Reading time: 4 minutes
Hey legend,
Exactly 6 months ago, in December 2022, I sent an email to the entire CWC community declaring the end of a chapter and the start of a new one.
As with any solopreneur trying to build an online business, it was probably the 100th pivot in my journey (I’ve honestly lost count)
And it came to me as an epiphany whilst trekking in South America the month before.
I shared 3 things in that email:
- I would be winding up our community platform (on Circle) immediately
- The best way for me to serve our community going forward was through accountability-orientated support; and
- I opened up my calendar to provide dozens of complimentary consultation calls to learn more about what would help you
And making this pivot was the best decision; looking back, I wish I’d done it sooner.
Not only was I flogging a dead horse in trying to make the community on the Circle platform work, but I was stuck in a rut trying to convince myself that it would eventually work if I “…stayed the course” but I’ve since changed my mind.
Pivoting is NOT failure.
Pivoting is NOT quitting.
Pivoting is continuing to progress forward while changing your strategy or tactic.
Quitting is stopping.
It’s throwing in the towel and walking away…forever.
It’s turning your back on yourself, your community and your dream.
So after jumping on dozens of Zoom calls with solopreneurs across our Creators With Charisma community, it became painstakingly clear to me that the biggest challenge facing every single one of them was that they were:
Doing it alone.
Being a solopreneur is hard.
It’s even harder when you don’t have a community of like-minded legends around you to keep you accountable, give you honest (and relevant) feedback and challenge you to get better.
So I decided to run a trial of free 30-Day accountability group challenges called The Storyteller Sprints with just a handful of solopreneurs.
We initially started with just a focus on consistency with content creation with these 3 levers:
- Tracking: We’d declare our content creation goals and put them in a shared tracker on Notion.
- Accountability: We’d meet once a week to honestly share what we did and didn’t do on a 1-hour Zoom call.
- Support: We’d reach out to each other if we needed help, feedback or some tough love via Slack.
And the results were incredible.
Everyone was crushing their content creation goals.
But it didn’t stop there.
We grew in size, and with more solopreneurs joining us came more topics and challenges. And that’s when our weekly calls started to go well beyond just talking about content creation.
Conversations effortlessly flowed across everything related to being a digital solopreneur, such as:
- Tech & tools
- Mindset & purpose
- Marketing & sales
- Health & wellbeing
- Business & wealth
- Product & community
- Communication & copywriting
- And so much more
As a solopreneur, there isn’t a playbook for how the f*ck to do this.
Heck, I’m still trying to figure it out for myself and I’ve been giving it a crack for +10 years.
But if there’s one thing I know for sure:
Doing it alone is a losing battle.
Doing it with others is the winning one.
Seeing others solopreneurs at the same stage of their journey as you:
- Set epic goals
- Take (massive) action; and
- Achieve phenomenal results
…has brought a level of energy, belief and breakthrough to each of us that we couldn’t have created by ourselves alone.
It all starts with belief.
Belief that it’s possible.
Belief that it’s possible for you.
And that starts by surrounding yourself with examples of others who have achieved what you want.
That’s why I’m pumped to kick off a new project called The Solopreneur Sessions alongside this newsletter for you.
It’s a series of Instagram live interview + Q&A sessions with digital solopreneurs that have endured all the highs and lows on their journey to consciously designing a one-person digital business that aligns with their values and dream lifestyle.
Why am I doing this?
To break your limiting beliefs about what’s possible for you and to make you realise that you can do it.
And this Monday, 19th of June, we’re kicking it off with one of Australia’s sharpest solopreneurs.
Tom Noske
He navigated multiple pivots in his +10-year solopreneurship journey, finding himself deep in debt, burnout and questioning whether he wanted to continue or quit.
That was until he had a massive personal and professional unlock after spending over 12 months training to complete his first Ironman in June 2022.
That breakthrough led him to pursue an obsession mindset with his digital business, resulting in him growing his Instagram following +200k followers in under 12 months while also reaching a record A$50,000 month for his business.
You read that right.
A$50,000 in a month.
A one-person business.
All through his Instagram account.
Oh, and he’s only in his 20s, never went to uni and taught himself everything.
If you think this is BS, then I challenge you to dig deeper and ponder why that was your first reaction.
Because if you’ve got a limiting belief about what you think is possible with running a business on the internet in 2023, then you don’t want to miss this live conversation with Tom Noske.
To join our Instagram Live:
- Make sure we’re connected on Instagram @danielmambaodoi
- Head to my profile at 6pm AEST Monday 19 June; and
- Tap on my profile picture that’ll have a “Live” badge on it to join us, and you’re in!
Pumped for this one legend – see you there!
🕺🏽 Mamba