https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bhUqbyF-AM Lot's of people are afraid of sales jobs because they don't come with a guaranteed monthly salary. The uncertainty of working for commission makes them so nervous that they opt for the "security" of a salaried role. But the job security they think exists in marketing, operations, or other roles is a myth. No matter what role you are in, your job only exists so long as you create more than you earn. You need to create value regularly, or else that …
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Self-Discovery Needs a Context | Forward Tilt Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbHW1bKTKeM Often we overlook our potentially valuable skills because we don’t realize we have them. We don’t understand that the thing we find easy, others find hard. Or the activity we do as a hobby has a high market value. Finding out what you are good at and you can create value doing isn’t easy. It is a process that takes time and feedback. But whether it's college or an introspective journey, the most common ways we expect to learn about ourselves are …
Find Gold in Grunt Work | Forward Tilt Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHrZjjeDsz0 Too many new employees are too eager to get out of grunt work. They are right to want to focus on creating more value, but they miss the opportunity that grunt work provides. On this episode, Isaac shares a story from a conversation with a CEO about a young employee asking for a raise. He did everything well but made it clear he didn’t like grunt work. As a result, he didn’t make himself indispensable and didn’t get a raise. He was …
5-on-5: The Praxis Advising Experience
This week’s 5-on-5, we’re giving you an inside look at the Praxis education experience. We asked five Praxis Advisors to give their answers to five questions about their coaching experiences within the program. What attracted you to become a Praxis Advisor? Amanda Grimmett: I had the opportunity to run a skill share workshop for Praxis in September 2016, and I really enjoyed interacting with the participants during the 45-minute session. I realized during the Q&A portion, where we were …
Praxis participants gather in Atlanta for Praxis Weekend 2017!
A few weeks ago, nearly 100 Praxis participants and alumni gathered in Atlanta for Praxis Weekend! Some of them traveled from as far as Switzerland and Australia to be at this energizing event. We kicked the weekend off with a fireside-style chat between our CEO Isaac Morehouse and CEO of Phix Solutions, Chris Smith, to discuss all thing entrepreneurship and building a company from the ground up. Day 2 was jam-packed with engaging breakout sessions ran by Praxis alumni and advisors. …
It All Started with Daily Blogging | Forward Tilt Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ2xKE0O68w Tiny daily acts of creation have immense compounding power. Something as simple as committing to blogging every day can lead to a complete change in direction. For Isaac, daily blogging started as a way to break out of a period of dissatisfaction. But the small commitment led to massive changes and directly to the decision to start Praxis. Check out the new episode of Forward Tilt now on iTunes, YouTube, direct download and all major …
Listen to Actions Not Words | Forward Tilt Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imerJNpBYqo What people say they want is different from what they will actually pay for. Economists call this the difference between stated and revealed preferences. Stated opinions don’t come with a cost. When you have to pay for something, with money, time, or effort, it shows what you truly value. As a creator or an entrepreneur you will have critics and commentators who are eager to share their opinions. But if they aren't buying your work that is all …
What To Do When The Hiring Process Is Dragging On
This post is about what to do when you’ve applied to a job and the employer is taking a long time to make a decision. This is more common than you might think because most people, even if their initial application is good, are helpless when navigating the process. They hit it off in their initial interviews and the employer tells them that they’ll get back to them in a week or two. A week goes by. Two weeks. Now three. The applicant checks in and are told they’re still deciding between a …
Focus on One Customer | Forward Tilt Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_j1jceWRfQ Whether you're building a business, writing a blog, or creating anything new, it can be easy to think about your customer or audience in aggregate. To work with your market in mind, instead of a particular person. One of the early inflection points in the growth of Praxis came when Isaac choose to focus on one particular customer. Not all the entrepreneurial young people, not a specific demographic, just selling and creating a solution for one …
How to Find Experience Everywhere
From a rigid school-based perspective, I have always been a terrible student. I was the problem child who questioned the work and did things my own way. If it didn’t have a foreseeable real-world application, I argued against the value of the lesson or test, much to the chagrin of my long-suffering mother, who home-schooled me from preschool through high school. My entire mindset was “Unless it seems valuable, get it done and over with as quickly as possible.” Upon graduating high school, …
Content Is King | Forward Tilt Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xRJmQioxU8 When creating something it is tempting to focus on perfecting the small details. Whether it’s production value on a podcast, body positioning as a public speaker, or style as a writer, there are lots of small details to obsess over. But when you are starting a new project you can never lose sight of the most important aspect of anything you create, the content of the ideas. Check out the new episode of Forward Tilt now …
5-on-5: Beginning Your Career in New City
In our 5-on-5 series, We ask five Praxis participants to give their answers to five questions on a single theme. This week’s topic will focus on the rewards, challenges, and lessons that come with beginning a career in a new city. 1) What were you doing before Praxis and where did you move after starting the program? Evan Le, Praxis Participant: I was in Los Angeles finishing up my 3rd year of college and a summer internship when I started my Praxis bootcamp. I went back home to Salem, MA …
Don’t Forget the Free Meal | Forward Tilt Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vlQ8RkxVNg When something goes wrong in a customer service situation, some people will seize the opportunity to berate their server or make an employee feel bad. They use the moment to grab a tiny amount of power. But by using this opportunity to feel important, they give up what is best for them in the long term. They throw away great future benefits for a small hit, and in the case of restaurants, they forget about the free meal. Check out the new …
How to Work Weekends Without Burning Out
My wife and I work at least one day each weekend. Why? As we say regularly here at Praxis, when you are young you have lots of time and few responsibilities. You need to take advantage of that. Amanda and I don’t have kids yet, so we made the conscious decision to spend our time getting ahead in our careers now before we start a family. We both work at rapidly growing companies, so opportunities to advance abound. Work we put in now is a great investment. Given how much we work during the …
Find Similarities, Exploit Differences | Forward Tilt Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3oSiVhlqDA “In a room of 100 strangers, seek similarities. In a room of 3 friends, seek differences.” Popular wisdom warns against creating a bubble of similar friends. You often hear that a more diverse group of opinions and worldviews is better. That you should seek to spend time with people with different values. This advice is overrated and over esteemed. Instead, when deciding who you work and spend time with you should focus on similarities. Not in …
