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Teyani Whitman's avatar

Marvelous! And I chuckle a bit because mine would be a bit more like an appetizer menu of random insights, pick one take a nibble, move on. 🤭😂

Jo Barnes's avatar

Love that Teyani. ❤️😂

Karyn's avatar

I read this and thought, “but…”

What I’m good at is helping people see things differently. I need a presenting problem before I can do that. And I can’t package that.

Then I realised, I needed to see things differently! I have a whole heap of tools which I use to analyse a problem or a project to find those ways of seeing things differently. And I can certainly package those.

Thank you

Jo Barnes's avatar

Fantastic Karyn! I'm so glad you've identified something that I'm certain will add a massive amount of value to those that need it! (Like most of us!) 😊

Robin Fletcher's avatar

Thank you for this . I've been stuck for awhile but am going to try your approach . The problem I can solve seems to be a huge need these days : how to master the crucial conversations necessary for achieving your highest goal .

Jo Barnes's avatar

Absolutely Robin! That’s a great problem to help solve. I look forward to seeing your content. 😁

Robin Fletcher's avatar

Thank u @Jo Barnes

Pamela Marshall's avatar

I actually paid for Jo's First Class Membership option, and the first email coaching has already been a HUGE help. I can't say enough about how following her and then getting that course has encouraged me to take the leap into sharing my world. Just published my first post and I can't wait to see where this leads!

Speaking of leading...I see you are a dancer too!!!

Ral Joseph's avatar

you would literally be my next guide to being a billionaire. I haven’t stayed this long in an article reading word for Word, but I had to read this one because I was interested and anything you interesting is something wonderful

Thank you so much really amazing and I’m looking forward to being back for more

Jo Barnes's avatar

Absolutely my pleasure Ral! I’m so glad it hit the spot. 😁

Veronica's avatar

Thanks for sharing your experience, because now that I’m moving to a different country with my husband to start a new life, I’m really scared and struggling to come up with ways to earn income 😳

Jo Barnes's avatar

Good luck Veronica! Where are you moving from/to?

Veronica's avatar

Moving from New York to Lima, Perú in 2026. Thank you 😊

Pamela Marshall's avatar

"You know that saying about becoming the average of the five people you spend the most time with? Yeah, not true. All my friends are athletes and I still pull a muscle putting socks on."

Glad I had already swallowed my tea before I read that. It's SO TRUE!

Jane Xu, PhD, MPH's avatar

Particularly like the part “from everywhere” :)

Oura's Time capsule's avatar

This was trully a truly motivating read , i just joined substack recently and my first post was lessons i learned in my 30's and i thought 😅 a bit unmotivated following that ! And this reading helped.. 📚

Moxie D'Vine's avatar

Brilliant, engaging, actionable and I'm all over this, in the most fired up of ways ;)...

Deep and hearty thanks!

Perceptive33's avatar

Thank you for giving me clarity

Nina Restieri's avatar

This is inspiring!

Jo Barnes's avatar

Thank you! 🙏

North Node Studio's avatar

Loved this snd thanks for the inspiration to keep going! There’s nothing like sitting down for 5-10mins to write down your list of skills to help you realise just how much you could be offering! ✨

Jennifer Granville's avatar

Big food for thought - and action I hope. Thank you

Stephie Brack's avatar

Loved this! Still not in my 50s, but will give this a go, thank you!

Pamela Marshall's avatar

Jo is an AMAZING coach. I'm just starting this journey, but her creativity and out of the box thinking, combined with her generosity and coaching has helped me to feel confident to take my shot. Just posted my first article and I'm excited to get this thing going!

https://open.substack.com/pub/thefrugaltraveler/p/nomad?r=5wnjvz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Jo Barnes's avatar

Thanks so much Pamela! Kudos to you my friend! Congrats on starting this journey. Can’t wait to see where it takes you! ❤️

Maria Garcia's avatar

This is so great Jo! It's the "just doing it" already that's most important, and yet, what we avoid the most, because we come up with a million excuses.. it's already been done, it's not good enough yet, blah blah blah. This is golden advice! I'll definitely use your prompts to help me get started on a few things that have been brewing for too long! :)

Jo Barnes's avatar

Fantastic Maria! I love your profile, you sound like my soul mate in starting things we may or may not finish! 😂 I look forward to seeing what you create! 😁

Maria Garcia's avatar

:D :D It's so nice to meet you Jo! Oh we'll get along great ahahah the finishing isn't always the point!! Exciting to follow along with what you create (and don't finish) too!

Claudia Faith's avatar

how do you think AI has changed this? did you adapt your strategy? curious to know more :)

Pamela Marshall's avatar

Jo had been coaching me, and it sounds like this kind of article/course/something is in the pipeline. I can't wait to read it!