LifePilot: Be the CEO of your life with Natalie Sisson

So this April marks a pretty significant moment in my life. I am turning 40 years young. For my birthday, I have decided to gift myself something special. I want to be in the best shape of my life - physically and mentally. Where am I at on that?? Actually pretty close! Which excites me. And it has all come about in the last month or so. I quit telling myself stories that were unhelpful and put my...

For the last 7 years I’ve been running my business The Suitcase Entrepreneur from all over the world, while living out of the suitcase and going on adventures. This year, in 2017, I’ve decided to fire myself . Yup, that’s right. I am quitting. I am taking a business sabbatical from my own business and instead I am taking YOU on a Quest for Freedom. Your freedom. I'm so freakin excited to do this....

For the last 7 years I’ve been running my business The Suitcase Entrepreneur from all over the world, while living out of the suitcase and going on adventures. This year, in 2017, I’ve decided to fire myself . Yup, that’s right. I am quitting. I am taking a business sabbatical from my own business and instead I am taking YOU on a Quest for Freedom.  Your freedom.  I'm so freakin excited to do this...

Each year, I pick one word which explains what I want the next year to look, be, feel and sound like, and focuses me in on those intentions. But this year, after reading a great email from Mike Vardy on this matter, who took it from Chris Brogan, I’m picking three words that will make 2017 the best year ever for me. Before I tell you the three words, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart...

I’m ready to have a rocking 2017, are you? As 2016 rolls to a close, I thought we could all do with a healthy cocktail of inspiration, motivation, practical advice, and actionable tips. So I reached out to 16 of your favorite previous guests on my show and asked them what their one piece of advice was to have the most successful year ever. From Chris Guillebeau to Michael Port to Jill Stanton to M...

Is selling the business you love the only way to achieve whatever you want? Michael Gerber, the author of the New York Times bestseller, The E-Myth Revisited , says it is. He says you should be thinking about scaling and selling your small business, even before you start. No wonder he calls himself the Chief Aggravator! In this final interview on my podcast, it seemed fitting to talk about thinkin...

The future is here. Most of the things we used to think of as science fiction are slowly becoming a reality. (Okay, maybe we aren’t anywhere close to traveling back in time, like Marty McFly and Doc Brown, but you know what I mean) Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and self-driving cars are all here. Within a few years, these new technologies will permeate every part of our lives; just lik...

As we head into 2017, it's the time of year where you want to shake things up, shift your mindset and start off the New Year with a bang. December is the perfect time to stop, reflect, and make changes for the coming year based on what you've found did and didn't work in 2016. You also want to look at setting meaningful goals that you will actually achieve and there's no better way to do this, the...

Writing and self-publishing a book can feel BIG and OVERWHELMING can't it. That's why 95% of people never get that idea out of their head and into a book. But it doesn't have to be. There are over a million books on Amazon that people have written and published. Regular people just like you and me are behind those books. You don't have to be a great writer,  you don't have to be a super master exp...

Mindset is everything. Am I right? It's one thing to know your mindset needs work, and another to put in the work to look at things in a different way. Inner demons, disempowering stories, a "lack" perspective - these can all be part of the default human condition if we let them. But, we don't have to let our beliefs hold us back. In fact, we can shift our beliefs at anytime we choose. In today's...

What does your best year ever look like in 2017 for you? More of the same? More reacting, more chaos, more wishing you had time for the things you really love? Planning can seem, at times, to fly in the face of spontaneity and adventure but I challenge you to think of it in a different way. Planning actually makes space for spontaneity and adventure.  When you plan properly, you can create space i...

It's one thing to get by with your business moving around the globe - it's another entirely to co-build a thriving business like Copyblogger from a laptop. Sonia Simone has been absolutely killing it in the copywriting world and has recently moved her life to Rome. Making her way from freelancer to co-founding Copyblogger was no easy task and in this week's podcast episode, Sonia shares her journe...

No matter what stage you're at in your business, it's a pretty safe bet that your website is front and center on your task list on an ongoing basis. Whether it's security, design, opt-ins, or conversions, when your website is your storefront it's bound to occupy a huge chunk of your time and business headspace. But, there are some ways to make sure that your digital house is in order without spend...

I realized something recently. I was pouring over the annual survey results, loving all the feedback and learning more about my community, and I was surprised by some of the results. I realized that I want to do even more to help you find freedom. I want to take you from where you are to where you want to be. So, I got to work in planning the next 10 actions I need to take to make that happen. It...

One of my favourite things to talk about here on the blog and in my podcast is sexy systems. Why? Early on in my business I learned that if I organized my business processes and automated as much as I could, I could get more done in less time with less effort. Which means, you got it, more FREEDOM. Maybe you're not a systems person, and that's ok. I didn't think I was either but as soon as I reali...

Systems have a bit of a bad reputation. You probably think they're pretty boring at face value, but it's what they can do for you that make them sexy and exciting. Systems can mean more time, more money, and more freedom to do what you love. They can mean peace of mind and ease in your business. And, if you're committed to do what's necessary to create freedom in your business, trust me, you're go...

What are we all doing here anyway? Pretty deep question, I know, but this is something that keeps coming up for me. When it comes down to it, we are all looking for more purpose, more depth, and more meaning. But, practicing and creating habits that make every single day more rich is a mission of mine, and Jonathan Fields shares that sentiment. In today's podcast episode, Jonathan tells us about h...

  I recently was introduced to the Kanban method and it piqued my interest for many reasons. One, it's the final quarter of the year and I am about to go into a big audit of my business - what's working, what's not, what pots of gold are we sitting on and how best can I use my team to help uncover these. Two, I'm all about continually improving what I do, and who I am, and this is one of the key p...

Freedom doesn't always mean living out of a suitcase and jumping from country to country around the world on a whim. For the past 6 years that has definitely been how I've chosen to design my lifestyle, but over the past year, my Freedom Plan has been evolving. And, the more my Freedom Plan evolves, the more people I meet that are seeking Freedom on their own terms. And that's really it, isn't it?...