Thanks for writing this, it clarifies a lot. It's wild how often the most brilliant minds get stuck on what seems like a simple bug in their own code. What do you think is the biggest unseen variable in your current algoritm?
Thanks for your comment. I think the bug in my code is that I've let some negative experiences rewrite my self image in a limiting way. So that even though I've had successes, I write them off as the exception rather than the rule, and have a story about being stuck that keeps turning into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
This was a tough one to read as I know it was a tough one to write.
The hardest part about reading this is that I KNOW you have the goods.
I don't have answers but sometimes have marginally useful advice at times. My advice would be to dissect some of the wins you're experiencing at your "day job" and apply those to seek out your ideal client HARD.
Your work on Substack is good and it appeals to many people in many stages of their journey. Perhaps that's why it doesn't land on your ideal client as often as it should.
Make your ideal client see themselves and their problems in your solutions.
I know that's a broad strokes response, but that's what I'm telling myself because I too have solutions but I'm not selling them. That's my problem.
I'll tell you the same thing I'm telling myself - sell more! Focus on the small problems and offer solutions to those problems.
You have proven that once you're connected, you're a machine at scaling with those clients. Find a way to connect MORE and you'll be golden!
I appreciate your comments. Part of the exploration here is figuring out what I have to say that might resonate with others. I've always had the challenge of being a bit of a generalist. So even my own advice to others to niche down feels like an impossibility when applied to myself. The hard part about this is when you need something to work now, you can't always think clearly - or have enough patience - to wait for the experimenting and doing to bear fruit. And ironically that seems to make things take longer to work!
Thanks for writing this, it clarifies a lot. It's wild how often the most brilliant minds get stuck on what seems like a simple bug in their own code. What do you think is the biggest unseen variable in your current algoritm?
Thanks for your comment. I think the bug in my code is that I've let some negative experiences rewrite my self image in a limiting way. So that even though I've had successes, I write them off as the exception rather than the rule, and have a story about being stuck that keeps turning into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
This was a tough one to read as I know it was a tough one to write.
The hardest part about reading this is that I KNOW you have the goods.
I don't have answers but sometimes have marginally useful advice at times. My advice would be to dissect some of the wins you're experiencing at your "day job" and apply those to seek out your ideal client HARD.
Your work on Substack is good and it appeals to many people in many stages of their journey. Perhaps that's why it doesn't land on your ideal client as often as it should.
Make your ideal client see themselves and their problems in your solutions.
I know that's a broad strokes response, but that's what I'm telling myself because I too have solutions but I'm not selling them. That's my problem.
I'll tell you the same thing I'm telling myself - sell more! Focus on the small problems and offer solutions to those problems.
You have proven that once you're connected, you're a machine at scaling with those clients. Find a way to connect MORE and you'll be golden!
I appreciate your comments. Part of the exploration here is figuring out what I have to say that might resonate with others. I've always had the challenge of being a bit of a generalist. So even my own advice to others to niche down feels like an impossibility when applied to myself. The hard part about this is when you need something to work now, you can't always think clearly - or have enough patience - to wait for the experimenting and doing to bear fruit. And ironically that seems to make things take longer to work!
LOVE the singular U, btw!