Travis Robertson

Why do so many people wait until they’re fired or laid off before they launch their own business? Why don’t they quit the job they hate and fire their boss? In this post, I provide a 3-step guide to firing your boss.

“Hey, you’re the same age as Jesus was when he died!”

Yesterday (August 23) was my 33rd birthday and the person who said that to me got me thinking about what turning “Jesus’ age” means. I like to think about what I would tell myself if I could travel back in time to when I was in my early 20’s. These are three lessons I would give myself.

There are a lot of people who talk about “one day” owning their own business. Yet, very few people actually end up even trying it. Why?

Usually it’s because they’ve chosen to believe one or more lies about starting a business. There are 7 common lies that people are telling themselves right now that will keep them from changing their dream of entrepreneurship into a set of goals they can accomplish.

Do you remember the first job you applied for as a young adult? Chances are it was for some entry-level position that merely required you to be half as intelligent as you were, show up on time, and not be drunk.

We’ve all heard the axiom “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll never go hungry.”

What happens if the man you’re trying to teach to fish doesn’t want to learn to fish? Instead, he wants you to catch him a fish each day. What do you do?

Do you want to know what one of my least favorite beginnings to a sentence is?

“I’m going to…”

Those three words tend to say a lot about a person in that moment.

When your business is first getting started, selecting your services and setting your pricing can be overwhelming and frustrating for business owners. It helps to understand why you can feel this way and what to do about it.

“So…are there other deliverables you can create to provide value?”

This is a question that kept coming up in my weekly meeting with Justin Davis of Madera Labs. It’s an interesting question and one that few people are asking often enough.

As someone who’s self-employed, you’ll inevitably face bouts of crappy productivity and you’ll feel like banging your head against a wall. In my own life, those times generally occur when I let others set my priorities for me. So I took some advice and contacted a friend of mine (Justin Davis) who lives in the area and asked if he wanted to meet every Monday for coffee to set goals, challenge each other and provide a level of business accountability. Here’s how we make it succeed.

There are times when you need to sell people away from your services or products. In this video, I’ll break down a couple of those reasons and share with you a phone call I had with a potential client.