Someone suggested the other day to write a letter to my past self. I wasn’t quite sure how it would go, but decided it was worth a try. Here’s the result: Hi 2019 Shaun, You’ve been through a lot this year! You’ve seen highs, and lows, and you’ve been to some pretty dark places. You’re not where you expected to be at the start of the year – not by a long shot! After you decided to make a career change, you truly had no idea what would come next. The great news is that you’re finally feeling like yourself again, and you’re wondering what it would be like to run your own business. You’…

This has been a pretty monumental week, as yesterday marked the third anniversary of The Write Stuff Agency. Running this business has been a roller coaster, as running any business is in its earliest years. It hasn’t always been easy, but the mission is the same as it was from day one – to help tell stories better to those that need to hear them. nn Personally, I never thought that I could take this on. I had no business background, and was terrified of entrepreneurship and all of the variables that it entailed. I truly did not know what to do next, or where I would find the answers. I …

Congratulations! Your last marketing initiative to drum up business was a huge success. The last article you wrote about thought leadership was shared around through your industry and got a ton of views. Word about your latest sale spread throughout your customer base and led to a huge uptick in traffic. You produced a new infomercial that blew up the internet and got everybody talking. Great! Congratulations! Any of these milestones would be a huge success for your business. So what comes next? After the Party Ends When you have that sort of massive success in your business, your firs…

Every entrepreneur should be lucky enough to have a friend like Rafi. To know Rafi is to marvel at his energy and his aptitude for building social networks. To really know Rafi is to marvel at his kindness and generosity. I first met Rafi back in our undergraduate days, but I would be lying if I said that we knew each other well. He was on my radar, and I was on his, but we were in our early 20s both trying to figure our lives out. It’s only within the last few years that I have been fortunate enough to join Rafi’s inner circle, and I count my blessings at the good fortune to do so. So …