LifePilot: Live your life by design - [299] 17 Ways to Make 2017 Your Best Year Yet

[299] 17 Ways to Make 2017 Your Best Year Yet

12/29/16 • 27 min

I’m ready to have a rocking 2017, are you?

As 2016 rolls to a close, I thought we could all do with a healthy cocktail of inspiration, motivation, practical advice, and actionable tips.

So I reached out to 16 of your favorite previous guests on my show and asked them what their one piece of advice was to have the most successful year ever.

From Chris Guillebeau to Michael Port to Jill Stanton to Matthew Kimberley, they all delivered in spades.

In this episode I asked the question:

What do you need to make 2017 your most successful year ever?

Here’s what you’re going to learn:

How to figure out how to set goals in alignment with your higher purpose
Top advice on reverse engineering your success
How to really niche down and stop using a one stop solution for everyone
How to develop the capability to create a bigger impact by taking on more responsibility
A productivity trick to create a year’s worth of content in just a few days
A simple tactic to align your thoughts with your actions so you can achieve big goals
A friendly understanding voice motivating you to just put one foot in front of the other

All this and much more is condensed into this short episode where I enlisted your favorite podcast guests to contribute with a message under 90 seconds, to help you have a rocking 2017.

Listen in and enjoy this one. I’m sure you’ll love it!

Here’s to hoping you have an amazing 2017.

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Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

Michael's new book: Beyond the E-Myth: The Evolution of an Enterprise: From a Company of One to a Company of 1,000!
In Search of the Miraculous
I Am That

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I’m ready to have a rocking 2017, are you?

As 2016 rolls to a close, I thought we could all do with a healthy cocktail of inspiration, motivation, practical advice, and actionable tips.

So I reached out to 16 of your favorite previous guests on my show and asked them what their one piece of advice was to have the most successful year ever.

From Chris Guillebeau to Michael Port to Jill Stanton to Matthew Kimberley, they all delivered in spades.

In this episode I asked the question:

What do you need to make 2017 your most successful year ever?

Here’s what you’re going to learn:

How to figure out how to set goals in alignment with your higher purpose
Top advice on reverse engineering your success
How to really niche down and stop using a one stop solution for everyone
How to develop the capability to create a bigger impact by taking on more responsibility
A productivity trick to create a year’s worth of content in just a few days
A simple tactic to align your thoughts with your actions so you can achieve big goals
A friendly understanding voice motivating you to just put one foot in front of the other

All this and much more is condensed into this short episode where I enlisted your favorite podcast guests to contribute with a message under 90 seconds, to help you have a rocking 2017.

Listen in and enjoy this one. I’m sure you’ll love it!

Here’s to hoping you have an amazing 2017.

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS

Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

Michael's new book: Beyond the E-Myth: The Evolution of an Enterprise: From a Company of One to a Company of 1,000!
In Search of the Miraculous
I Am That

Want reliable hosting for your blog and website at 50% off?

HostGator is your one-stop shop for all things web hosting. From design and marketing services to easy-to-use website builders, they are with you every step of the way.

Thanks to their 24/7 – 365 days a year live support – which you can get via chat, phone and email – any and all questions you have can be answered in no time at all.

They offer unmetered disk space and bandwidth, an easy to use control panel, 4500 free website templates, and one-click WordPress installs.

HostGator has partnered with me to help my listeners get started. Click the link below to get 50% off any new hosting package.

Visit Hostgator.com/Suitcase

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Previous Episode

[298] How to Achieve Whatever you Want with Michael Gerber

Is selling the business you love the only way to achieve whatever you want?

Michael Gerber, the author of the New York Times bestseller, The E-Myth Revisited, says it is. He says you should be thinking about scaling and selling your small business, even before you start.

No wonder he calls himself the Chief Aggravator!

In this final interview on my podcast, it seemed fitting to talk about thinking about selling you business before you even begin it, and why you want to scale and grow your business if you ever want to be successful.

There were moments when Michael certainly 'aggravated me' as my thoughts around this, with my impending business sabbatical, definitely differ, but in some areas I certainly agree with his thinking.

And so do tens of millions of others who have bought his book and followed his work over the 40 years he's been wanting to change the face of small business, the world over.

Michael has always wanted small business owners to think of their business as a turnkey business that can be customized and personalized.

According to him, you should start your small business by writing an eulogy for it, because it is a part of your legacy.

And you don’t get to choose whether you have a legacy or not; you already have one. Your only choice is to engage with it intentionally, or not.

In this episode, Michael and I talk about how you can achieve whatever you want if you are willing to begin again. We also discuss if it is worth it to sacrifice everything else in the pursuit of the thing you’re passionate about.

This episode will challenge your assumptions about small business, freedom, and even your vision for your life. Proceed with caution.

In this episode you'll learn:

What a turnkey business is and whether it can be customized and personalized
Why would you sell if you actually enjoy and love running your business
Whether it's worth sacrificing everything in the pursuit of passion
Why our definition of freedom is superficial and are we truly free
How he started his business back in 1977 with the mission 'to become the McDonalds of small business consulting'.

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Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

Michael's new book: Beyond the E-Myth: The Evolution of an Enterprise: From a Company of One to a Company of 1,000!
In Search of the Miraculous
I Am That

Want reliable hosting for your blog and website at 50% off?

HostGator is your one-stop shop for all things web hosting. From design and marketing services to easy-to-use website builders, they are with you every step of the way.

Thanks to their 24/7 – 365 days a year live support – which you can get via chat, phone and email – any and all questions you have can be answered in no time at all.

They offer unmetered disk space and bandwidth, an easy to use control panel, 4500 free website templates, and one-click WordPress installs.

HostGator has partnered with me to help my listeners get started. Click the link below to get 50% off any new hosting package.

Visit Hostgator.com/Suitcase

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Next Episode

[300] Three Words That Will Make 2017 The Best Year Ever

Each year, I pick one word which explains what I want the next year to look, be, feel and sound like, and focuses me in on those intentions.

But this year, after reading a great email from Mike Vardy on this matter, who took it from Chris Brogan, I’m picking three words that will make 2017 the best year ever for me.

Before I tell you the three words, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear freedomist, for listening in to my podcast every single week.

I can’t believe that this is episode 300, and I wanted to let you know that this will be the last ever podcast in this format.

I will be relaunching and rebranding this podcast to Natalie Sisson’s Quest For Freedom this January 2017 (but you won't have to change a thing if you're already subscribed to it as I'm using the same feed on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio and beyond.

It will be a narrative format podcast, where I will talk about topics that I want to and that you want me to, and have conversations with people on topics related to Freedom.

If you ever read a choose your own adventure kind of book as a kid, that’s what my new podcast is going to be like. The podcast will be guided by my three words for 2017:

Curiosity
Enthusiasm
Adventure

Throughout 2016 I have felt like I needed a break from my business. Then after having a really poor program launch in September, I felt I had reached a tipping point, and that it was also a sign.

So I started putting things in motion which will allow me to fire myself as the CEO of my business, starting April 2017.

I want to take a break from the niche of online business because after almost 7 years I have been feeling a bit meh and think it's time to recharge and energize myself to come back stronger and better.

I want to go back to being a student again. I want to be extremely curious, learn new things, focus on personal development and growth, expand my horizons and network, and dive into areas I have no freaking ideas about.

I want to be excited about going to new places, meet new people, and do new things. I want to feel like a kid again, who approaches everything in life with enthusiasm.

And I want adventure to be a part of my life again. Not just in terms of traveling the world which I will do less of, but being able to take a real vacation and what my life is going to feel like without the business aspect of it. This new way of life is going to be my adventure.

So I want to ask you, how are you going to make it your best year yet? What are you going to change? What are you going to do differently? What are you going to give up to embrace the new in 2017?

Hit me up on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram and let me know what are your three words for 2017.

Listen in to this episode to learn about:

What changes I'm making in my life and business for 2017
The three words I have picked for 2017 that will help me focus on what I really want to do
Why this podcast is changing over to Natalie Sisson's Quest For Freedom, and what that means for you

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