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How to Defeat Self Doubt [in 5 Steps]

By Tom Ewer on May 14, 2013

If you’re just starting out on the road to leaving work behind then one of the biggest issues you’re likely to face in the coming weeks and months is doubt. Doubt that your plans will succeed. Doubt that you have what it takes. Doubt that you’re capable of really quitting your job and building a successful business.

I know this because I had that same self doubt when I started out. It is a common theme in many of my early posts here on LWB such as How to Combat a Loss of Enthusiasm, The Importance of Mindset, and What Cricket Can Teach You About Blogging.

When I wrote those posts back in mid-2011 I had achieved nothing in the world of making money online. I can tell a different story today, but only because I fought and defeated the doubts I had in myself. And that’s what I want to help you with in this post.

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How to Emulate the Growth of My Blogging Business

By Tom Ewer on April 15, 2013

A graph of my income growth over the past six months.

Are you ever concerned that the action you are taking at any given time is perhaps not best for your business or side endeavor in terms of its ongoing development?

If you do then congratulations: that awareness is an extremely valuable asset. If you don’t then you’re either nailing it and have nothing to worry about, or there is room for improvement that you are completely ignorant of. I have a feeling that most people fall into the second category. After all, there is always room for improvement.

In this post I want to explore that principle and explain the simple system I have used to drive consistent growth in my business over the past eighteen months so that you can do the same.

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How to Act On What You Read in Books and Blogs [in 3 Steps]

By Tom Ewer on April 5, 2013

If you’re anything like me then you’re on a constant quest to learn more. You’re in search of that next inspirational blog post or book that can alter your outlook and take your personal or professional life to the next level.

However, anything you read is next to useless if you don’t put its teachings into action. That is the key step that most people tend to neglect. It is easy to read something truly inspirational, but if you don’t consciously seek to distil the wisdom and then apply it to your own life, the whole experience will have been for nought.

With the above in mind, in this post I want to reveal the process I have adopted to extract the maximum possible value from a book or blog post with the minimum time investment. It can make a monumental difference and take you no more time (perhaps even less) than it would to read a book in the traditional manner.

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A 5 Minute Experiment that Could Change Your Life

By Tom Ewer on April 3, 2013

A photo of my on my skiing vacation in Colorado.

Do you ever just sit and allow your mind to wander without prejudice to the value of your thoughts? You would be quite amazed at what you are capable of concocting if you give yourself room to breathe.

I have personally enjoyed the benefits of this many times — most recently on my vacation to Colorado. I have come back fully recharged and raring to go, but even more importantly, I have a huge number of exciting new ideas for my business. You will see these ideas come to fruition in the coming weeks and months. The success of those ideas will be almost entirely down to my willingness to switch off from my business and take a far broader viewpoint.

The fact is that there is no shortcut to brilliant business ideas but the process of creating ideas is very simple. Just switch off from your daily worries, responsibilities and anxieties and allow your brain to work its magic.

With the above in mind, here’s what I want you to do. Instead of spending five minutes reading what would typically be a far longer post here on Leaving Work Behind, I want you to spend five minutes thinking indiscriminately about your business and/or efforts in leaving work behind. Write down those thoughts.

If five minutes passes and you want to carry on, please do so. Don’t worry about what you are thinking of or of its value — just get those thoughts down. Then let me know what you come up with in the comments section below. You might surprise yourself.

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How to Run a Successful Online Business From Home (in 5 Steps)

By Tom Ewer on March 26, 2013

Being your own boss is tough.

Transitioning from a 9-5 environment in which you are held accountable by others into one in which you are essentially free to do as you please can be a real shock to the system. I say that from personal experience.

Over the past 15 months or so I have learned a great deal about what it takes to effectively run an online business from home and in this post I want to share those lessons with you. Whether you are already working full time on your business or in the side-endeavour stage, you can use the following to help you work more effectively and efficiently.

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