When I first started, I thought business ownership meant complete freedom to wake up whenever and work however I pleased.

But here's the truth: successful businesses require the same dedication as professional artists or athletes.

You need to create your own structure, follow your schedule religiously, and understand that skill development takes time.

Just like you can't expect to run a marathon after one day of training, you can't expect immediate business success. It's about consistent practice and accepting that lag time between starting and seeing results.

If you’re interested in working with a group, I run a membership community of joyfully productive business "athletes" :) called JoyPro: https://www.georgekao.com/joypro

Despite the abundance of free information and the rise of AI, I still believe that creators will be able to make a good living selling their own courses -- because you have a unique human presence and nuanced insights about your field...

As creators, we aren't the best judge of their own work... our time, energy, and emotional investment often cloud our objectivity.

Let's continually practice creating with a light touch……detaching from expectations of outcome.

Just like the vital rhythms of the body and nature, our business needs our reliable rhythms of creation...