But so funny, too. People were saying, in response to my protests that it wasn't my birthday: Tom, you're so humble! It's okay to celebrate your birthday! Happy birthday!
I wasn't expecting that, to be sure.
But since this is a list about online business, I'll add this: I'm no stranger to surprises. I wasn't expecting any of what wound up happening to get me to my current spot.
I had no idea one day I would host a podcast, learn email marketing, give away eBooks, generate landing pages, or any of this other stuff. But I'm sure glad I was open to what came my way, because it's meant a comfortable life lived on my terms.
Likewise:
I'll bet you never thought you'd be a coach, sharing your skills and insights with people who need them.
Even now you're thinking it's probably not for you.
But isn't it?
Here's a job with no mandates, flexible hours, and that you can do without some boss making sudden and arbitrary demands of you.
And it's about as rewarding a job as you can ask for: you get to see the results of your work in the lives of real people.
One of the world's leading coaches and coach-trainers just put together a PDF blueprint that guides you all the way from your very first client to the point where you're running a successful coaching business.
You should look at it no matter what your level of interest, because in this day and age can we really afford to rule anything out without seriously looking into it?
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