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escape the hustle: how 36 entrepreneurs escaped the hustle

welcome to the [no hustle]… a place to slow down so you can speed (and scale) up.

I recently reached out to many of those I know, and asked them to share a single Tip / Tactic / Tool / Nugget of Wisdom that has helped them escape “The Hustle”. 

Because although we’re spoon-fed Hustle Porn each day, those you admire DO NOT Hustle n’ Grind ?

You’ll see for yourself below, as I scatter their Tips and Tricks throughout this article…

latest articles

4 Reasons Why My New Book is The Most Impactful Yet

By the time an author publishes their book, they usually hate it. I am no different. You write it. Re-write it. Read it. Edit it. Edit it some more. Read it. Proof it. Read it again!! By the time you, the reader gets holds of it… the author has turned to the bottle...

4 Inspiring Life Lessons from Daniel DiPiazza

This essay forms part of a series I’ve titled: Inspiring Life Lessons. In it, I document Inspiring Life Lessons I’ve picked up from Inspiring Folk who have Inspired Me. Today’s essay focuses on the one and only, Daniel DiPiazza To learn about the rest, and who else...

How to Become a Millennial Entrepreneur This 2020

This is a Guest Post from Cloe Matheson who sent me an actual human-oriented email with an idea for an article. This is rare today, as I'm constantly pitched with obvious bots, templates and messages that I send to trash without hesitation. I'm excited to share her...

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self-improvement

4 Inspiring Life Lessons from James Altucher

This essay forms part of a series I’ve titled: Inspiring Life Lessons. In it, I document Inspiring Life Lessons I’ve picked up from Inspiring Folk who have Inspired Me. Today’s essay focuses on the ever-inspiring, James Altucher To learn about the rest, and who else...

4 Inspiring Life Lessons from Sol Orwell

This essay forms part of a series I’ve titled: Inspiring Life Lessons. In it, I document Inspiring Life Lessons I’ve picked up from Inspiring Folk who have Inspired Me. Today’s essay focuses on the awe-inspiring. Sol Orwell To learn about the rest, and who else...

4 Inspiring Life Lessons from Ishita Gupta

This essay forms part of a series I’ve titled: Inspiring Life Lessons. In it, I document Inspiring Life Lessons I’ve picked up from Inspiring Folk who have Inspired Me. Today’s essay focuses on the spectacular Ishita Gupta. To learn about the rest, and who else...

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4 Inspiring Life Lessons from Daniel DiPiazza

This essay forms part of a series I’ve titled: Inspiring Life Lessons. In it, I document Inspiring Life Lessons I’ve picked up from Inspiring Folk who have Inspired Me. Today’s essay focuses on the one and only, Daniel DiPiazza To learn about the rest, and who else...

How to Become a Millennial Entrepreneur This 2020

This is a Guest Post from Cloe Matheson who sent me an actual human-oriented email with an idea for an article. This is rare today, as I'm constantly pitched with obvious bots, templates and messages that I send to trash without hesitation. I'm excited to share her...

Turndog’s 2020 Vision

2019 has been a hard year. In many ways, it's been a year of great progress. But there's been a constant hardship throughout. Like a dark shadow, it's hung over me. Stopped me from seeing the light. Tempted that inner voice to focus on the negatives instead of search...

philosophy

We are a strange species, us humans…

We are a strange species, us humans... We are, for the most part, intelligent. Unlike most (if not, all) other species on this planet, we are smart enough to question our existence. We ponder and wander, and explore. We think about the future, and where...

books

Limited Edition I Unlove You Artwork

Shortly before we published I Unlove You towards the back end of 2015, I had this strong urge to do something I'd never done before. For me, words and visuals align wonderfully together, and if there's something most books miss, it's visual accompaniments that take...

How To Find Beta Readers For Your Next BIG Book

I've never created anything great on my own. I'm not complaining or searching for sympathy, merely stating a fact. I can produce good. I'll even go as far to say I'm capable of very good. But great... nope, I can't achieve that on my lonesome. I need help. I need to...

How I Personally Contacted 164 People On Launch Day

You may consider sending 164 personal emails (each one housing a personal video) in a single day an impossible task, but this is what I did on December 1st 2015 (I Unlove You's Big Launch Day). It wasn't nearly as impossible as one might think, but it did require...

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