How to Get Out of a Rut (Here’s the 10 Things That Worked Best for Me)
We all get stuck in a rut occasionally. Some are deeper than others. Sometimes they take longer to climb out of. But no matter where you are in life, how successful you are, or how great things seem on...
View ArticleBusiness Mistakes: 5 Things I’d Do Differently if Starting Over in 2024
In my 10 plus years of running Location Rebel, let’s just say I’ve made a lot of business mistakes. Wait, hold up. Did I just say ten years? Why yes, my astute friend, I did. And if we’re counting,...
View ArticleAtomic Habits Review: 5 Ways to Start a New Habit
The year was 2012, and I woke up one August morning to an email from a friend that said: “Want to fly to NYC for free and go to a bunch of fashion week events?” If you know me, you know I don’t belong...
View ArticleHow to Work from Home: 11 Tips for Staying Productive
In March 2020, the whole world changed. All of a sudden millions of people were called in from the office and tasked with learning how to work from home. Now years later, many people are still working...
View ArticleHow to Grow a Podcast in 2024 (With ZERO Experience)
Trying to figure out how to grow a podcast quickly? There may be no one on the planet better qualified to teach you how to do this than John Lee Dumas, of Entrepreneurs on Fire. So I’ll let him take...
View ArticleHow to Get People to Say Yes (Using These 4 Secret Words)
Learning how to get people to say yes to your cold emails, pitches, or requests is one of the single best skills you can learn as an online business owner. Recently I received an email, not unlike...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Sean?
Chances are you haven’t noticed a thing. You’ve been living your life, doing your thing, and you had no idea that I haven’t posted a new Location Rebel video in 3 months. But to me, it feels like I’ve...
View ArticleHow to Restart as an Entrepreneur After a Big Failure (or False Start)
One of the hardest things to do as an entrepreneur is to restart after a failed venture. I’m going to let you in on a little secret that I haven’t told many people. When I first launched my first...
View ArticleHow to Start an Online Business (It’s Easier than You Think)
14 years. That’s how long I’ve been running my own online businesses, and while the online landscape is completely different now than it was back when I started in 2009, there’s one thing that remains...
View ArticleHow to Set Goals and Achieve Them in 2024
Every year for the last decade, I send out the same email to my newsletter subscribers, right before the start of the new year. In it, I ask them to tell me the one thing they hope to do in the coming...
View Article7 Mistakes Beginners Make When Building an Online Business
I’ve been helping people build online businesses for well over a decade now. I’m all about making money online through your words and using that newfound income and freedom to build the lifestyle you...
View Article12 Defining Moments in Life (and the Importance of Each)
When I originally wrote this post in 2010, I was sitting on a ferry from Koh Phi Phi, Thailand to Railay Beach. I was floating on the Andaman Sea late morning on a Wedensday. The same Wednesday that...
View ArticleHow to Build Skills Quickly (And Get Total Job Security in the Process)
Our whole lives, we’ve been trained to think that gaining knowledge, building skills, and simply learning how to do stuff takes a lot of time. The traditional education system for most people lasts...
View ArticleHow to Accomplish Your Goals: The Stair Step Method
You know the saying, “You can have anything you want; you just can’t have everything you want?” For the most part, I believe this. If all you want is to own a Ferrari, you can get there—actually...
View ArticleWhy Everyone is Holding You Back
This post was originally published on Location Rebel in October 2010, right after I returned from a year of living in Thailand after quitting my job. I’ve kept it published because I think it’s...
View ArticleHow to Get Anything You Want in Life (The Complete Guide)
I originally wrote this post in 2016 for my 31st birthday. In the 8 years since then, I’ve continued to have more success than I’d ever imagined possible when I started Location Rebel in 2009. Looking...
View ArticleAre you Consuming or Creating?
This post was originally published in October 2010 and has been lightly edited and updated as of October 2024. Have you ever put much time into thinking about the difference between the time you spend...
View ArticleSorry, I’m Not Going to Tell You What You Want to Hear
Have you ever had an encounter that looks a little something like this? Someone asks you for advice You give them advice Upon receiving advice they say “Oh this is great, this is exactly what I needed...
View ArticleHow to Beat Imposter Syndrome as a Blogger or Freelance Writer
There’s a real problem in the blog world right now. And it’s not what you think. It’s not about traffic, sales, or leads. It’s about credibility. With millions of blogs on the internet, people want to...
View ArticleWhen Should You Quit Your Job? Questions to Answer First
I was terrified in the months leading up to the day I left my job. I didn’t know what to do; I feared the uncertainty of it all, and I didn’t have much of a plan together. Deep down, I knew I wanted to...
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