The Fastest Way to Build a One-Person Business Is Not What You Think

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The one-person business model has been an idea that’s captured people’s hearts — it opened the door to a new way of living.

Silently, many of us felt the pang of the disillusionment of success. For years, the narrative was climb and build. If you were in the corporate world, that meant climbing the ladder, getting promoted, and working late. If it was building your own thing, it was hiring, firing, creating, expanding.

All the while, people felt at odds — it wasn’t freedom they felt, it was more trapped than ever. More stress, less time.

The reality: managing people is hard and stressful.

What a lot of people wanted was the financial reward without the ‘people’ stress. And so the one-person business model with no people to manage was born.

Here’s how you can thrive in this new world.

What you then need (that nobody talks about)

When people are relying on you, something strange happens. Motivation almost comes as a guarantee. It’s hard not to be motivated when you know people are looking to you for the answers.

When you know people’s lives are reliant on the business doing well, people’s bonuses are hinged on your…