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My guest in this episode is Elisa Doucette a writer, editor, and entrepreneur who currently travels the world looking for great stories to live and interesting tales to share.Elisa was born and grew up in rural Maine, with a strong Scottish and Irish cultural heritage. That was undoubtedly a key influence in words, language and music becoming a lifelong passion and in latter years (after a successful 10-year sojourn into Insurance sales) a writing and editing career. She has travelled and worked extensively across Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe which has included writing assignments in exotic locations such as Bali, Lesvos and Aberdeen. (Yes, this a lady who has fallen in love with Aberdeen!) Her work has been published in numerous prestigious publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Huffington Post. In 2015 Elisa founded the editing and writing coaching agency craftyourcontent.com, where she oversees the acquisition and cultivation of a talented team of word and content geniuses while also encouraging the development of clients' writing and thought prowess. The title of the episode comes from a Frank O'Hara poem, which in a Music Talks first, Elisa reads and talks us through its connection to her song choice from Norah Jones and the wider subject of creativity. These are Elisa's song choices: 80's       Def Leppard                                   -          Pour Some Sugar On Me 90's       Pearl Jam                                         -          Betterman 00's       Norah Jones                                   -          Painter Song10's       Labrinth                                            -           Beneath Your Beautiful (feat.Emile Sande) 20's       Santana, India-Arie, Yo-Yo Ma    -    While My Guitar Gently Weeps 

Elisa Doucette shares the secrets to writing a strong pitch for the Craft Your Content site along with best practices for pitching and working with an editorial team. Visit craftyourcontent.com/episode66 for links, resources, and a free downloadable sheet with all the info you need to send a pitch to Craft Your Content!

This one is for all you writing and literature nerds.   We first met Elisa Doucette while living in Thailand, and immediately knew she was "one of us." While the digital nomad crowd was just gaining steam with this whole "online business" thing…   ... she was already building a successful content and editing agency as a remote-working veteran.   Elisa is a writer, editor, and etymology expert who leads the team over at content and editing agency, Craft Your Content.    With over a decade of professional writing and editing experience, she and her team have perfected the art of turning messy brain dumps into elegant prose.    While her agency boasts an impressive clientele, Elisa herself is also an accomplished writer. Her work can be found in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Forbes, and more.    Join us as we chat with Elisa about the craft of becoming a master, the writer's lifestyle, building a content agency from scratch, and how to pump out great writing even when your creativity goes AWOL.    Episode Highlights   The craft and creativity of a full-time writing career Why charging per word or per page is actually horrible for your clients How to provide big value to clients by stepping up as the expert Why writing is actually really freakin' hard – and how to give yourself a break How to write shit that matters The smoothest way to leverage the agency model of writing Her go-to trick for creating creativity on-demand. Why you should never underestimate the power of words How to find motivation and creativity, even when you HATE writing

This is Season 3 and it’s all about the freedom to learn new things and all the benefits that come along with that. Because learning is such an important part to your life. Without being curious and without learning you are not going to be expanding, you are not going to growing and life is frankly going to be a little dull. I am a huge learner but there are definitely times in my life when I go through wanting to learn a lot and other times when I just want to impart and teach the wisdom that I’ve learned. And I think it’s beautiful to have those ebbs and flows, but most of the time I think you should be setting about to learn something new or at least improve what you already know every single day. In the previous episode I taught you 11 Benefits of Learning Something New. And in this episode, as promised,  I’m going to be covering off on how to learn anything more quickly and some hacking techniques to learn more in less time. As well as the what. What on earth should you actually be learning? 5 Hacks To Learn Anything More Quickly In Fast Company’s article Six Brain Hacks To Learn Anything Faster, the first hack Stephanie Vozza suggests, is one I personally used to get my through my Certificate in Fitness Management back in 2004. #1 Teach Someone Else I remember that I had just on a year to do this pretty full on Certificate in Fitness Management through Otago University. And as I was learning about nutrition, exercise prescription, sports psychology and even injuries, I just had to tell people about it. Otherwise, there was no way I was going to remember it.   I would come home and coach and teach my parents on exactly what we are eating and how that was broken down in the body and which of our muscles we are using to do that. When we were out playing tennis or doing something together with friends, I’ll be like “Hey! Do you know that we are using these muscles and these bones, these insertion points and this is what’s going on”. And the only way that I could remember stuff and good at it was to teach it. I also used to dance around in my room and talk it out as if I was lecturing in a university hall or teaching as a personal trainer and it really worked. When you have to teach a concept that you’ve just learned, you really have to understand that concept in order to put it out in your own terms. If you imagine that you’ll need to teach someone else the material or task you are trying to grasp, you can speed up your learning and remember more, according to a study done at Washington University in St. Louis. The expectation changes your mindset so that you engage in more effective approaches to learning than those who simply learn to pass a test. #2 Take Notes by Hand While it’s faster to take notes on a laptop, using a pen and paper will help you learn and comprehend better. Researchers at Princeton University and UCLA found that when students took notes by hand, they listened more actively and were able to identify important concepts. Taking notes on a laptop, however, leads to mindless transcription, as well as an opportunity for distraction, such as email. “In three studies, we found that students who took notes on laptops performed worse on conceptual questions than students who took notes longhand,” writes coauthor and Princeton University psychology professor Pam Mueller. “We show that whereas taking more notes can be beneficial, laptop note takers’ tendency to transcribe lectures verbatim rather than processing information and reframing it in their own words is detrimental to learning.” The course I’m taking right now called Become a Master Writer by my friend Elisa Doucette, is designed with a (now) rarely used way of learning writing and language called COPYWORK. Copywork is exactly what it sounds like - doing the work by copying the writing of someone else. This is how schools taught for centuries. The daily assignments you get will include an excerpt or essay up to ~2500 words for you to hand-copy, along with an explanation of what you will learn from that day's lesson. #3 Use the Power of Mental Spacing While it sounds counterintuitive, you can learn faster when you practice distributed learning, or “spacing.” Learning is like watering a lawn. You can water a lawn once a week for 90 minutes or three times a week for 30 minutes. Spacing out the watering during the week will keep the lawn greener over time. To retain material, author Benedict Carey said it’s best to review the information one to two days after first studying it. “One theory is that the brain actually pays less attention during short learning intervals, so repeating the information over a longer interval–say a few days or a week later, rather than in rapid succession–sends a stronger signal to the brain that it needs to retain the information.” In Lifehack’s article 8 Ways to Train Your Brain to Learn Faster and Remember More, author Maria Briliaki suggests to: #4 Do something different repeatedly “By actually doing something new over and over again, your brain wires new pathways that help you do this new thing better and faster. Say you are a procrastinator. The more you don’t procrastinate, the more you teach your brain not to wait for the last minute to make things happen. Now, you might be thinking “Duh, if only not procrastinating could be that easy!” Well, it can be. By doing something really small, that you wouldn’t normally do, but is in the direction of getting that task done, you will start creating those new precious neural pathways. So if you have been postponing organizing your desk, just take one paper and put in its right place. Or, you can go even smaller. Look at one piece of paper and decide where to put it: Trash? Right cabinet? Another room? Give it to someone?” Maria also suggests you #5 Work your body. You knew this one was coming didn’t you? Yes indeed, exercise does not just work your body; it also improves the fitness of your brain. Even briefly exercising for 20 minutes facilitates information processing and memory functions. But it’s not just that–exercise actually helps your brain create those new neural connections faster. You will learn faster, your alertness level will increase, and you get all that by moving your body. Now, if you are not already a regular exerciser, and already feel guilty that you are not helping your brain by exercising more, try a brain training exercise program like Exercise Bliss. Just like I shared above in training your brain to do something new repeatedly, you are actually changing yourself permanently. What Should You Learn So now you have those five hacks to focus on next time you learn anything new, what should you actually be learning and where? So this is actually completely personal to you. No surprises there. I mean if you are a coach or a consultant, it’s always great to upskill in that area whether you are taking a new actual certificate or a level diploma something like that will actually upskill you as a coach. Or whether you are going to a course that’s around effective leadership. Maybe it’s around financial management. Maybe it’s around negotiations and people skills and bringing out the best in people that you are working with. Maybe you are taking a project management course because that’s going to help you with your clients. If you are a web designer or an artist perhaps you are going to do a course that’s going to help you to expand your skills, learn new code or a different platform. Just so that you can expand the reach of what you can offer your clients. But I’d like to challenge you here to think a little bit outside of that because I love learning about stuff that is completely new and outside the scope of what I’d normally be discussing with friends or clients and that will actually stimulate my brain in a different way. Right now I am doing art classes, I am doing a “become a master writer course”. I’ve written a best selling book, The Suitcase Entrepreneur and another book and I’ve written 900+ blog posts on my site, you might wonder why I am taking a writing course but I want to improve as a writer. I never taught myself writing. I’ve never actually taken a course on it. Other things that I might want to do is learn how to sing or learn how to play piano or another instrument. You may want to learn about neuroscience or space or something completely different. And I think the reason why this is so good to do is it expand your horizons, it opens up your mind, it expands your perspective, it allows you to reach new people because you’ll often go along into an event, a course, a workshop or an actual physical class and you’ll be introduced to all these new people who just think differently, passionate about this topic that maybe you’ve never heard about before. Right now my partner, Josh is getting into a Bitcoin training and he’s introducing me to all these platforms that he is using, the art behind trading which is no different to normal trades to normal stock exchanges but why Bitcoin is different and I am just learning this from watching and observing him. He is reading trading books, he is listening to podcasts, he is watching Youtube videos by Bitcoin experts and along the way I am kind of learning little snippets about it. So I do suggest that you often learn something that is completely outside your realm of interests. I mean, I hope you are interested in it. But you know something that is completely outside your realm of expertise and what you do on an everyday basis. Best Online Learning Sites The reason I am focusing on online learning sites is that if you are going to classes, workshops, events, conferences, seminars, or coaching in your own town, city, location - wherever you are in the world, that’s obviously a perfect choice for you. And if you know of events and things that are happening local to you, then I highly recommend you do something in person. That’s a brilliant way to learn. I am going to a gardening workshop down the road this weekend for about 3 hours to learn about permaculture, gardening and what I should be planting, so that’s going to be a first for me. I know I will learn way more by being there and doing the actual planting then if I’d taken an online course. But in terms of online learning, you can do this from anywhere, anytime. That’s the beauty of it. So long as you now know to write out the notes by hand. So some of my favorite learning sites are: Coursera Coursera is basically some of the world's best courses online from Penn University, John Hopkins University, University of Michigan, Stanford, UC, San Diego, Duke University and more. Some of the things that they have in there are like Deep Learning, Data Science, Python for everybody, Excel to MySQL, Analytics Techniques for Businesses and many of these are free. You get to learn from the top universities around the world, even if it’s a little bit of a US focused and bias, but you are learning often for free. There’s courses on Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Deep Learning,  and around Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency technologies. There’s even one on Learning How to Learn! So for example, if I click on the Learning How to Learn, you’ll see when to enroll. It’s taught by two university professors and they talk to you about the commitment you’ll need; about three hours of videos, three hours of exercises and three hours of bonus material. It’s in about ten different languages too. They show you through the syllabus and an FAQ of when you get access to everything and do you have to pay for this course etc. And often these sites as you’ll hear from me as I go, they often have certificates. So this course is often free but to get qualified or certified in it, is anywhere between $49 and a $150. And you’ll often see reviews on there because people have already taken the course. edX One online learning platform that I’ve been loving is edX. It’s a bit cheeky to mimic the name Tedx, but hey! All the courses are free. Their motto is they have ‘Courses to advance, create and improve your life’. There are ones from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Berkeley University of California, University of Texas, University of Queensland Australia, TU Delft, The University of British Columbia and more. Some of the most popular subjects that they offer are around Computer Science, Economics and Finance, Engineering, Business and Management, Humanities, Language, Biology and Life Sciences. This is where I did the Science of Happiness course through Berkeley University and loved it! It was quite intense. It was over three months and I only had four weeks in which to do it live, because I came to it late but I could have re-enrolled again to start with the next live round. The material was great. I loved it. There were videos that you could play and none of them were over seven minutes. At the same time as you are watching the video, you could watch a live transcript. You can also download the transcript after. Plus they have little tests throughout and quizzes that you have to take and you actually get graded on those. So really really neat site. Skillshare Skillshare classes are taught by expert practitioners and they really focus on classes for your career and for your passions. Once again you can choose from all sorts of different categories: design, business, technology, photography, film, writing, crafts, culinary. These courses are more practical. Not saying that computer science isn’t but these are things like: Street photography: Capture the Life of Your City Logo Design: Secrets of Shape, Type and Color Going Freelance: Building and Branding Your Own Business Knife Skills: A Mini Class to Chop Like a Chef and; Learn How to Mix Music with a Young Guru. You can also see the ratings of them, how many people have taken them. Almost all of them you have to pay for but they constantly have specials going on with massive discounts on the normal price.  Udemy Another online learning platform  that you probably would have heard of which is huge is Udemy. Essentially, they have over 55,000 courses taught by experts and instructor, that you can enroll at them at anytime with lifetime access. It’s learning at your own pace, whereas ones on edX and Coursera can often be time limited as they are doing it in a university setting with start and end dates. In Udemy, you can find things like The Complete Web Developer course, you can learn about Javascript, Complete Cyber Security, Become a Super Learner or an NLP practitioner.. The point here is there’s almost nothing you can’t learn online. I mean, as a course creator and as somebody who teaches people skills in business and building an online business, lifestyle, systems, sales funnels, you name it, it’s quite easy for me to be able to put some of my courses up here. In fact, Udemy approached earlier this year to do that. And there are benefits for you as a business owner if this is what you do. So look at some of these platforms and see whether it’s actually worth putting them up on there rather than on your own site.   If you have a small list or reach then tapping into their huge databases of students is definitely a bonus. Those four would be my top picks for Online Learning Platforms. There are many others. I hope that this episode has given you an understanding of some of the hacks that you can use to learn more effectively and also some of the things that you might want to be learning as well as where in the heck you can go to learn those things. Before we finish off, I would love to say, if you’d like to learn more about creating freedom in business and adventure in life, the 3rd edition of my book, The Suitcase Entrepreneur is out! It is available in Amazon, Itunes, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, Bam Books a Million and a couple of other book shops for the first time, it’s available in books shops in North America. For full details, go to suitcaseentrepreneur.com/book. We have a little contest going on right now, all details are on that page so I’d love for you to check it out. This episode is proudly brought to you by Freshbooks. So you’re racing against the clock to wrap up 3 projects, prepping for a meeting later in the afternoon all while trying to tackle a mountain of paperwork. 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Today listeners we are joined by the founder of Craft Your Content, Elisa Doucette. Elisa has worked for years creating compelling content and writing for many businesses and publications such as The New York Times, Forbes, Yahoo, The Huffington Post and many, many more. Basically put, Craft Your Content helps authors and entrepreneurs sound smart by creating better content articles. On the show today we chat with Elisa about her journey learning to become a great writer, how she developed her skills to start writing for major publishings and why she decided to set out on her own and start a business helping entrepreneurs and authors do the same. And…we touch on why the is in Oaxaca, Mexico. 02:44: Elisa's Story 10:13: How Much Has Content Changed in the Past 10 Years? 13:18: How Much Time Does Elisa Put Into a Really Good Piece of Content? 17:01: Mentally Getting Prepared for the Writing Process 24:32: Oaxaca, Mexico Honorable Mentions: Jodi Ettenberg founder of Legal Nomads http://www.legalnomads.com/about/ Forbes.com https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://forbes.com/&refURL=&referrer= Tropical MBA http://www.tropicalmba.com/ Dynamite Circle http://www.tropicalmba.com/dc/ Trello as an Editorial Calendar by Elisa Doucette http://www.craftyourcontent.com/trello-editorial-calendar/ Glenn Allsopp with Viperchill http://www.viperchill.com/ Contact Info: http://www.craftyourcontent.com/ Twitter: @elisadoucette Subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/entrepreneur-house-live-in/id1069958541?mt=2

The “glass ceiling” is a concept that a woman who tries to progress in her career may only reach a mid-level position, says guest expert Elisa Doucette. The phrase, “glass ceiling,” denotes that a woman is able to see men, through a pane of glass, in positions above her own, but she is not able to break the glass, to reach a higher level in the organization.  Elisa says corporations have adopted a set of values towards women (or men) who are not willing to put aside their career or personal values and sell their souls, to make money. And although the concept has evolved since the 1970’s, the glass ceiling still exists -- just in a modified form. Elisa says corporations have adopted a set of values towards women (or men) who are not willing to put aside their career or personal values and sell their souls, to make money. And although the concept has evolved since the 1970’s, the glass ceiling still exists -- just in a modified form. Women need to understand the paradigm and know that corporations aren’t out to get them just because they are a woman. A woman needs to understand what motivates her employer and use actions -- not just words -- to show her value. If a woman can show how she will impact the company’s bottom line, she can start owning her own trajectory within the organization. Three tips women can use to show their employer how amazing they are: Quantify your accomplishments with hard numbers, to show the value you bring to an organization. Make sure your voice is heard, and be willing to defend your opinions. Understand your priorities, both business and personal. Move past “What can I do about it?” and start developing your iron will and thick skin! Elisa Doucette Bio Elisa Doucette is a freelance writer and editor.  Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Yahoo! Small Business, The Huffington Post, and Brazen Careerist. She runs the online editorial agency, Craft Your Content, and hosts the weekly podcast, Writers’ Rough Drafts. Elisa is also responsible for the syndicated column, Shattering Glass, on Forbes.com. She can be found on Twitter, @elisadoucette, and on Instagram, @elisa_doucette. Ben’s Job Search Resources: Ben’s resource this week is a list of 250 Flexible Jobs for 2016, which can be  found at FlexJobs 250: Companies with the Most Flexible Jobs. A flexible work schedule can benefit any employee, but traditionally women tend to take more responsibility in caring for older relatives and children. Flexjobs can include telecommuting, part-time work, and freelance opportunities. Jenna’s Find Your Dream Job Listener Question: Ben, Jenna and Mac respond to Dan Reifenberger’s question, “How do I attract a company I want to work for if it isn’t currently hiring?” If you would like the team to answer a job-related question, email it to jenna@macslist.org, or call her at 716-JOB-TALK. If we use your question on the air, you will receive a copy of our new book, Land Your Dream Job Anywhere (to be published February 1, 2017). Or, if you’ve found a job resource you think everyone should know about, send it to ben@macslist.org, and tell him how it has helped you find your dream job. Ben and Jenna’s segments are sponsored by the 2016 edition of Hack the Hidden Job Market Course. The course in now live, so sign up today! If you like this show, please help us by rating and reviewing our podcast on iTunes. We appreciate your support! Opening and closing music for Find Your Dream Job provided by Freddy Trujillo, www.freddytrujillo.com.

The most recent was a two hour pow-wow with my friend Elisa on all of our best business tools and tactics. Take a listen: Systems, Hacks and Shortcuts for Solopreneurs with Elisa Doucette (her awesome show notes are here). For a full systems bootcamp to get you set-up for 2016, check out the 5-Day Systems Ninja course.

Episode 67 "Get Off My Lawn"All right We're Live! A Trip Down Memory Lane3:30 - The EntreProgrammers talk about receiving free books, from companies and individuals, for the purpose of marketing efforts and Ad spots. Derick shares a few stories of the first books he use to launch his career.   8:34 - John confesses to modifying cookies on PayPal sites, and changing prices to a dollar. 9:32 - Derick shows us his original copy of Windows 95. John suggests taking a picture, instead of holding on to artifact. Neat, Derick cleans his office; we can finally see the wood floors.    Biker Gang   12:57 - John gives a shout out to the crazies in Waco TX, small town, big problems.17:46  - What’s going on business wise?Derick will release the RabbitMQ bundle on June 15th, and will release a free episode with Udi Dahan.  Derick talks about his awesome marketing strategy for his bundle.  All the EntrProgrammers agree that this tactic is a golden nugget for the product launch. 24:02 – Josh mentions he uses Audio Book Binder to create a sequence mp3s to play back like an audiobook. Josh explains how to configure this format to sync to the Audible app. 25:02 – John talks about an app called Mac ID, which John claims he filed a patent. John explains how the app is use to unlock and lock your Mac when you phone is in proximity of your Mac, or by touch ID from your iPhone. 27:30 - John talks about an ultimate prank, using web proxies, he pulled on a member of the Democratic Party. 29:25 - Derick share is best prank of a screen saver that mimicked “the blue screen of death,” and rebooting sequence. Derick shares another stories of his glory days.  36:54 – John mentions he has seven episodes on his new Simple Programmer Podcast. Derick does some commentary on the intro music. John mentions the 17,000 downloads.  40:05 – John shares a podcasting incident: old files and new file getting mixed up.  John finalizes his contact with the consulting gig. The EntreProgrammers talk about their current and pass consulting gigs and their plan to action. 50:12 – John talks about his new blog editor, Elisa Doucette who is going to help with the writing content for the Simple Programmer site.John plans to post all these pieces of content on the Simple Programmer site. -       5 blog posts per day-       5 videos per day -       Get Up and Code podcast-       EntreProgrammers podcast1:03:00 – John talks about how he is able to create tons more content as he hands-off his tasks to his VA, and outsource contractors. John’s goal is to hit a million page view per day on Simple Programmers site. 1:10:30 – John leave for Paris, and 3 months on the road in Europe.  John reluctantly share that he is apart of another mastermind group.   1:12:30 - Chuck shares his busy work schedule and not having the time to record videos and create content. Josh helps by sharing how he looks ahead in to the next week and figures the things he is capable accomplishing. John talks about his pass workload in dealing time crunches.  Next, Chuck shares how sponsorship opportunities keep coming up, he may have to raise his sponsorship fees. Keen IO approached Chuck about some sponsorship. 1:24:05 - Derick shows off his tattoos and confirms his affiliation to the biker gangs. 1:33:00 – Derick has a new site design on watchmecode.com, thanks to Momoko at Kantan Designs1:35:35 – Derick add that he refuses to use PayPal for subscriptions. One-time payments are fine, but PayPal has issues with subscriptions payments. 1:43:25 - Josh is very excited not having an official job. Josh is implementing the pomodoro time management techniques, as wellas turning off  Skype and Slack notifications. Josh is battling deadlines and pleasing clients. Josh shares more about the work he is doing with is client who owns the runner business. He is taking away a great amount of knowledge that he is employing with other projects. 2:08:00 - EntreProgrammers Retreat sign up are comingOctober12-15th, 2015 1200 dollars per person 10 slots availableRegister at Entreprogrammer.com/retreat2015 2:12:10 - Thoughts for the WeekJohn – Raise your prices Josh – Plan yout day first thing in the morningChuck – If there are things you need to get done, say no to othersDerick – Simplify, clean up and get rid of stuff. People and things mentioned in this episodeUdi Dahan: http://www.udidahan.com/?blog=trueAudio Book Binder: -http://bluezbox.com/audiobookbinder.htmlSimple Programmer Podcast: http://simpleprogrammer.com/podcasts/Elisa Doucette: http://www.craftyourcontent.com/work-with-us/  Keen IO: https://keen.ioKantan Designs: http://kantan.io

Episode 66"Stop Buying Those Gucci Purses"Alright We're Live!Josh is officially unemployed and all the EntreProgrammers are officially unemployed by the man. 8:00 - Josh makes a good point that writing code is a 100 dollar per hour business skill, and solving business problems is a 1000 dollar per hour skill. John 9:24 - John share his efforts to hire an editor. John interviews a few professional editors, but discovers the difficulties of communication verbally12:23 - John talked to Elisa Doucette a freelance writer and editor. Elisa will be working with John to help with publishing content for Simple Programmer. John talks about his vision for his blog post, and how would like to add more artistry in blogging. 17:40 - John announces that he launched the Simple Programmer podcast. 19:12 – John finishes the audio recording of his book in one week, “Softskills.” Josh talks about recording process of the audio book. Johns book will be going to Audible.com soon. He added some bonus content for the listener/reader. Along with the 16-hour audio book reading, he managed to shoot 29 videos for his YouTube channel.  John mentions his contract consulting work that is coming up. Chuck28:01 – Chuck is very happy with his Virtual Assistant.  Chuck talks about his income numbers, and still feels like he is struggling. Chuck shares information about debt and expenses. John gives advice about how to go about budgeting money in separate accounts. Josh talks about his family budgets money. Chuck talks about paying off debt this month. John believes that is where the huge amounts of money is going, to paying off debt. 47:42 - Chuck talks using the Financial Peace University at home package. John shares some mindset about how to look at the expenses Chuck has to pay during the month. 51:55 – John talks about getting the Apple Watch, for running and playing back audio books. John does the math and time saved not having to pull your iPhone for your pocket.  57:55 – Chuck is going to be doing RailsClips, and possibly switching to WordPress. Chuck talks about struggle to get things done. John talks about a technique he used to get his audio book done.1:04:20 - Josh talks about his strategy to get things done, by turning off all notifications like Skype.  Josh says it is difficult to get started writing, no matter how many times he has done it.    Josh1:08:20 - Josh talks about the transitions out of his job, and getting equipment returned and deleting software and such from his work computer. Josh shares how his client work is going well, and writing emails for a launch. 1:15:15 - Josh talks about diagram funnels his client is creating, he says it is a clever and not like anything his has ever seen. Josh is still getting contacted about copyrighting jobs. 1:20:00 – Josh talks about getting an email from business prospect that is selling products similar to carports. He is wondering how to promote this product?1:22:15 – John talks about getting a new client for life coaching. John talks about the pricing for coaching, hourly, blocks of calls, or month packages.  Josh talks about the pricing models his mentor uses for copyright coaching. 1:27:38 – Josh mention is really digs Omnifocus, to get notifications and staying organized. 1:32:29 – Chuck uses Sanebox to manage emails and sort the insanity of email The mastermind talks about how they sometimes have a lack of motivation to recording video and audio content or writing. John elaborates how doing tasks, such as posting content has become apart of his weekly routine, and something he doesn’t need to think about anymore. 1:50:09 – John says that it takes him about 4 pomodoros write a 3000 word blog post. 1 pomodoro is a 25 minute work period, each with 5 minutes of rest. 1:58:00 – John talks about developing skills under constraint like a Hibachi chef.2:06:06 – EntreProgrammers Retreat information and dates October12-15th, 2015 1200 dollars per person 10 slots availableRegister at Entreprogrammer.com/retreat2015Thoughts for the WeekJosh – Time boxing Chuck  - Don’t short change yourself, by only listening to people you agree with. John – Wait for the Hell Yes! People and things mentioned in this episodeElisa Doucette at: http://www.craftyourcontent.com/work-with-us/  Simple Programmer podcast. - http://simpleprogrammer.com/podcasts/Dave Ramsey -  http://www.daveramsey.com/store/financial-peace-university/financial-peace-university-home-study-kit/prod163.htmlOmnifocus: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocusSaneBox at: http://www.sanebox.comReatreat – http://entreprogrammers.com/retreat2015

Elisa writes about relationships, life lessons, activism, young professionals, and women for anyone looking for a little truth.  Her work has been featured on MaineToday, Portland Press Herald, The Boston Globe, Current Publishing, and many others.  Additionally, she writes a featured blog for Forbes.com and Forbes Women called Shattering Glass.

Elisa is best known for making words sexy! Today, she teaches you how to start your own business by working within the parameters that you have.  Don't like your parameters, then let Elisa tell you how to change the dang parameters.  BOOM.   For your business, of course: sexy is optional.

Writer and Editor Elisa Doucette has built a word empire on the humble beginnings of voracious book reading and creative writing studies. Now featured in publications like The New York Times and Huffington Post, with her own online column on Forbes.com, and a guest on shows such as Frommer's Radio and Entrepreneur on Fire, she shares the background and story of how she trained herself to write well, create compelling content, make words sexy, and start this podcast to learn how others have done the same.

How does a small-town, girl-next-door working in Maine as an insurance salesperson become a digital nomad, living in Thailand, visiting friends and clients in Saigon, and freelancing to support her freedom? Her adventures weren’t always as seductive. Almost immediately upon arrival in Bali, she was involved in a harrowing motorbike wreck that left her hospitalized in Indonesia and nearly having her leg amputated. After overcoming a trauma, four surgeries and the biggest challenge of not only her travels, but her life, all within the first week of her journey, Elisa dusted herself off and continued where many would have given up and gone home. Elisa describes her satisfaction with her globetrotting lifestyle as a different kind of happiness, one in which she still needs to make sacrifices, but different sacrifices. In the end, she believes she’s doing what she feels is best for herself and the people close to her, and she’s proud of it. On this two part episode, Elisa brings a grounded perspective to shatter any preconceived notions and limitations you might have about folding travel into a larger part of your life. She is a freelance writer and editor who’s untethered herself from any one particular location, in the interest of finding better stories to not just write about, but to live. The decision to do this got her syndicated by multiple publications and she’s been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Forbes, Huffington Post, and more. She was the managing director for Tropical MBA in Bali, Indonesia before launching her own business to live a fulfilling life. Elisa wants to change the world with words and that is the loftiest of goals, and one I admire. When I heard about her, I was intrigued to bring her passion for shattering preconceived notions and limitations to the show. So if you’re listening and you want to find a way to travel more often, listen to how Elisa Doucette gets it done. What we cover How Elisa was able to find a way to continue her travels after being involved in a major accident, and how she made the trauma work for her. Why going for it can offset the risk of saying 'what if?' for the rest of your life How she overcomes critics of her travel lifestyle, and the complete 180 she did on her life, to be happy Why Elisa chose to make a commitment to herself rather than make a commitment to something else back home Links ElisaDoucette.com @elisadoucette Elisa's writing business, writingbusinesswell.com Like the show? I’d love a rating and review! Take action and please share the show! All you have to do is click one of the social sharing buttons at the top of this post. Also please leave a rating or review on iTunes! It just takes a second and you can help the show increase its rankings on iTunes just by this simple and quick gesture. If you do, click here to let me know so I can personally thank you! Thank you so much for your support! See you next time! The post 32: From Small Town Girl to Digital Nomad with Elisa Doucette – Part 1 appeared first on The Daily Travel Podcast.

In episode 32, we discussed how Elisa left her job and went from never living outside the state of Maine to running her own freelance writing agency out of Bali, Indonesia. And how she didn't let a debilitating motorbike wreck stop her from continuing her journey, so for anyone interested in traveling more and becoming an Explorer, Elisa is an example of how to do so. Have a listen to part one or sit back and enjoy part two of our conversation. Elisa Doucette is a location independent entrepreneur, running her own freelance writing agency from Bali, Indonesia, who has untethered herself from any one particular location, in the interest of finding better stories to not just write about, but to live. The decision to do this got her syndicated by multiple publications and she’s been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Forbes, Huffington Post, and more. She was the managing director for Tropical MBA in Bali, Indonesia before launching her own business to live a fulfilling life. Elisa wants to change the world with words and that is the loftiest of goals. When I heard about her, I was intrigued to bring her passion for shattering preconceived notions and limitations to the show. So if you’re listening and you want to find a way to travel more often, listen to how Elisa Doucette gets it done. Elisa's Best Travel Advice The First step: "Prepare yourself by adjusting your mindset for the change that is about to happen for you." You will be so happy, but understand there will be a lot of realities to overcome. Accept the realities, and it will become easier for everything you have to do. Money Saving Tip or Travel Hack:  Internet Tool: Relate.ly, to manage your contact with your network. Elisa organizes all of her personal, professional and client contacts, and it tracks everyone she connects with, and alerts her when she isn't in touch with them. This is how she's able to maintain her relationships. Favorite Travel Book: Peter Pan. In the Balinese entrepreneurial community, Elisa relates to Wendy living on The Island of Lost Boys. Favorite Travel Gear: Amazon Kindle. Elisa reads voraciously, 2-3 books per week. Weirdest Food: Fried Flying Ants Links ElisaDoucette.com, her personal portfolio site @elisadoucette Elisa's writing business, writingbusinesswell.com Location Asia Like the show? I’d love a rating and review! Take action and please share the show! All you have to do is click one of the social sharing buttons at the top of this post. Also please leave a rating or review on iTunes! It just takes a second and you can help the show increase its rankings on iTunes just by this simple and quick gesture. If you do, click here to let me know so I can personally thank you! Thank you so much for your support! See you next time! The post 33: Elisa Doucette’s Life of Travel – Part 2 appeared first on The Daily Travel Podcast.

http://www.tropicalmba.com/heyladies/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/heyladies/ This week, Elisa Doucette joins me to talk about women in the location independent entrepreneurship game. Elisa runs the Dynamite Circle business operations. If you’re a lady sitting in your cubicle in the United States, listen closely. We have a fantastic network of women with similar stories that we hope will inspire you to explore these...

Elisa Doucette is a writer and location independent entrepreneur who lives the life that many of us have dreamed of.  However, it hasn't always been an easy road for Elisa.  In this episode, she discusses her career path and the choices she made that lead her to her life now - living and working in paradise.

Elisa writes about relationships, life lessons, activism, young professionals, and women for anyone looking for a little truth.  Her work has been featured on MaineToday, in Portland Press Herald, The Boston Globe, Current Publishing, and many others.  In addition, she writes a featured blog for Forbes.com and Forbes Women called Shattering Glass.