Staying Solo

Maggie Patterson, BS-Free Business

Growing a solo service business is tough. It's even harder when you're bombarded with BS advice that steers you away from your values and why you started your business in the first place. This is the podcast for solo creatives and consultants who want to remain as a team of one and have zero interest in the hustle and grind of typical business teachings. Most podcasts for solopreneurs and freelancers, hosted by out-of-touch celebrity entrepreneurs who haven't offered one-to-one services in years, miss the mark on today's market realities. Maggie Patterson, a service business owner for 20 years, understands that to stay solo, you need to know what matters to you, what works for you, and what you should completely ignore. In each episode, she examines one piece of conventional business advice to discover how it may hurt your business or be completely wrong for you as a solo business owner. Join Maggie for real talk to help you avoid burnout or the desire to entirely burn down your business to open a flower shop, book store, or cat cafe. (Because those cats won't pay the bills.) (Formerly the BS-Free Service Business Show)

  1. 3h ago

    What If There's Another Version of Success?

    What if you've been channelling your ambition towards the wrong thing?  We're taught to aim our ambition at more: more money, more success, more growth, more everything. But what if you don't actually want more of those things?  What if there are other things you'd rather have more of like time, freedom, creativity, connection, ease, or simply a life you actually enjoy? In this next episode in the Paid and Peaceful series,  we're talking about what happens when you stop assuming business growth is the obvious place to put your ambition and start asking a much more interesting question: What's actually worthy of my ambition? Topics discussed in this episode include: Why we're taught to equate ambition with more money, growth and success. The difference between desire-driven and proving-driven ambition. How hustle culture keeps us chasing an endless finish line. Why ambition isn't a meritocracy and the role privilege and circumstances play. Redefining success with a new scoreboard focused on your life, not just your business. How to decide what's actually worthy of your ambition and what you're willing to trade for it. For detailed show notes and links to everything in this episode, please visit bsfreebusiness.com.  If you enjoyed today's episode, please:. Leave a positive review or rating at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ratethispodcast.com/stayingsolo Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Sign up for email updates at www.bsfreebusiness.com/solo

    What If There's Another Version of Success?
  2. Aug 24

    The Money Goal Nobody Talks About: Comfy Money

    What if being wealthy isn't about having more money, but about having enough money to live the life you actually want? Enough to feel secure, have options, enjoy your life and to plan for the future. All while not working yourself into the ground to afford it. I call that Comfy Money. And it starts with one critical question: How much money is actually enough for you? Your answer might completely change the business you're building, and what you're working toward. In this episode of the Paid and Peaceful series, we're talking about wealth and why entrepreneurship keeps telling us the answer is always "more." Topics discussed in this episode include: Why online business has distorted our perception of wealth and success.  The difference between revenue, income, and actual wealth. What "Comfy Money" means and why your number is deeply personal. How to calculate the money you actually need to fund the life you want Why money is more complicated than mindset or math, and how shame can keep us stuck.  Using your Comfy Money number to make better business decisions—and redefine what "enough" means.  For detailed show notes and links to everything in this episode, please visit bsfreebusiness.com.  If you enjoyed today's episode, please:. Leave a positive review or rating at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ratethispodcast.com/stayingsolo Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Sign up for email updates at www.bsfreebusiness.com/solo

    The Money Goal Nobody Talks About: Comfy Money
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Growing a solo service business is tough. It's even harder when you're bombarded with BS advice that steers you away from your values and why you started your business in the first place. This is the podcast for solo creatives and consultants who want to remain as a team of one and have zero interest in the hustle and grind of typical business teachings. Most podcasts for solopreneurs and freelancers, hosted by out-of-touch celebrity entrepreneurs who haven't offered one-to-one services in years, miss the mark on today's market realities. Maggie Patterson, a service business owner for 20 years, understands that to stay solo, you need to know what matters to you, what works for you, and what you should completely ignore. In each episode, she examines one piece of conventional business advice to discover how it may hurt your business or be completely wrong for you as a solo business owner. Join Maggie for real talk to help you avoid burnout or the desire to entirely burn down your business to open a flower shop, book store, or cat cafe. (Because those cats won't pay the bills.) (Formerly the BS-Free Service Business Show)

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