Ep. 46 - Find Your Passion And Build A Business Around It with Jonathan Milligan

Jonathan Milligan is an author, blogger, speaker, and online business coach. He has spent the last decade guiding and directing creative professionals on how to pursue meaningful work. Since 2009, Jonathan has run his own portable lifestyle business online. Today he teaches others how to build a business with their passion, story, or message. He recently released his traditionally published book Your Message Matters. Jonathan lives in Jacksonville, Florida, with his wife, Charity, and their two kids.

In this interview, Jonathan talks about how to measure your progress and become a good leader. He discusses the importance of having a clear vision of what you want, relying on what is changeless about you, and how to find your purpose and passions in life. To learn more about Jonathan, listeners can visit his website at Your Message Matters Book!

[00:01 - 05:05] Who is Jonathan Milligan? 

• Jonathan talks about his background in education and coaching and started his own blog in 2009 to help accounting professionals
• He created a course to help others build an online business  

[05:06 - 19:44] Take Time To Celebrate Your Progress

• There is a lot of information available on social media, but it can be difficult to know what is effective
• One way to figure out what works is to try different things and see what gets the best results
• The three key points to consider when trying to find one’s purpose:
• • What will never change
  • Who do you want to help; and
  • What problem you are passionate about solving
• It takes time and patience to develop a business that helps others solve their problems

[19:45 - 36:14] Find Your Passion And Build A Business Around It

• You need to invest in coaching to shorten the learning curve and improve your business
• His motivation for starting a business was to find an identity within the business world and to do higher-level tasks to help grow the business
• His integrator helped him systemize his business and make it more scalable
• He introduces “Your Message Matters Book”
• Narrowing their business model that lasts a year and it’s been working well for us
• For a lot of their clients, the goal is to go full-time with their business

[36:15 – 46:29] Closing Segment

• What has been the biggest catalyst for your growth?
• • Hiring coaches and being coached, and reading good books
• If money wasn’t an issue for you, where would your life go?
• • His goal is to start a charitable foundation
• What do you do for your health right now?
• • He has a routine that he does every morning, it covers the mental, the spiritual, and the physical
• What brings you the most joy in your life right now?
• • When he gets to design and live the life that he wants

Connect with Jonathan!

Website: Your Message Matters Book

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Key Quotes

“When I get to design and live a life that I want, I do know that not everybody is there, and I was used to not being there, but you had to get it on paper first. And then work toward it and if you do that, you’ll find that one day you'll look back and be like, “Wow, I made it. This is where I wanted to be.” – Jonathan Milligan

“What I had to learn the hard way is, because I'm so excited about new ideas and being an entrepreneur is that I can frustrate a team if I'm constantly changing the game. And I have to be more patient about the process.” – Jonathan Milligan