapt, but wise people evolve.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Twitter hates LinkedIn. But I'll do 130M+ impressions & $1.4M on the platform in 2022. Here's how I use LinkedIn unlike anyone else: 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Everyone should have a side project that earns $150+ per day. Here are 4 simple examples that might help:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is your true enemy.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

My 7-figure, one-person business is run entirely on systems. Here are the 6 most important ones I use: (Feel free to steal, replicate, and use for your business.)

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

How to build a $1,300/month side business for $19. Here's the entire 17-step business plan for you: 1. Clean up your Twitter profile to reflect what you do for people.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

The biggest difference between success & failure is getting started: The majority of people I know fantasize about things that actually can be accomplished. They just never get started. If you get started and play the long game, you have a great chance of winning.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

How I redesigned my life with 100% intention at age 41: 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Marketing yourself is a superpower. Learn it and you're an unstoppable force. Use these 9 powerful threads to master marketing in 15 minutes. 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

Make money, stay healthy, help people, love your family, and travel the world. Everything else is just a dog and pony show.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

6 months

Make a habit of reaching out to people when you don't need something.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

8 months

The older I get, the more I realize self-confidence makes all the difference.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

8 months

Never destroy your mental and physical health for a company that would terminate you instantly if it meant a few extra cents on their share price.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Copywriting is a superpower. Learn it and you're a walking 6-figure business. Use these 7 threads to improve your copywriting in ~30 minutes. 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Tom from MySpace sold it for $580M and then retired in his 30s to take up photography. That's the energy I'm after.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Why you should consider quitting your job in 2023:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

At your job, you might get a 5% pay bump each year. $40k salary this year. $42k next year. That's a 96 cents an hour raise. Here's another option:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

6 months

Today, my little one-person business crossed $5M in revenue. That was my big goal when I started on August 1st, 2019. It took 1,548 days, I ran zero ads & operate at a 92% margin. Here are the 20 steps of my wild & strange journey: Hope they are helpful to someone ↓

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Yesterday, my little one-person business crossed $4M in revenue. It took 1,352 days, I ran zero ads & operate at a 94% margin. Here are the 20 steps of my wild & strange journey: Hope it's helpful to someone. [🧵 thread]

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Back in 2019 I made $0 online. 3 years later: - 175M+ impressions - $2.4M in online income - 5 successful revenue streams Here are my 15 dead-simple principles for building online:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

Perfectionism is often an elaborate form of procrastination.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Here's what I want: - I want to spend my time with my wife. - I want to work on interesting projects. - I want to travel whenever I want to. - I want to see my friends frequently. - I want to stop doing things I hate.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

10 powerful Twitter hacks every user should know:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

10 books that helped me build my 7-figure, one-person business: 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Every piece of advice I could think of after 4 years as a Solopreneur. 1. Pessimists are often right, and optimists are often wealthy.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

Don't chase money. Chase problems. Solve them and the money will likely appear.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

8 months

Tom from MySpace sold it for $580M and then retired in his 30s to take up photography. That's the energy I'm after.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

I'm not afraid of failure, I'm afraid of being in the exact same place next year.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

The bigger the problem you solve, the bigger the paycheck you earn.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Comparing yourself to others is the easiest way to get distracted: You can only control how successful you are, not how successful someone else is. Be the best version of yourself, not a better version of someone else.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Who has the sleekest, cleanest personal website you've seen?

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

Here is how I think about my business: - Goals: Decades - Strategy: Yearly - Tactics: Quarterly - Effort: Daily I simply plan on outlasting most people.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Every piece of advice I could think of after 4 years as a Solopreneur. 1. Pessimists are often right, and optimists are often wealthy.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

How to keep your business small (and win big). The 2-Pizza Rule from Jeff Bezos:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Today, I'll cross $2M in income in 2.5 years as a creator. All 6 revenue streams are managed using systems. Here are my 9 "must-have" systems for creators. [🧵 thread}

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Everyone should own an online course that earns $150+ per day. The problem? Most people don't know how to build one. Here are 6 steps that might help you get started. ↓

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Justin Welsh

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1 month

Please. stop. the. madness.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

6 months

The average person could replace their salary by talking about one thing they do exceptionally well on the internet every day for 18 months.

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Justin Welsh

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7 months

Working hard is important, but without direction, it's sort of meaningless.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

My little one-person business does ~$189k/mo in revenue. It costs me $1,446/mo + 2.9% to run it. Here are the 12 no-code tools that run my business: ↓

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

On August 1st, 2019 I escaped the rat race. 3 years & $2.5M+ in revenue later, here’s everything I've learned. 24 lessons on business and life: 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Everyone should have a side hustle that earns $150+ per day. The problem? Most people don't know where to begin. Here are 4 quick examples that might help: ↓

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

8 months

When you're dead and gone, only your spouse and kids will remember the nights you ignored them in favor of more work.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

The danger of inaction outweighs the risk of error.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

8 months

Stop telling people about your big ideas. Go execute & tell us about what happened.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

6 months

Everyone should have a side project that earns $150+ per day. Here are 4 simple examples that might help:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Everyone should have a side project that earns $150+ per day. Here are 4 simple examples that might help:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

When I worked a 9 to 5, this was my schedule: - Wake up at 5:30 - Get ready/drink coffee - 1-hour commute at 7:30a - In office from 8:30a to 5:00p - Go to the gym from 5:00p to 6:00p - 1-hour commute back home at 6:15p - Dinner & 2 hours of quality time w/ my wife But now?

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

Mediocre intelligence + curiosity + showing up every day will destroy most people who are 10x smarter than you.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

8 months

You aren't rewarded for hard work. You're rewarded for creating something of value. So don't work extra hard on something you're not sure anyone even wants.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

8 months

You can get a lot of free time back by simply not having an opinion on everything.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Hiring a virtual assistant is life-changing. My VA saves me ~40 hours of time per month. Here's exactly how we work together in 6 simple steps. 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Hiring a virtual assistant is life-changing. My VA saves me ~40 hours of my time per month. Here's exactly how we work together in 6 simple steps:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

How to build your first 2 income streams: (without knowing how to code) 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

11 months

I escaped the rat race 3.5 years ago. My secret sauce is not playing status games. I don't: - want to change the world. - want to build the next unicorn. - want to be featured on any lists. - want to get the highest valuation.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Once you realize the whole world is run by shameless self-promoters you almost have no choice but to put yourself out there.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

The most important skill to learn is how to learn on your own: Mentors are great, but they are overrated. Mentors work well when you've reached a ceiling of teaching yourself everything you could possibly know about a subject. Learn to learn and you're unstoppable.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

The 2nd biggest difference between success & failure is persistence: Successful friends & peers of mine have almost always been doing their "thing" for decades. Not years. Most people give up in the "I suck at this" phase without considering the journey from a 30k ft view.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

If you are single and in your 20s, please start building something of your own online, and spend a lot of time traveling the world. Your 30s and 40s will be epic from the lessons you learn.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Marketing yourself is a superpower. Learn to and you're basically an unstoppable force. Use my 8 favorite threads to master marketing in 15 minutes. 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

My social media strategy: Tweets: 2x per day Threads: 1x per week LinkedIn posts: 2x per day Weekly Newsletter: 1x per week Then, each day I spend about 45 minutes interacting with my audience. Do this for 6 months and watch what happens.

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Justin Welsh

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1 year

Twitter feels really dead right now. I'm being shown less of what I care about, and more of what I don't care about. Creators I love following have disappeared from my timeline. Trending is all about vaccines and politics. Anyone else feeling this?

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Justin Welsh

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8 months

It's amazing how much easier life gets when you stop competing and start collaborating.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 month

My life's goal isn't to be as rich as possible. I simply want to work 2-3 hours per day, help thousands of people, have plenty of time for exploring hobbies, spend time outside, cook with my wife, exercise whenever I want, and avoid pointless meetings. That's all I care about.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Don't spend time with people who don't reciprocate: My therapist put it best when she told me this: "Reciprocity is an indicator that someone is invested in the relationship." Thanks, Erin.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

I wanted to work for a company that cared deeply about me, so I employed myself.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

My entire $4.8M business plan: (feel free to steal it)

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

James Clear said: "You do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems." But most people never build any. My 6 critical solopreneur systems (and how I built them):

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

How to decide to quit your job & start your own thing. The 6 Thinking Hats Model:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

I've worked myself to the point of burnout twice. But in 2020, I finally got it under control. Here are my 8 anti-burnout tips for solopreneurs:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Every unsuccessful person I know believes the game is rigged. Every successful person knows the game is rigged and learns how to play. It's cliché as hell, but your mindset is everything.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

My entire business plan is to do what I want, when I want, with whom I want and do very little of what I hate.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

8 months

Every question you Google is a chance to start a business.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

How to rewire your brain (to think like a champion):

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

Solopreneurship 101: Don't quit your job and then start building your own business. Find 60 minutes per day to work on your business and use your job as investment capital. Once your business is paying your salary, then consider going all in. Almost always a better choice.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

7 months

Shout out to all the people who had enough courage to build their own business against the advice of their very worried parents.

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Justin Welsh

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8 months

Please don't quit your job and go "all in". Find an hour each day to grow a side project. Replace 60% of your current income while trending in the right direction. Then make your move. Almost always a better decision.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

90% of new people I meet don't ask me a single question. Are people becoming less curious or just more self-absorbed?

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Justin Welsh

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1 year

How to launch a minimum viable product (MVP). 10 incredibly clear steps anyone can follow:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

You can get a lot of free time back by simply not having an opinion on everything.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

How to avoid burnout. A simple 7-point game plan:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

8 months

Some opportunities are distractions in disguise.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Hiring a virtual assistant is life-changing. My VA saves me ~40 hours of my time per month. Here's exactly how we work together in 6 simple steps:

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

8 months

Behind every successful entrepreneur is: ∙ Ignored content ∙ Crippling self-doubt ∙ Worries about money ∙ Failed side hustle ideas ∙ Failed product launches I don't care who it is. Everyone has experienced it. That's why it's so important to root for each other.

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

2 years

18 brilliant business lessons from Twitter's brightest minds: 🧵

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Justin Welsh

@thejustinwelsh

1 year

Start a profitable side business for just $31 this weekend: 🧵

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