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Summary

The article provides guidance for online entrepreneurs on managing themselves, caring for their community, and staying productive during the pandemic.

Abstract

The article "Virus Anxiety & Online Entrepreneurs: How to Thrive in a Time of Crisis" offers advice for navigating the challenges of a pandemic as an online entrepreneur. It emphasizes the importance of self-management, suggesting the use of inspiring quotes and a strong support network. The author advises entrepreneurs to lead and provide hope to their communities by creating accessible training and maintaining regular live interactions. The article stresses the need for action, such as content creation, website development, and engaging with clients, to ensure readiness and success when the crisis subsides. It concludes by encouraging readers to consider the story they want to tell after the pandemic, implying that proactive and positive actions now will lead to a more compelling narrative later.

Opinions

  • The author believes that managing oneself is the most challenging yet crucial task for entrepreneurs during a crisis.
  • Entrepreneurs are seen as sources of leadership and hope for their communities and should act accordingly.
  • Consuming too much news can be detrimental, leading to inaction and despair, rather than productive responses to the crisis.
  • The article suggests that taking action, such as creating training, starting a podcast, or reaching out to clients, is essential for maintaining momentum and preparing for post-crisis opportunities.
  • The author implies that the pandemic will eventually pass and that entrepreneurs should position themselves to take advantage of the recovery.
  • The repetition of the quote by Andy Stanley underscores the author's belief in the power of narrative and the importance of envisioning one's future story during challenging times.

Virus Anxiety & Online Entrepreneurs: How to Thrive in a Time of Crisis

What kind of story do you want to tell…?

Photo by Christian Erfurt on Unsplash

“What kind of story do you want to tell when this is just a story to tell?” ~ Andy Stanley

Since this is my first pandemic, I thought I’d offer a few tips for online entrepreneurs. The above quote is where it starts for me as I think about navigating these days. And it starts with managing yourself:

  1. Manage Yourself — This is the most difficult task of all, right? Here are a few tips:
  • Find a few reassuring and focusing quotes to hold on to, like the one above. Say them to yourself, say them to others. Put them up where you’ll see them.
  • Don’t you dare go this alone. Lean into your support group and create one if you don’t have one.

2. Take Care of Your Tribe — Your community is looking to you for leadership. Your community is looking to you for hope. Deliver it. Here’s a few suggestions:

  • Create a low cost or no cost training that helps now and sets your tribe up for success when this passes (and it will…).
  • “Go Live” often to give your community a sense of belonging to something greater than themselves.
Photo by Anatol Lem on Unsplash

3. Get into Action — Sitting around fretting does not help. The best email opening I ever read came from one of my mentors, Dan Kennedy:

“If you consume a steady diet of online and cable news, you’ll wind up curled up in a corner of the shower with a bottle of Jack Daniels, mewling…”

Never have these words been more true!

Do something! Here’s a few suggestions:

  • Create content
  • Finish that website
  • Create a low or no cost training for your tribe.
  • Start a podcast
  • Start a live cast
  • You know that course you bought but it turned into “shelf-help?” Finish it!
  • If you wanna do something really nuts, call up a few of your clients and ask: “How can I help you today?”

This is gonna pass. Where would you like to be standing when it does?

“What kind of story do you want to tell when this is just a story to tell?” ~ Andy Stanley

Readers just like you have been thanking me and telling me how much this article gave them hope and helped them take action during this time of uncertainty.

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