Invincible Solopreneurs - Make a living doing more of what you love

In this episode, Anna and I discuss the trap of building a business that replicates the worst parts of being an employee, but gives you none of the benefits. We have friends and clients who have made that mistake!

Below are a few questions you should ask yourself. Note: We dive deep into each one in the podcast audio. Scroll up, hit play, and listen.

Do you own your time?

* If you’re always reacting to client work, you’re not running the business. It’s running you.

Do you have pricing power?

* Jobs pay for your time.

* Businesses charge for outcomes.

* If clients push your rates around, you’re still in employee mode.

Can you say no without panicking?

* The ability to decline a project without anxiety = business maturity.

Are you building systems?

* A business builds assets: processes, IP, offers, funnels, and client lists.

* If everything breaks without you, it’s a job with more overhead.

Do you work on the business or always in it?

* Time spent thinking, planning, or optimizing = actual business-owner work.

* If you never zoom out, you’re just self-managing burnout.

Do you have an acquisition engine?

* If you rely on luck, referrals, or job boards, you’re a contractor, not a business owner.

➡️ Are you worried that your business model has become an unpleasant trap? You can always schedule a call with Larry or Anna. See links below…

Larry Cornett is a business coach who works with ambitious professionals to help them reclaim their power, become more invincible, and create better opportunities for their work and lives. Do more of what you love and less of what you hate! You can schedule a complimentary call with him at any time.

Anna Codina is a peak performance coach who helps busy owners detach from work to live better personal lives. Are you feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or struggling to find that elusive work-life harmony? You’re not alone. Her coaching philosophy is simple: Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Get unstuck in 15 mins!

Why would you repeat old pain and misery if you could choose to escape it?

I think everyone would prefer to avoid that situation. Yet, many people escape a bad work experience only to find themselves right back in the middle of another nightmare.

I was recently talking with a friend who had worked for a narcissistic boss. They described how bad the environment was and the horrible things this boss said and did. So, they eventually quit and found a new job.

Guess what?

Their new boss is toxic, too. The work environment is unhealthy, and they dream of escaping it. Again. Negative patterns have an unpleasant way of repeating if you don’t solve the underlying issues that create them.

Given all this, I ask my business coaching clients to stop racing ahead with an entrepreneurial idea. I want them to pause, take a breath, and engage in some deep introspection first.

If I work with you, I start the business coaching and planning process with a deep dive into:

* Who you really are.

* How you want to spend your days.

* What you really want for your life.

* Where you want to (ideally) end up when your working journey ends.

In this episode, I take you through the first step of what a coaching engagement with me is like and the exercises I would ask you to complete.

Scroll up, hit play, and listen to hear some ideas that can help you design your next new business.

➡️ Would you like to brainstorm some marketing ideas with me? You can schedule a complimentary call.

Larry Cornett is a business coach who works with ambitious professionals to help them reclaim their power, become more invincible, and create better opportunities for their work and lives. Do more of what you love and less of what you hate! Check out his new Invincible Solopreneurs Daily Journal!

“Why didn’t you answer my emails this weekend?”

My new client had already forgotten the ground rules I had established before we started working together. For example:

* I don’t work for free.

* I don’t work over the weekend.

* I don’t do calls super early in the morning or late at night (I make some exceptions for clients in radically different time zones).

* I’m not available for texting 24x7.

* I take time off for vacations, holidays, birthdays, and other special occasions.

* I'm not available for panicked last-minute calls with the expectation that I drop everything.

Do you know why?

Because I did all the above as an employee, and it made my life miserable. I missed weekends with my children, dinners with my family, and vacations. I worked myself to death and damaged my physical, emotional, and mental health.

Therefore, I sure as hell would not design my business to replicate that misery. You shouldn’t either! As an employee, you have to put up with a lot of crap if you want to get promoted and keep your job. It’s an employer’s market now, and they know it.

When you create your first business, it’s easy to overlook setting boundaries because you may not have been allowed to do that as an employee. Even if you established some limits, you sure couldn’t set all the boundaries you wanted!

So, you may end up on a slippery slope of clients/customers pushing your boundaries inch by inch. It usually starts slowly with a late call here and some extra free work there. But, before you know it, you’ve let things go too far and you're finding yourself pretty miserable running a business that was supposed to set you free.

Let me be your guide for this and advise you to capture what you want your working boundaries to be now. Some you’ll know right away, but some you will discover as you work with more clients. No worries! Document the new ones and add these additional guidelines to future contracts.

I go into more detail in the audio of this podcast episode, so scroll up, hit play, and listen. I discuss seven critical categories to consider when establishing your boundaries with clients.

* Communication Boundaries

* Time Boundaries

* Financial Boundaries

* Scope of Work Boundaries

* Professional Boundaries

* Personal Energy & Emotional Boundaries

* Legal & Ethical Boundaries

I created a Google Doc with placeholder operational guidelines for an engagement with clients and customers. Feel free to copy it and modify as needed for your type of business!

Would you like to brainstorm some boundary ideas with me? You can schedule a complimentary call.

Larry Cornett is a business coach who works with ambitious professionals to help them reclaim their power, become more invincible, and create better opportunities for their work and lives. Do more of what you love and less of what you hate! Check out his new Invincible Solopreneurs Daily Journal!

Business owners don’t talk about this enough…

Not every client is worth keeping.

Sometimes the money isn’t worth the misery. That’s what Anna and Larry discuss in this episode:

* The hidden costs of nightmare clients (boy, do we have some stories!).

* A framework for deciding when it is time to let a client go:

* When there is a values misalignment

* When energy drain > revenue gain

* When it becomes a growth limiter

* The Pain-in-the-Ass Index™ (PITA Score)

* The red flags that tell you it’s time to fire a client

* How to be a professional when you let a client go.

The PITA scoring system

You can use this scoring system to evaluate your working relationship with a client who seems to drain you. It can help you remain objective when deciding whether to keep or fire a client.

A score of “1” means the client is ideal and at the top of your client list for that criterion (e.g., they are very respectful, honor your boundaries, always pay on time, never stress you, align with your values, etc.).

A score of “10” means the client is toxic and at the bottom of your client list for that criterion (e.g., they are very disrespectful, do not honor your boundaries, pay late, stress you, do not align with your values, make you feel dread when they call, etc.).

Final Score = (Average score of the seven criteria) + Gut Check Point (if applicable).

Decision Guide

* 1–3 = All good — continue engagement.

* 4–5 = Some concerns — address issues or set firmer boundaries.

* 6–7 = Serious warning — consider renegotiation or preparing to end it.

* ≥ 8 = Actively toxic — initiate disengagement soon.

Have you ever had to fire a client? What led you to that decision?

Larry Cornett is an Empowerment Coach who works with ambitious professionals to help them reclaim their power, become more invincible, and create better opportunities for their work and lives. Do more of what you love and less of what you hate! Check out his new Invincible Solopreneurs Daily Journal!

Anna Codina is a peak performance coach who helps busy owners detach from work to live better personal lives. Are you feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or struggling to find that elusive work-life harmony? You're not alone. Her coaching philosophy is simple: Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Get unstuck in 15 mins!

My guest for this episode is David Jesse, Executive Product Leader, advisor, coach, and founder of Crescendo Product Group. His company enables product teams to deliver progressively stronger customer value and business outcomes.

About David

David Jesse is a seasoned product management executive with over 25 years of experience in companies ranging from seed-stage startups to large public enterprises. With deep expertise in marketplaces and global expansion, David has held executive product leadership roles at DoorDash, Fetch, Groupon, and eBay during periods of rapid expansion.

David is also a co-founder and co-lead of the Chicago Product Alliance. The CPA works to elevate the general practice of product in Chicago. They organize keynote speakers, panels, workshops, and meetups in conjunction with Chicago chapters of groups such as ProductTank, Women In Product, ProductCamp, and Black Product Managers.

We talk about

* His background in Product leadership at eBay, PayPal, Gaia Interactive, Groupon, DoorDash, Fetch, etc.

* When you have high-performing teams, people can flex between roles

* How he defines fractional leadership (i.e., expertise on demand)

* Why companies hire fractional leaders to help them accelerate execution, solve problems with gaps, navigate change management, tap into unique expertise, etc.

* Fractional vs. Interim leadership needs for a client

* Product operations vs. Product execution

* The value of getting an outside, unbiased perspective

* How your network is one of your most powerful career assets

* The serendipity of discovering new opportunities through your network

* How your reputation—good or bad—follows you around

* Why he founded Crescendo Product Group and how he helps companies (e.g., transformation consulting, product leadership coaching, workshops)

* The value of having a leadership mentor who is in your corner

* How product management has evolved over the past decades

* The massive disruption, new opportunities, and risks of using AI

* How people should think about their careers for the next 10 years

Scroll up and hit play to listen to our full conversation.

Where to find more

* Crescendo Product Group

* David’s LinkedIn

Larry Cornett is a business coach who works with ambitious professionals to help them reclaim their power, become more invincible, and create better opportunities for their work and lives. Do more of what you love and less of what you hate! Check out his new Invincible Solopreneurs Daily Journal!

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Set your solopreneur systems up more easily, launch your new business faster, and learn quickly through real testing with real customers in just a few days. That’s what Anna and I discuss in this episode.

By the way, she is safe from the volcanic eruption in Costa Rica. Let’s get that out of the way first. You’ll hear us talking about it at the beginning of the episode. Once we moved past that concern, we jumped into the topic of how we set up all the basic tech and operational services for new solopreneur businesses (more details below).

I recently created a new tech stack for someone’s solopreneur business. I shared this in an article a few weeks ago, so I included those 10 steps below. Scroll up and hit play on this podcast episode to hear us go into more detail about the process, why the systems are so important, and what we recommend when starting your new business.

Sequence of setup operations

* Email: Create an email address for your business using a trusted email provider. For example, you can set up a new business email address using Proton Mail (e.g., [email protected]) and purchase a plan that provides at least one custom email name (e.g., [email protected]).

* Domain Name: Now, you can use that new email address to sign up for domain name hosting (e.g., Namecheap) and secure a suitable domain name for your business.

* Calendar: Unfortunately, I haven’t found another calendar service that integrates as easily with so many other services as Google Calendar does. So, you’ll have to set that up for your business, too.

* Cloudflare: I love using Cloudflare for its ease of managing DNS records, improved website performance, and enhanced security (e.g., blocking attacks). To use Cloudflare to manage your DNS records instead, update your nameservers with your domain name host (step 2).

* Custom Email Domain: Now that you have your domain name, you can set up a custom email name with Proton (e.g., [email protected]) and update your DNS MX records with Cloudflare. Please verify that you can send and receive from this new custom email before you use it to sign up for any other business services.

* Website: Use your preferred website builder and hosting service to set up your new business website (e.g., I like Carrd). You will want to publish this new website using your new business domain (e.g., www.yourbusinessdomain.com).

* Booking Meetings: Many services (e.g., Calendly) allow people to schedule meetings, but I’m a fan of TidyCal for its “buy once, use forever” model. Once you configure this service, you can set up both free and paid appointments.

* Getting Paid: You’ll need a payment service to configure your paid appointments (e.g., with TidyCal) and accept payments from customers and clients. The easiest ones to set up are Stripe, PayPal, and Venmo; however, if you already have a preferred option, many others are also available.

* Banking: Set up a separate bank account for your business. This will make your life much easier for accounting and tax preparation in the future.

* Meetings and Calls: Most of us prefer not to share our private phone numbers with clients and customers. So, set up something like Zoom or Google Meet so you can have audio calls or video chats with them.

Scroll up and hit play to listen to us explain this process and the steps in more detail. Plus, the usual banter and laughter. We’re only human!

What are your favorite tools, services, and systems that are a must-have for your business? We’d love to hear about them! Please leave a comment below.

Larry Cornett is a Freedom Coach who works with ambitious professionals to help them reclaim their power, become invincible, and create new opportunities for their work and lives. Do more of what you love and less of what you hate! Check out his new Invincible Solopreneurs Daily Journal!

Anna Codina is a peak performance coach who helps busy owners detach from work to live better personal lives. Are you feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or struggling to find that elusive work-life harmony? You're not alone. Her coaching philosophy is simple: Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Get unstuck in 15 mins!

Does any of this sound familiar?

* Do you feel guilty if you’re not productive every day?

* Do you ever feel you can’t take a vacation from your business?

* Have you been taught that you need to hustle 24x7 to be successful?

* Do you worry about revenue flow and hate to say “No” to any new work?

If you answered yes to one or more of those questions, this episode is for you!

Anna and I discuss the productivity trap that many business owners fall into. We may feel lazy if we’re not always hustling to land new clients. We worry that our businesses will fall apart if we take a break or go away on a long vacation. We take on new clients we would rather avoid because we hate saying “No” to more income, and we fear hitting a dry spell.

Scroll up and hit play to listen to our advice about avoiding this trap so you can learn how to enjoy your life and enjoy running your business, too!

Larry Cornett is a Freedom Coach who works with ambitious professionals to help them reclaim their power, become invincible, and create new opportunities for their work and lives. Do more of what you love and less of what you hate! Check out his new Invincible Solopreneurs Daily Journal!

Anna Codina is a peak performance coach who helps busy owners detach from work to live better personal lives. Are you feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or struggling to find that elusive work-life harmony? You're not alone. Her coaching philosophy is simple: Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Get unstuck in 15 mins!

Gaslighting, lying, bullying, threatening, belittling, and generally toxic behavior.

We’ve all endured some lose-lose moments in our working relationships when deals go sideways, conversations become hostile, and you wonder if you can keep working together.

* Those red flags in an initial client meeting that you shouldn’t have ignored.

* A friendly customer who later turns hostile and demanding.

* The deal negotiation that is starting to feel like it will be a terrible idea to accept.

I’m happy to have Anna Codina as my co-host for this episode (and hopefully all future episodes). Anna and I have known each other for many years, and she has been a solopreneur for most of her working life. We co-hosted a previous podcast together with another friend, Trip O’Dell, which was called the Brave New Workforce.

In this episode, Anna and I discuss why so many of us had an immediately familiar and bad feeling as we watched Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the current president of Ukraine, get pulled into an unpleasant deal negotiation (regarding a mineral deal and cease-fire negotiation with Russia) that went sideways in the Oval Office on Feb 28th, 2025 with the U.S. president, Donald Trump.

In just a few minutes, many red flags popped up in this political meeting that typically would take weeks or months to emerge after working with a troubling business client. Anna and I have both experienced many of these issues and learned some painful lessons.

Hit play to listen to our conversation about identifying these red flag issues and how you can avoid them as a solopreneur business owner.

10 Red Flag Moments from the Oval Office

* They try to control the narrative from the beginning.

* The goalposts keep moving.

* A positive, upbeat beginning turns into a rapid, hostile tone switch.

* They start asking you to justify your worth and putting you on the defensive.

* They “dangle the carrot” of the future, wonderful things.

* Nothing they discuss is set in stone (e.g., everything is vague and fuzzy).

* They try to force unrealistic timelines.

* They criticize without offering details or solutions.

* They want you to “work for exposure” (i.e., you should feel lucky to have the deal).

* They trash-talk past partners, contractors, employees, etc.

Scroll up, hit play, and listen to our entire conversation. Comment below if you have a story about a red flag moment with a client or potential customer.

* What did you learn from it?

* What advice would you give others?

Larry Cornett is a Freedom Coach who works with ambitious professionals to help them reclaim their power, become invincible, and create new opportunities for their work and lives. Do more of what you love and less of what you hate! Check out his new Invincible Solopreneurs Daily Journal!

Anna Codina is a peak performance coach who helps busy owners detach from work to live better personal lives. Are you feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or struggling to find that elusive work-life harmony? You're not alone. Her coaching philosophy is simple: Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Get unstuck in 15 mins!

I have saved approximately $190,000 over the past 15 years by becoming a solopreneur.

I know that number seems insane. It can’t be real, right?!?

Let me share the math with you (more details in the podcast audio). Before I left my last corporate job in 2010, I was spending:

* 🕰️ 750 hours/year commuting to a corporate campus.

* 🚗 13,000 miles/year on California freeways.

* ⛽️ $3,000/year on fuel.

* 💰 About $10,000/year for other expenses like meals, coffee, new clothing, dry cleaning, vehicle maintenance and repair, various services (e.g., home repairs), etc.

That Was Then, This Is Now

* I work out of my home office. No commute!

* I don’t drive on the freeways anymore.

* My fuel costs are absurdly low. I only drive a few miles/month to check my mail in town occasionally.

* I eat at home. No more expensive meals while I’m at work (e.g., going out for lunch).

* I make excellent coffee at home. I used to spend thousands of dollars a year at Starbucks (BTW, how much do you spend?).

* I no longer purchase lots of new clothing for work or do any dry cleaning. Hello, hoodie and comfortable pants!

* My vehicle repairs dropped to almost nothing. I got rid of my expensive-to-maintain BMW and started driving a 1987 Toyota pickup, which I love. Plus, I barely drive, so wear and tear are minimal now.

* All those other incidental expenses from a corporate job and commute vanished.

* Another bonus? I work out every day, eat healthier, and have time to take care of myself. So, I lost 40 lbs and got into the best shape of my life.

Remote work works. I love solopreneurship, and I could never return to a corporate office.

However, that’s not why I wrote this newsletter and recorded this podcast. When people consider quitting their jobs to start a business, they focus on the revenue side of things. Can they replace their employment income?

What most people don't consider is that they will also be reducing their expenses at the same time. Yes, you will spend money to run your business (note: this can be less than you think). But those are business expenses, not personal expenses. As such, they are tax deductible and reduce your taxable income.

The money I spent as an employee could not be treated as a tax deduction. In fact, very few workers are allowed to deduct unreimbursed employee expenses now, thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

So, when you run the numbers on that business you’re thinking about building; you may not need to make as much as you think to replace your current income as an employee. Do the math and calculate how much that 9-5 job costs you mentally, emotionally, and financially.

I’m Larry Cornett, a Freedom Coach who works with you to optimize your career, business, and life. My mission is to help you become a more "Invincible You" so you can live your life on your terms instead of being controlled by someone else's rules. My wife and I live in Northern California near Lake Tahoe.

Morning journaling changed my life.

I’m so glad I started doing it years ago. Before I did, I would:

* Lose many of my best ideas (e.g., “I’m sure I’ll remember this cool idea later!”).

* Never set aside enough time for brainstorming and creativity to improve my life and business.

* Feel stressed out because I checked my email, messages, and news first thing in the morning.

Journaling is a process, a habit, and a way of thinking about yourself, your life, and the world. The time for introspection, creative thinking, and calm reflection has been among the best investments I’ve made in myself.

However, I’ve never been happy with the journals I used. And, oh boy, have I purchased a lot of different kinds of journals over the years! So, I finally designed what I always wanted and recently published my creation: The Invincible Daily Journals (featuring four seasons). Note: I also have a journal specifically for business owners, The Invincible Solopreneurs Daily Journal.

Benefits of Journaling

I’ve talked about the power of writing and journaling before, which you can read in the article linked below.

From the Harvard Business Review:

A certain kind of guided, detailed writing can not only help us process what we’ve been through and assist us as we envision a path forward; it can lower our blood pressure, strengthen our immune systems, and increase our general well-being. Expressive writing can result in a reduction in stress, anxiety, and depression; improve our sleep and performance; and bring us greater focus and clarity. (source)

A New Journal Design

After I left the corporate world in 2010, my life no longer revolved around quarters (i.e., Q1 through Q4). Also, humans aren’t meant to behave like corporations trapped in an artificial Q1-Q4 world. We live through very different cycles influenced by:

* Personal events (e.g., vacations, birthdays, weddings, birth of a child, illness, loss).

* Shared events (e.g., seasonal holidays, national holidays, local events).

* Seasons, weather, and daylight hours.

So, I wanted a journal that recognized this instead of arbitrarily structuring the pages by quarters or even months (e.g., the experience of November in the U.S. is very different from November in Australia).

I also wanted the journals to support the personal ebb and flow of life, the daily ebb and flow of creativity and energy, and the seasonal ebb and flow of what matters to you in those moments of time. You can see the seasonal design reflected in the journal covers below.

As I mentioned, I tested dozens of journal styles over several years. None of them quite met my needs.

* Some were too basic (e.g., blank pages with no prompts).

* Others were too complex and rigid (e.g., way too much structure or structure I didn’t need).

* Some were full of the author’s commentary, leaving little room for my own thoughts and sketches.

So, I spent the past decade fine-tuning effective morning journaling by modifying various journals I’ve used over the years. Using my favorite new fountain pen, I created my own headings, prompts, and visual elements on the pages.

Eventually, I settled into a format that I really liked. But, every morning, I had to rewrite the section headings I wanted — day after day, week after week, and month after month.

Well, enough was enough. Last year, I spent several months designing the ideal journal I wanted to use. Then, I created the four versions for spring, summer, fall, and winter and published them on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Lulu.

Now they are available for everyone!

Each book includes 90 days of entries to kick off your mornings and much more! All the journals include this “How to” page, but let me take you through the design of the entry pages and how to get the most out of using them. I’ll go into more detail in the audio of the podcast, too.

* I’ve learned that morning journaling works best if you do it before something else distracts you, saps your creativity, or ruins your mood.

* Obviously, each entry page has a place to enter the date.

* The circles at the top-right corner of the page let you assess how you are feeling that day on a scale of 1 to 5 (e.g., 1 = Terrible, 3 = Okay, 5 = Great).

* Every day, you write down your most important goal for the season. It may or may not change throughout the 90 days, but writing it down every day reinforces how important it is for you and strengthens your commitment to accomplishing it.

* More importantly, you note what you plan to do that day to continue making progress toward that goal. This process helps you hold yourself accountable.

* Then, you prioritize and enter your top 3 tasks for the day. Sure, you might get more done, but this ensures you focus your energy on the most important tasks first.

* The morning thoughts section is for you to capture a stream of consciousness of creative ideas, random thoughts, sketches, diagrams, or whatever pops into your head.

* Finally, you can return later in the evening (or the next morning) to write down your key takeaway for the day that could improve your life going forward. What did you learn?

Here is an example of a completed entry page.

Over the years, I’ve created a personal note-taking system that is somewhat similar to the bullet journal notations.

* I use a bullet for each new idea or thought.

* Sometimes, I will nest additional bullets under a parent item using hyphens.

* I use an asterisk for something I want to highlight as important.

* A checkbox is for a future task.

* I frequently flip through past pages to check off to-do items and remind me of things I still need to get done.

* I use all kinds of boxes, circles, underlines, and arrows for additional emphasis and grouping ideas.

Why Paper?

So, why do I use a paper journal instead of the thousands of available digital options? I’m glad you asked! Yes, I have tried various apps and tools over the years, but nothing matches a paper journal's distraction-free focus, speed, and flexibility.

* Rapidly switching between typing and drawing is still slow and clumsy in apps, even on my iPad.

* Being on my iPad, phone, or laptop leaves me vulnerable to digital distractions. Notifications plague me, it is too tempting to check my email, and social media and news are a dangerous click away.

* The paper pages have many subtle visual cues that make them easy to scan and search. I can dogear the corner of a really important page, insert bookmarks and tape flags, and fan the pages to browse my day assessments, notes, sketches, etc.

* I can quickly and easily flip between two pages and compare the content. This is still way easier in paper books than any digital medium.

* I can take my journal with me everywhere (e.g., outside on my deck, at the coffee shop, on a flight), and it never runs out of battery, gets a cracked screen, reflects the sun’s glare, or crashes.

Research has shown that there is a unique value in physically writing and drawing in a paper notebook. I already do much of my daily work on my phone, iPad, and laptop. If you know my background, you know I’m not a Luddite. I spent decades of my professional career designing and shipping all kinds of software.

However, spending 20 minutes writing in a paper journal while I enjoy my coffee is a rare treat every morning. I love the break from the digital world! I love sketching concepts, creating diagrams, and writing notes by hand. It feels different, and my brain appreciates it.

What to Write About

I actually started journaling a long time ago. I was about 16 years old and wanted to capture my thoughts and dreams.

Even then, I realized that doing it first thing in the morning was essential. I kept a notebook on my nightstand to jot down my dreams when I woke up — before they faded away. I’ve always been a vivid dreamer, so I wanted to use that to help me write fiction.

I wish I had kept journaling, but I stopped when I went off to college. Thanks to a reminder about it from people like Tim Ferris, Ryan Holiday, and James Altucher, I returned to journaling several years ago.

You might be asking, what in the heck can you find to write about every day? Well, the idea is to just let your mind go wild. No constraints. Nothing is silly or stupid. Just write! The more you do it, the easier it gets. Your creative writing muscle gets stronger.

For example, my journal entries include:

* Ideas for new goals this year.

* Sketching a high-level roadmap of goals, subgoals, milestones, and tasks.

* Crazy new product ideas (e.g., sketching gym equipment concepts).

* How I’m feeling that day and why. I try to discover patterns in my moments of sadness, depression, and anxiety and find ways to manage it all better (e.g., I couldn’t make time for outdoor exercise this week, so I’m feeling down and need recharged).

* Future to-do items I need to remember so I don’t forget them later (i.e., marked with a hand-drawn checkbox).

* Notes about things I want to research more deeply.

* New ideas for marketing my businesses.

* New ideas for social media posts.

* Potential partnerships and collaborations.

* Ideas for courses and workshops.

* Outlining the concept for a new book.

* Sketching changes in my business model.

* Sketching concepts for book covers.

* Introspective notes to help me keep improving myself.

* Reflecting on past events and memories.

* Adding new destinations to my travel bucket list.

* Sometimes, I’ll even draw some ideas for art projects, write poetry, and plot a fiction series.

What are some things you can imagine writing in your daily journal? Let your imagination run wild! This is just for you.

Check Them Out!

I hope you’ll check out The Invincible Daily Journals and The Invincible Solopreneurs Daily Journal. Even if you don’t purchase one, I hope you’ll give daily journaling a chance and see if it makes a difference in your life!

I’m Larry Cornett, a Freedom Coach who works with you to optimize your career, business, and life. My mission is to help you become a more "Invincible You" so you can live your life on your terms instead of being controlled by someone else's rules. My wife and I live in Northern California near Lake Tahoe.