The Saturday Solopreneur

I just received this testimonial. It stopped me in my tracks. A consultant with 25+ years of experience, multiple advanced degrees, and even pursuing a PhD said: "If you want to sharpen what you already do now, there is ONE person you can go to to enrich you and bring VALUE to your life and career. His name is Justin Welsh." This is why I do the work I do. To help people build something meaningful. To show people how to create their own path. To empower others in their business journey. The greatest feeling isn't selling courses. It's in reading messages like this one. Knowing that the knowledge I've shared has made a real difference. How do you create this level of impact? By focusing on simplicity and clarity. By doing the opposite of what most teach. By actually caring about people's results. That's been my approach with LinkedIn all along. Through this platform, you can build: • An amazing community • Attention for your business • A brand new revenue stream Check out my 30-minute per day system. You can watch it here: https://lnkd.in/eh9pVVuf The best part? It's repeatable. Join 35,000+ students and 70 LinkedIn Top Voices who've already transformed their approach. The strategy you're looking for is waiting.

Life is short. Don't spend it in a bad job. Millions wake up dreading Monday. Dreading meetings. Another day of the same old thing. Here's what I know: When you're doing work you love? Mondays feel different. When you're building something? Every day has purpose. When you're in control of your time? Life feels lighter. But most people stay stuck. Why? Because change is scary. Because "what if" holds them back. Because society says "play it safe." Stop waiting for permission to love work. The greatest risk isn't trying something new. It's staying somewhere that dulls your spirit. Settling for "good enough" when "great" is possible. Want to build your escape plan? Join 35,000+ ambitious pros in The LinkedIn Operating System course. You'll learn how to: 1. Build an audience 2. Be seen as a leader in your field 3. Generate income outside your 9-5 And do something you love. 70+ LinkedIn Top Voices can't be wrong. Watch it now: https://lnkd.in/eh9pVVuf

Every big change in my life started the same way — I was afraid. Quitting my job? Terrifying. Moving to the mountains? Uncomfortable. Starting my business? Felt impossible. But fear shouldn't be a stop sign. Think of it as an arrow. The phone call you don’t want to make. The idea that won’t leave you alone. The move that feels risky. They’re not obstacles. They’re invitations. So, I try and follow a simple rule: If something makes me nervous, I try my best to lean in. Not because I like fear. I don't. But because I know what’s on the other side — something great. What you resist gets bigger. What you confront gets smaller. What's scaring you right now? Maybe that's exactly where you need to go next.

Environment crushes willpower. Almost every time. Good work isn't about pushing harder in a broken system. It's about designing a space where good choices become the default. I used to believe in "just try harder" until I saw how environment wins in the long run. Now I ask: "How is my environment making this hard?" Then I change that first. Not the behavior. Your business shouldn't require superhuman effort. And your life shouldn't be an endless grind. Small environment tweaks → big results. Stop battling yourself. Redesign your surroundings instead. I wrote about it in my Saturday essay yesterday. Read it: https://lnkd.in/eisEzpEK Then ask yourself: What's one thing in your environment you could change this week?

Modern wealth isn't what you own. It's what you control. Time is the currency we forget to value. And your calendar is a reflection of what you truly believe. What's the point of money if you don't have Tuesday afternoons free for thinking? What's the point of status if you can't spontaneously take a week to visit a friend? Most people build wealth cages: - Huge homes that need maintenance - A spending habit that doesn't stop - Status that needs defending These aren't assets. They're liabilities disguised as success. True wealth is simple: - Empty calendar blocks - Work that energizes you - Freedom to change your mind - People who uplift you When someone asks if you're successful, don't show them your bank account. Show them your calendar.

Life doesn't define you. Your response does. Too many people get stuck in their stories: "I got fired." "My business failed." "I missed my chance." But the most successful people I know? They don't identify with what happened TO them. They build their identity on how they HANDLED it. That's where real work begins: • Reframing setbacks • Choosing growth • Building resilience How you respond to challenges says more about you than the challenges themselves. The business world rewards people who can transform obstacles into opportunities. I've helped 30,000+ people do exactly this on LinkedIn. They turned layoffs into launches. Rejections into redirections. Failures into foundations. LinkedIn has been my foundation for that. Through this platform, I've built: • An audience of 700K+ • Multiple income streams • Time freedom for my life The best part? It's repeatable. 70 LinkedIn Top Voices have done the same. Start here: lnkd.in/eh9pVVuf Give it a shot — something new awaits.

I feel stuck sometimes. So I do one tiny thing: I write a sentence, not a book. I change a habit, not my lifestyle. I record one video, not a whole product. Starting is the hardest part, and we make it harder by thinking way too big. Going from 0 to 1 is much more difficult than going from 1 to 100. I've built my audience one piece of content at a time since 2018. Built my business one customer at a time since 2019. Grown my newsletter audience one person at a time since 2021. When you're standing still, momentum is hard to generate. When you're moving, it happens faster than you think. Create momentum with the smallest possible action. If you don't know where to start, start here on this platform. You can steal the playbook that 35,000+ people have used to build their following and become top voices. On sale now. Watch it: https://lnkd.in/eh9pVVuf Then, get started today. The rest will follow.

I stopped chasing more. It changed everything for me. We're told bigger is better. More money, more stuff, more followers. But what if that assumption is wrong? I've discovered that "enough" isn't a finish line you cross someday. It's a decision you make today. When you declare "enough," three things happen: Your decisions get simpler. Your focus gets sharper. Your happiness expands. Most successful people I know aren't trying to upgrade their lifestyles anymore. They're downgrading commitments that don't matter. They're saying no to distractions. They're protecting their time like the finite resource it is. The greatest wealth is having enough without needing more. Ready to build a business around your definition of enough? Check out The Creator MBA. It's the blueprint I wish I'd had for creating a profitable business that serves your life, not one that consumes it. Everything I've learned building a multi-seven-figure online business over 6 years, packaged neatly into 100+ lessons. Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/gBnHYrjW

I don't chase growth anymore. I'm optimizing for freedom. And intentionally keeping things small. I own very little stuff. I can work from anywhere. I say no to almost everything. Chasing less has actually given me more: • More time to create • More freedom to move • More clarity on my life Most entrepreneurs are drowning in complexity trying to build something impressive. But what if the goal wasn't to build an empire? What if it's to design a simple life that feels right from the inside, even if it looks boring from the outside? The real win isn't scaling to 100 employees. It's building something sustainable that serves you instead of consuming you. Because the world doesn't need your company to be bigger... It needs it to exist long enough to be useful. Here's my entire business system I used to design this life and work integration for 6 years: https://lnkd.in/gBnHYrjW

Social media is mostly fiction. Performance art crafted to hide reality. What you see are highlight reels of "crushing it" and "living the dream" from people who are often struggling behind the scenes. The entrepreneur posting about 7-figure months while their health collapses. The fitness influencer showing perfect abs while struggling to keep his marriage afloat. The life coach promising freedom while working 80-hour weeks. I've been around long enough to see many "successes" implode privately. Real excellence is pretty quiet. It's the entrepreneur who stops work at 5pm to have dinner with family. The writer who publishes consistently for years without chasing viral fame. The developer who builds something useful rather than something fundable. When I find myself tempted to perform "excellence" instead of living it, I ask: "Who am I trying to impress?" "What would I do if no one was watching?" "Am I building something that matters?" The answers to these questions usually point me back toward what's real. You can chase likes or you can chase meaning. Rarely are they the same path. I covered this Saturday in one of my most popular essays of the year. You can read it here: https://lnkd.in/eH99CyUU