The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both. Â The ability to look deeply is the root of creativity. To see past the ordinary and mundane and get to what might otherwise be invisible. Â No matter what tools you use to create, the true instrument is you. And [...]
A Stoic framework for creators, consultants, coaches, and solopreneurs Introduction: Chaos vs. Control You launch a product. Crickets.You post content. Tumbleweeds.You plan a week of work—and then life throws in a sick child, a delayed payment, or a platform algorithm change. If you’ve ever felt that running a solopreneur business is like trying to control [...]
Introduction: Why Reading People is the Superpower You Didn’t Know You Needed Business isn’t about algorithms. It isn’t about funnels. It isn’t even about offers. At its core, business is about people. Yet most of us were never taught how to really read people. We were taught to listen to words. But as Alan Watts [...]
Most of us were raised to think in straight lines: “If I do X, I’ll get Y.”But life — and business — rarely work that way. Instead, everything is connected. Every choice has ripple effects. Every “quick fix” hides longer-term consequences. That’s where systems thinking comes in. It’s a way of seeing how all the [...]
Introduction: Why This Message Finds You Now Isn’t it strange how certain messages arrive at the exact moment you need them? You weren’t searching, yet here you are. Alan Watts once said: “Nothing comes too early, nothing comes too late. Everything, even this very moment, arrives exactly on time.” For solopreneurs, coaches, consultants, and creators, [...]
A system is just a repeatable way of getting a predictable result. Once you see that, you can make a system out of anything. 1. Shift the Mindset Instead of asking: “How do I do this?”Start asking: “How could I do this the same way every time — without thinking?” That’s the difference between [...]
Inspired by Pieter Levels’ Dojo Bali Talk, rewritten for modern creators, consultants, and solopreneurs. Introduction: Why Funding Is No Longer the Gatekeeper For decades, starting a business required begging for permission. Venture capitalists, angel investors, or banks held the purse strings. If you couldn’t pitch your way into funding, your idea stayed locked in your [...]
Introduction: Why Money Feels So Heavy Money. Just saying the word can trigger a flood of emotions: stress, anxiety, shame, even outright panic. For many solopreneurs, coaches, consultants, and creators, money isn’t just numbers on a spreadsheet—it’s tied to identity, self-worth, and freedom. And here’s the paradox: even if you make more money, you may [...]
There’s a blunt, lovely cruelty to Alan Watts’ teaching: the things you cling to are the very things that keep you small. But don’t take that as a sermon to become a monk — Watts gives a kinder map: swing between attachment and detachment like a skilled rider on a bicycle, and you’ll stay upright. [...]
Alan Watts’ wisdom for creators, coaches, and solopreneurs Introduction: Why Letting Go is the Hardest (and Most Profitable) Move You’ll Ever Make Imagine this: your heart beats, your lungs expand, your blood circulates—all without your permission. Meanwhile, you spend every waking moment trying to micromanage your business, your relationships, your reputation. Exhausting, isn’t it? Alan [...]
