162. 6 Stages of Building a Successful Thought Leader Strategy & Personal Brand Business
Release Date: 03/03/2024
169. How to Plan Your Week as a Full Time Entrepreneur: Chill AF Solopreneur (Part 2)
The Thought Leader Club | Content Creation & Personal Brand Strategy For Side Hustles and Entrepreneurs
As a full-time entrepreneur, it’s easy to fall into the trap of overworking and therefore lose work-life balance and be prone to burnout. At this phase of your business, it is important to have the time management tools, support systems, and habits that match your capacity and preferences so you can continue building a successful personal brand-based solopreneur business. On episode 169 of The Thought Leader Club Podcast, we cover: - What to focus on in your business as a full time business owner - What is Pen & Paper Time, and some examples of exercise you could...
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168. How to Plan Your Week as a Side Hustler: Chill AF Solopreneur (Part 1)
The Thought Leader Club | Content Creation & Personal Brand Strategy For Side Hustles and Entrepreneurs
For many side hustlers, learning how to manage your time to maintain work-life balance is top priority. This is vital to not just the success of your solopreneur business and personal brand, but also to your overall wellbeing. On episode 168 of The Thought Leader Club Podcast, we cover: - What do you need to do for your business this week? - What support, coaching, tools, habits, etc do you need in place to facilitate you taking action on your business this week? - Cheryl’s weekly schedule breakdown as a side hustler Read the full blog post: 🎙️ LISTEN...
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167. Being Successful in Business & Life as an Asian Woman Entrepreneur
The Thought Leader Club | Content Creation & Personal Brand Strategy For Side Hustles and Entrepreneurs
Whether you’re thinking of quitting a high paying job, starting a business, or wanting to become a successful content creator, there’s probably a lot of pressure on you to stay in a traditional career path and NOT pursue your big, audacious dreams… Especially if you’re an Asian woman. Growing up with Asian parents taught us to work hard and aim to become a doctor, lawyer, engineer, or banker… Otherwise, you’re a failure. In this episode, we cover: - How to balance what your Asian immigrant parents want versus what you truly want -...
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BONUS Q&A Episode: Feeling Behind or Anxious, How to Start Building a Body of Work, and Best Advice for New Entrepreneurs
The Thought Leader Club | Content Creation & Personal Brand Strategy For Side Hustles and Entrepreneurs
In this BONUS Q&A episode, I answer the following questions: What is your weekly (or monthly) content creation routine? (Ex. 2 instagram posts, 3 stories, 1 podcast and 1 email)? What’s the best piece of advice you either were given or you learned along the way that would be helpful for someone new to entrepreneurship? I am not yet exactly sure what is it that I want to be know for? How can I start building a body of work? Did you have this feeling of feeling behind in life? If yes, how do you deal with it? How can we keep training our minds with positive thoughts so anxiety will...
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166. Building a Sustainable Thought Leader Business & Being a Relaxed Solopreneur: 5 Lessons from 5 Years
The Thought Leader Club | Content Creation & Personal Brand Strategy For Side Hustles and Entrepreneurs
In the past 5 years, I’ve learned many core lessons on how to build thought leadership and be a successful solopreneur. These lessons allowed me to not just quit my job (PhD) and make money online through my coaching business, but also create work life balance and build my dream lifestyle as a solopreneur & podcaster. On episode 166 of The Thought Leader Club Podcast, we cover: - How to be committed and consistent - How to own your insecurities - Express, not impress - Learning the lessons necessary for shaping you to become the entrepreneur you’re meant to be - Time...
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165. Quit Story: Life After Prison - Taking Ownership of His Life & Career with JP Watkins
The Thought Leader Club | Content Creation & Personal Brand Strategy For Side Hustles and Entrepreneurs
JP and I crossed paths on the internet around late 2018. He was one of my first “beta coaching clients” back then, and I always enjoyed my conversations with JP. We lost touch over the years and reconnected in early 2024. During our catch up, I got to hear JP’s story in more detail. And honestly, I was at loss for words. JP’s story is filled with character and resilience, and I am beyond grateful to have him as our guest on episode 165 of The Thought Leader Club Podcast to share exactly that. In this conversation, you’ll hear about: What led...
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164. Quit Story: Choosing to NOT Get a Job After Graduating and Building a Speaker & Coaching Business in Singapore with Rae Fung
The Thought Leader Club | Content Creation & Personal Brand Strategy For Side Hustles and Entrepreneurs
Rae first connected via Instagram around late 2020, and we’ve been besties ever since. We started out as long-distance internet friends (she was in Singapore while I was in Hong Kong) during the pandemic We finally met in person after I moved to Singapore in 2022 Over the years, we’ve seen each other stretch out of our comfort zones as entrepreneurs and go after our big audacious dreams We’ve also seen each other cry during our lowest lows One thing I’ve always appreciated about Rae is her openness to share her...
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163. Quit Story: Asian Immigrant with an Unconventional Art Career & Path to Entrepreneurship with Betty Xie
The Thought Leader Club | Content Creation & Personal Brand Strategy For Side Hustles and Entrepreneurs
A few years ago, Betty blew my mind when she shared the following metaphor: “If you think about the fundamentals of a palette, you really just need the three basic colors - red, yellow and blue. And if you have those three colors, you can make a thousand, millions different shades, all shades come from those three colors. So bringing that parallel to talent, we just need what you already have, the shades that you already have to make a thousand different beautiful possibilities.” THAT is the type of coach Betty is: She is a coach that advocates for people to be...
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162. 6 Stages of Building a Successful Thought Leader Strategy & Personal Brand Business
The Thought Leader Club | Content Creation & Personal Brand Strategy For Side Hustles and Entrepreneurs
Becoming known for your unique thought leadership and building a body of work is fundamental to being a successful solopreneur and a prolific and consistent content creator. On episode 162 of The Thought Leader Club Podcast, we cover: - The 6 stages to building a successful thought leader business and personal brand - How to level up and what to consider for the stages ahead Read the full blog post: 🎙️LISTEN TO THESE EPISODES NEXT 🎙️ Episode 166. Building a Sustainable Thought Leader Business & Being a Relaxed Solopreneur: 5...
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161. When You Don't Feel Qualified in Your Business: 3 Mindset Shifts to Rebuild Confidence
The Thought Leader Club | Content Creation & Personal Brand Strategy For Side Hustles and Entrepreneurs
You’ve bought countless courses on personal branding for entrepreneurs and other business coaching programs, … But you don’t feel qualified or ready to build thought leadership. On episode 161 of The Thought Leader Club Podcast, we cover: - Mindset Shift 1: Doing this work because it matters to you - Mindset Shift 2: You got people to help, you got work to do - Mindset Shift 3: Be willing to go first, even before you feel qualified Read the full blog post: 🎙️LISTEN TO THESE EPISODES NEXT 🎙️ Episode 159. Growing Your Business as a High...
info_outlineBecoming known for your unique thought leadership and building a body of work is fundamental to being a successful solopreneur and a prolific and consistent content creator.
On episode 162 of The Thought Leader Club Podcast, we cover:
- The 6 stages to building a successful thought leader business and personal brand
- How to level up and what to consider for the stages ahead
Read the full blog post: https://cheryltheory.com/episode-162
🎙️LISTEN TO THESE EPISODES NEXT 🎙️
Episode 166. Building a Sustainable Thought Leader Business & Being a Relaxed Solopreneur: 5 Lessons from 5 Years (Link: https://cheryltheory.com/episode-166)
Episode 160. 4 Steps to Plan Your Thought Leadership Strategy (Link: https://cheryltheory.com/episode-160)
Episode 139. The 3 Stages of Thought Leadership in Your Business (Link: https://cheryltheory.com/episode-139)
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