Podcasts about invisible office hours

In this episode of Being Boss, Emily and Kathleen welcome Paul Jarvis, a web designer who has worked with big deals like Marie Forleo, The Highline in New York, and Mercedes-Benz. He's a best selling author and his books include Be Awesome at Online Business, The Good Creative, and he's even written a vegan cookbook. You may know Paul from his newsletter called The Sunday Dispatch or his podcast called Invisible Office Hours.Get full show notes for this episode here---Listen to brand new episodes of Being Boss on the main feed >>---Listen to more Being Boss shows on our website, on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Follow Being Boss on Instagram: @beingbossclubJoin the Being Boss Community: beingboss.club/community

In business, does growth equate to bigger means better? What if you could scale your business and find more freedom and success with a company of one mindset? Today's guest has a lot to share on this topic. Paul Jarvis is a designer who likes writing. Paul has been working for himself since the 90s. He is the creator of the online courses Creative Class and Chimp Essentials.  He is also the author of Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business and the co-founder of Fathom Analytics.  His work has been featured in WIRED, Fast Company, and more. He has been noticed and mentioned by Ashton Kutcher and Arianna Huffington.  Some of his clients include Microsoft, Danielle LaPorte, Mercedes-Benz, Maria Forleo, and too many to mention. He is here with us today to share the mindset of a company of one. We talk about what it means to scale your business, be profitable, and find freedom. We’ll learn that sometimes in business, bigger isn't always better. Show Notes: [03:31] Paul wasn't planning on being an entrepreneur. He worked for an agency in Toronto. He loved the work and the clients, but he didn't like the company.  [03:57] When he left the company, clients started calling him. He then realized that he might be able to do this on his own. [04:30] Paul became an entrepreneur by accident. His planned trip to the library to learn how to write a resume turned into a trip to learn how to start a business.  [05:20] The biggest benefit of running his own business is being able to have a direct client contact. It's a lot harder to get a new customer than to keep an existing one. [06:03] He preferred to focus on retention as opposed to acquisition by offering excellent customer service. [07:35] One of the biggest client misconceptions is that they will let you know when they need more work done. Paul started contacting his clients and discovered that they did want more from him. [08:07] Keeping in touch also keeps you top-of-mind. [09:50] Paul can run a business with a very small group of people and outsource things without having everyone on the payroll. [10:24] Paul doesn't want to run a big company and manage other people. He doesn't want to build a business that will put him into that role. [11:36] It's hard to be skilled at every area of a business. Focus on what you are good at and get others to help with the other stuff.  [14:17] Paul is extremely driven when he decides to do something. He didn't plan to be a writer, but he enjoys it, and it's a great way to share ideas.  [15:22] Paul's favorite story is about his friend's dad who was an architect that started working at home. Above his computer he had a sign that said "overhead equals death." [17:08] Expressing personality is attractive to clients. Sharing your personality can draw in the people who are the right fit and push away the people who aren't. [20:51] People buy based on how they feel they are treated. Fostering success and making customers happy is the best way to sell.  [22:34] One of his friends encouraged him to start a podcast. He now has two shows and is starting another one.  [24:29] A business has to make enough to keep going. Helping people also makes you feel really good.  [26:31] We often put self-inflicted pressure on ourselves in business.  [28:07] Growth is beneficial in the beginning of starting a business. People are happier if they make more money, but only up to a certain point.  [30:18] Freedom is important, so working 16 hours a day isn't a requirement. [31:05] Doing less is Paul's biggest productivity hack. He also turns off distractions. Take on less stuff.  [32:10] “No” should be the default for everyone. This way you only do what needs to be done.  [34:50] Find the types of projects and clients you enjoy working with and that can really move the needle. Say “no” to the other stuff. [35:22] Overtime you can narrow your niche down. In the beginning, you may have to be more open to trying different things. [36:04] Paul likes routine. He wakes up early. He makes himself a coffee and then goes on to work on creative stuff. After that, an hour or two on admin. Then he'll garden or exercise.  [38:05] Paul's biggest “aha” moment was when he wrote an article about why he doesn't put growth at the top as priority for his business. He got 1,200 or 1,300 replies from people who had the same sentiment. He realized that there was probably a book that could focus on this topic. [39:48] The byproduct of business success isn't growth it's freedom. Links and Resources: Paul Jarvis Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business Fathom Analytics Creative Class Chimp Essentials @pjrvs on Twitter Sunday Dispatches Company of One, the podcast Invisible Office Hours

In today's episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark and Scott talk with Paul Jarvis—PJrvs.com. Paul is a designer, author, teacher, software creator, and podcaster. He's written 4 books—and is currently working on his fifth book called, Company of One which is due to be released early 2019. It's about how companies can be better without being bigger. Paul has built several software companies, and has taught over 10,000 students through his online courses—Creative Class, Chimp Essentials and Grow Your Audience. He hosts two podcasts: Sunday Dispatches and Invisible Office Hours and has worked with big companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, and Warner Music. His work has appeared in Fast Company, CNBC, Forbes, Newsweek, BuzzFeed, Lifehacker! Paul believes that bigger is not necessarily better when it comes to business growth. He explains that there is a balance that needs to happen and you shouldn't try to grow if it doesn't make sense. Growth is fine as long as it's questioned. As long as it makes sense, like the checks and balances of growth.If that makes sense to you, then grow in whichever means necessary. How do we step back and figure out individually what makes us happy and what is enough? It all comes down to introspection. Paul explains that it's the most important thing. “Introspection comes from looking at consistency because that's where the truth lies.” Listen in now as Paul teaches us why we should grow our businesses better, not bigger. Plus, we explore: The truth of suffering The lost art of the ability to focus And is there such a thing as an overnight success? Paul explains that we don't see what led up to that success story. It could have taken 15 years of fails before finally getting that one big win and we shouldn't compare our own success to that one tiny spec we see.  I think that it's important to look at the difference between how we perceive ourselves versus how the outside world perceives us because typically it's incredibly different. Listen in now for all the details! TIP OF THE WEEK Mark: Learn more about Paul by going to his website at PJrvs.com. Scott: Check out StartupGraveyard.io and learn from the failure of others. Also, check out AutomateThatShit.com. It's a web application that helps automate most tasks. Paul: Read the book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport. Isn't it time to create passive income so you can work where you want, when you want and with whomever you want?

WELCOME TO THE SLOW HOME SUMMER SERIES! BROOKE AND BEN ARE TAKING A BREAK OVER JANUARY, SO WE'RE WE REVISITING SOME OF THE BEST EPISODES OF 2016. Brooke is a long-time reader of Paul Jarvis’ Sunday Dispatches and long-time listener of his Invisible Office Hours podcast, so she was super delighted to sit and chat with him about simplicity, writing our wills, Netflix and priorities. They also spend quite a bit of time talking about the importance of being our true self online, and the BIG difference between that and sharing things we haven’t actually processed yet. Paul has written a lot about comparison and the myth that everyone else is living more interesting, photogenic lives that us, so we dive in to that too. Paul also talks about his lack of routine, why busy-ness is a crutch we lean on to avoid feeling our feelings, and what his most recent purchase was. For notes and links to everything mentioned in today's episode, head over to the blog. Enjoy! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/slow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason Zook has made a career out of being a good investment. It's definitely business as unusual with Jason. His unique and way-out-there, attention-grabbing skills are legendary. He has literally been a walking billboard, selling his chest, his name, and now his future. Jason leads creative entrepreneurs in his Action Army by hosting a podcast, writing an insightful newsletter, creating multiple products to help business owners, and he's also the co-host of the Invisible Office Hours podcast. We're chatting about creativity, transparency and vulnerability in business. Jason also shares his method for idea generation and how to sort and test those ideas. We barely scratch the surface of Jason's creativity and how he unleashes it on the world; but you will love to peek behind the curtain to see how he lives and works on his own terms.

Our guest today is one of the most creative entrepreneurs in the world. We present to you Jason Zook, a guy who made a radical shift ultimately deciding to leave his “beige world" once and for all and embark on one of the most colorful entrepreneurial journeys of our time.

Paul Jarvis and Jason Zook of Invisible Office Hours are joining us today to talk all about podcasts and how they've shaped our businesses, content, and communities. Topics discussed in this episode: -How we got into podcasting (4:35) -How podcasting shapes how we share content, and how we develop that strategy (8:48) -Podcasting as content marketing (10:49) -Writing vs. podcasting (17:44) -How podcasting supplements a business: Creating a map (21:28) -Giving your audience a different way to consume content and connect (22:34) -Making money through a podcast and how it affects business (33:34) -Podcasting when you don't have a top-charts audience (talking specific numbers) (43:43) -Creating a community (49:46) -How to get into podcasting and where to start (56:26)

Brooke is a long-time reader of Paul Jarvis’ Sunday Dispatches and long-time listener of his Invisible Office Hours podcast, so she was super delighted to sit and chat with him about simplicity, writing our wills, Netflix and priorities. They also spend quite a bit of time talking about the importance of being our true self online, and the BIG difference between that and sharing things we haven’t actually processed yet. Paul has written a lot about comparison and the myth that everyone else is living more interesting, photogenic lives that us, so we dive in to that too. Paul also talks about his lack of routine, why busy-ness is a crutch we lean on to avoid feeling our feelings, and what his most recent purchase was. Enjoy! ==== If you're enjoying the show and want to know how to best support it, leave a rating or a review in iTunes or head over to the Patreon page to help support the show financially. And thanks so much for listening! ==== Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/slow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

100 Rejection Letters is here! Get the goods!! (Early-bird pricing ends 10/19!) Join the RYHSY facebook group RSVP to the 10/16 100 Rejection Letters Q&A Webinar (at 11am PST - recording will be shared!) Show Notes: Connect with Paul: Website | Instagram | Twitter  Paul's books: Everything I Know The Good Creative: 18 Ways to Make Better Art Be Awesome at Online Business Eat Awesome: A Regular Person's Guide To Plant-Based, Whole Foods Boomerang for Gmail The Freelancer podcast Invisible Office Hours podcast Bhagavad Gita James Altucher Uppercase Magazine Creative Class

100 Rejection Letters is here! Get the goods!! (Early-bird pricing ends 10/19!) Join the RYHSY facebook group RSVP to the 10/16 100 Rejection Letters Q&A Webinar (at 11am PST - recording will be shared!) Show Notes: Connect with Paul: Website | Instagram | Twitter  Paul's books: Everything I Know The Good Creative: 18 Ways to Make Better Art Be Awesome at Online Business Eat Awesome: A Regular Person's Guide To Plant-Based, Whole Foods Boomerang for Gmail The Freelancer podcast Invisible Office Hours podcast Bhagavad Gita James Altucher Uppercase Magazine Creative Class

Today we're talking with our other boss boyfriend, Jason Zook. You might know Jason from the Invisible Office Hours podcast with Paul Jarvis or one of his many projects including selling advertising space on his body or selling his last name. Jason is talking with us about some of his projects and how to embrace what makes you different so that you can fuel your creative self.

Paul Jarvis from Invisible Office Hours and we talk about how breaking the rules of podcasting can help you find your own authentic voice amidst the rabble and noise of so many other podcasts. We also talk about seasons, hating your first episode, and alternative ways to make money from a podcast besides sponsorship.

Paul Jarvis from Invisible Office Hours and we talk about how breaking the rules of podcasting can help you find your own authentic voice amidst the rabble and noise of so many other podcasts. We also talk about seasons, hating your first episode, and alternative ways to make money from a podcast besides sponsorship.

Paul Jarvis from Invisible Office Hours and we talk about how breaking the rules of podcasting can help you find your own authentic voice amidst the rabble and noise of so many other podcasts. We also talk about seasons, hating your first episode, and alternative ways to make money from a podcast besides sponsorship.

Paul Jarvis is a successful digital entrepreneur who publishes best-selling books on writing, publishing, and digital marketing. He’s also a web designer who has helped some of the biggest names in the online space like Marie Forleo. And, he creates online courses where he shares everything he knows about building a successful business as a creative freelancer. I’ve been reading Paul’s weekly newsletter, the Sunday Dispatches, for the past year now, and I’m an avid listener of his podcast, Invisible Office Hours, which he co-hosts with Jason Zook. In this episode, Paul shares a ton of insights into how he creates so much high quality content across so many different platforms: He shares his technique for writing best-selling books. He talks about how focusing on a single project and shutting down all other distractions like social media helps him to maximize his productivity. He talks about the innovative way that he and Jason used to successfully monetize their podcast without sponsorship or advertising of any kind. And he talks about how consistently showing up and delivering exceptional value to your audience can eventually pay off in terms of building a loyal tribe of followers, and sales of your products or services. Get more information on this episode over at writewithimpact.com/episode16 and pick up a free ebook with my writing tips while you're there.  Follow Write With Impact on Twitter @impactfulwriter Like Write With Impact on Facebook

In this episode of Being Boss, Emily and Kathleen welcome Paul Jarvis, a web designer who has worked with big deals like Marie Forleo, The Highline in New York, and Mercedes-Benz. He’s a best selling author and his books include Be Awesome at Online Business, The Good Creative, and he’s even written a vegan cookbook. You may know Paul from his newsletter called The Sunday Dispatch or his podcast called Invisible Office Hours.

Paul Jarvis is a web designer, best-selling author, & gentleman of adventure. Paul has a reputation as the designer whose vision and web design strategy is the prime catalyst for building multi-million dollar businesses. He’s worked with Silicon Valley startups, pro sports athletes, Fortune 500 companies, best-selling authors and the world’s biggest entrepreneurs. You can listen to Paul Jarvis and Jason SurfrApp on their weekly podcast, Invisible Office Hours where they dish on everything related to creativity and working for yourself. Please connect with me Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes Follow @ErikJFisher Check out more Noodle.mx Network showsThe Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcastingBeyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivityThe Productive Woman: Productivity for busy womenONCE: Once Upon a Time podcastWelcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe podcastAre You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinkingthe Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy

Paul Jarvis is a freelancer, entrepreneur, web designer, bestselling author, course creator, podcaster and all around jack of creative trades. With a library of books on his virtual and physical bookshelves including The Good Creative and Write Your Damn Book, he has garnered an audience of writers and artists who devour anything he has to say about all things innovative, as evidenced by his popular weekly Sunday Dispatches Newsletter which are exclusive letters about freelancing, creativity and life delivered direct to your inbox, or his weekly podcast Invisible Office Hours with Jason SurfrApp specifically for unconventional thinkers who don't spend their time confined to an office. His most recent offering, The Creative Class is an online course designed specifically to help thoughtful freelancers master the pragmatic details of running a one-person business.

This episode features a great conversation with the incredibly creative and productive Paul Jarvis. The discussion revolves around future-proofing your work and your business (which also does the same for your productivity...in a manner of speaking). Relevant Links http://pjrvs.com/ (Paul Jarvis - Website) http://pjrvs.com/creative (The Good Creative) http://thecreativeclass.io/ (The Creative Class) http://invisibleofficehours.com/ (Invisible Office Hours with Paul Jarvis & Jason SurfrApp) http://pjrvs.com/signup (Paul's Weekly Newsletter) http://twitter.com/pjrvs/ (Paul on Twitter) Want to send Mike an app, book, or something similar to discuss on the show? Email him at podcast@productivityist.com and he'll give it a look. Want to listen on Stitcher? http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=53149&refid=stpr (Click here.) Support The Productivityist Podcast by becoming a patron! http://www.patreon.com/Productivityist (Click here) to visit The Productivityist Podcast's Patreon page and see what perks await those who pitch in a buck or more.