John Doherty Teaches You Entrepreneurship

Too much of the world walks around being triggered by anything and everything. Their environment controls how they feel. What if it was possible to not be that way? Take a journey with me today as I talk about an instance where I was triggered this morning, what meditation taught me about accepting things "as they are," and a gratitude practice I use that helps me have better days every...

If you want to really grow your business, you have to learn to give up control. This doesn't mean you have no oversight, but you have to develop the skill of working through other people instead of just doing things yourself. My details: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnfdoherty/ EditorNinja - https://editorninja.com

It’s recently become real to me that success isn’t about the thing you build or the money you make. It’s about the kind of person you have to become to have that type of business or material “success.”

There is danger in over-titling positions at your company, especially when it comes to "C-level" titles that are for the first person at a company. Giving someone a "CMO" title when they're doing marketing manager-level "IC" type work is extremely dangerous, because eventually they'll tap out their skill set and you'll need to bring in a real marketing lea...

I’ve recently been dealing with a lot of procurement teams and people wanting to negotiate terms. As a productized service, this doesn’t really work well. But I’ve accepted I have to, so here’s how I’m dealing with it (and how you can too).

In this episode, John talks about a question posed to him through an intake form for the DC Accelerator, from the guys at the Dynamite Circle. What would a more skilled entrepreneur do? Episode brought to you by EditorNinja.

Hear John talk about his experience with premature optimization, “real work,” and doing the stuff that matters when it actually matters. Check out EditorNinja- https://editorninja.com/

In this episode, John talks about the difference between opinions and advice, how to deduce which is which regardless of what was asked for, and how to lead more junior employees so they don’t feel disempowered or ignored. Listen and subscribe! John: EditorNinja.com Twitter.com/dohertyjf LinkedIn.com/in/johnfdoherty/

As a solo founder, straddling some management and some individual contributor roles, I have to be super productive to get everything done. Here’s how I organize my week to get it all done.

Identity, habits, actions. What are these and how do they interact to actually change who you are and therefore your life? I’ve overcome a lot of bad habits (like biting my fingernails) and started good ones (meditated every day for 567 days from the start of the pandemic until late 2021). Along the way, these have changed my identity, and identity shifts are what change our lives. Have a listen f...

I have a simple strategy for overcoming overwhelm. It moves you from fear to clarity and action quickly. Enjoy.

Listen to John talk about an agency metrics exercise he just did, learned from Alex Hormozi, and the insights it brought.

I recently was smacked in the face with the realization that something at my company was/is my job, because I've not delegated it to someone else. If you're an entrepreneur, or even a leader of any sort, you're told to "work on the business not in it." But, I think that's a detrimental mindset to have if, in fact, you DO need to work IN the business because you haven'...

When you're doing sales, do you tell prospects "no," or do you give them options? Something I've learned over the years during sales and negotiations around price etc is the practice of not saying no (except in cases of what they need being outside of what we do), but rather giving a set of options that I'd be happy with. Maybe this will help you be more effective in sales to...

Here's a fun question for you - who's your company's biggest competitor? You might think it's Y Agency or Z Company, but I disagree. I think it's your prospective customer's interest in not rocking the boat and not making any changes. When you accept this, it changes your approach to interacting with them. Have a listen.

Have you heard of dopamine? It’s that thing in the brain that tells us we’re doing something good. It is what allows us to feel anything, such as accomplishment. I’m a dopamine fan, of course, but I also see its dangers. Take starting a new marketing channel. Just pushing Publish gets you dopamine. The danger is when we let that be enough. Publish is just the start. Listen for some more thoughts o...

Riffing on the blog post I just published on johnfdoherty.com, I think the way founders and many marketers think about investing is all wrong. Listen to hear my take. And check us out at EditorNinja.com for help scaling your content production.

If you change an action, it might stick for a bit. But most people who make a commitment to an action change, like going on a diet or stopping drinking alcohol, go back to where they were before. Why? Because they changed an action, not their *identity.*

Have you heard the saying “what got you here won’t get you there?” I agree with that, but I think we need to take it further. What got you here won’t just eventually keep you from continuing to grow. It’ll start actually hurting you. Here are two stories from my own life about this happening recently to me.

I’ve decided to stop doing business on hard mode, and I’m tired of not learning things in the way I learn best. Here are a few things I’ve done recently that changed my mind.

This episode brought to you by EditorNinja.com. Schedule an intro call at editorninja.com/intro-call/ to see how we can help streamline your content editing. What do you do when your business has grown and you can no longer do it all? Who do you hire, and for what? I struggled with this for a long time, but eventually had the mindset shift I'm sharing with you today and it made all the differe...

*This episode brought to you by EditorNinja, the best place to give your content that final polish before it's published. Learn more at editorninja.com* The business landscape has changed in the last 6 or so months. Everything has gotten harder. I don't know anyone who is "killing it." So what do we do? Should we be stubborn and "keep on keeping on," or should we be fle...

*Episode brought to you by EditorNinja, a professional content editing service for in-house marketers and marketing agencies. Schedule a free editorial assessment at editorninja.com/demo/* I was reached out to recently by a financial advisor on LinkedIn. The thing is, my wife and I already have a financial advisor. The guy then said, "Well, never hurts to get a second opinion, right?" In...

This video brought to you by EditorNinja, the internet's favorite content editing service. Get started at editorninja.com/demo/ What changes when you raise prices? I’ve raised prices on service businesses many times now. Often, when service businesses (I’ll use the term agency/agencies interchangeably here) start out, they price themselves low in order to get market share (aka, customers). Wha...

Brought to you by EditorNinja Content marketers know that more content means more leads and revenue, but how do we scale it up (especially in an AI world) without burning ourselves out? Here are 3 audits I regularly do to find inefficiencies in my process and to see where we can improve in order to do more and see more results, without burning me out.