This summer, I’ve been writing my book, making mocktails, dating, spending time with Crystal and the pups, and even took a trip to Northern Idaho to visit my family last week. Now I’m preparing for the next round of Personal Brand Accelerator (enrollment opens next week!) with my right-hand, Sachiko. These last few weeks have been wonderful :)

There are hundreds of thousands of blog posts out there that will tell you how to wake up early. You may hear the common advice: charge your phone on the opposite side of the room while you sleep, count to 10 before falling back asleep, go to sleep earlier. I’ve read all the advice and I am sure you have to. Sure, it’s all helpful but nothing made my routine stick until I was willing to part with my precious remaining minutes of sleep for something more important: my morning routine. To wake up early, answer the question…

Caring too much about what people think about you is fear that causes deep turmoil, inner-restlessness, and sickening anxiety that can prevent us from taking action and building our personal brands. I know, because I've lived it. I used to let the opinions of others consume me until I actually couldn't take it anymore. The constant chatter in my head was making me sick and preventing me from making any real progress in my personal development. At some point, you begin to consider, "There has to be another way; there has to be a way out of this.” And guess what? There is. There is a way out. Here are a few tricks I've learned that have helped me build my personal brand and share content with virtually no fear.