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About Yann Girard
Oh hey. Yann here...
So I guess I have to introduce myself here. Alright. Here we go...
I tell the truth, write essays and books on how to kick ass in life, business and as an entrepreneur. I also build online businesses & help others build theirs. Over the past years I’ve worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, was a keynote speaker at top tier conferences, built an audience of more than 140.000 monthly readers across multiple platforms, wrote seven books and mentor(ed) at dozens of startup accelerators and incubators worldwide.
I live everywhere and nowhere. And I own nothing and everything...
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Blog postAs an entrepreneur, you're not getting paid for the hours you put in. You're getting paid for how big of a problem you're solving, in a way that people understand it, care for it and end up buying it. If they don't, you'll get paid exactly nothing for the hours you've put in. And that's a big difference...
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Blog postYou don't have to appeal to the majority of the people. Just a few people are enough. Because you can now reach those few people on a global scale. Which will turn them into a lot of people...
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Blog postIt has the power to turn you into the person you always wanted to be.
But it also has the power to turn you into the person you never wanted to be.
It has the power to either make you or break you.
And when you think it made you, what it often really did, was to break you...
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Blog postYou don't start once you have ideas. You just start and you'll automatically generate ideas. Because then you have no other choice...
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Blog postHigh expectations with a lack of patience never work. Try to keep that in mind...
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Blog postMost of the time it's not about pushing harder. It's about figuring out where to push and how to push to get the best leverage...
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Blog post"This is what I'd do if I had nothing to lose."
The good news: You've got nothing to lose.
Because sooner or later you're going to lose everything anyway...
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Blog postIf you do too many things you don't really believe in, you'll sooner or later also stop believing in yourself...
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Blog postYou don't need more time. More data. More experience. Or more money. What you're really saying is that you need a guarantee that it's going to work out. Unfortunately, you're never going to get it. So you might as well start today...
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Blog postToo many things to do and too many choices will often lead to mediocrity. Because when we're overwhelmed by too many choices, we tend to go for the safe thing. And the safe thing is rarely the best thing...
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Blog post"I don't have it to get started." That's right. You probably don't have it. Because the only way to get it is to get started...
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Blog postThe best stories are rarely the ones where everything goes right. Those stories are usually pretty boring. Because they're just confirming stuff you've already known before. The best stories are usually the ones where everything goes wrong. Where you learn a lot. About yourself. The way you think. The way the world works. And the people around you...
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Blog postBefore you're able to focus on one thing and one thing only, you should try to figure out what that one thing really is. By doing as many different things as you possibly can. Most people skip that step...
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Blog postReally hard stuff and new stuff will always work. Simply because most people don't want to be doing the really hard stuff or the new stuff...
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Blog postThe hardest, most difficult and most exhausting work, is the work you don't really want to be doing. Unfortunately, we spend most of our lives doing this kind of work...
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Blog postYou're probably not stuck. You're probably just afraid of making tough decisions...
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Blog postThe hard part isn't coming up with ideas. The hard part is to turn those ideas into reality. Once you know (and/or learned) how to do that, you'll never struggle with finding opportunities ever again...
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Blog postMore often than not, we (unknowingly) sell our future opportunities for safety, stability and predictability...
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Blog postAs long as you're playing the wrong game, it doesn't really matter whether you're winning or losing. It doesn't even really matter whether you're playing or not. Try to keep that in mind...
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Blog postThe only way to change the game, let alone even play the game, is to really understand and know the game and its rules. Inside out. You just can't skip that step. No matter what...
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Blog postAnything you've never done before feels risky, difficult, or impossible. But it's good to remember, that most of the things that are now easy have once felt risky, difficult, or even impossible...
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Blog postThe really important stuff is always uncomfortable. And annoying. And exhausting. That's why we ignore it. Until we forget it...
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Blog postWhen you do things you don't really want to be doing, you'll mostly be able to do just mediocre work. Try to keep that in mind...
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Blog postIt doesn't really matter if you suck at most of the stuff you do. As long as you don't suck at being yourself. Because that's ultimately how you'll start to suck less at most of the stuff you do...
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Blog postDon't ask for help, give help. Don't ask for love, give love. Don't ask for it. Just give it. That's ultimately how you'll get it. Get what? All of the above... And everything else...
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Blog postYour best ideas could be your worst ideas. And your worst ideas could be your best ideas. Time to find out...
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Blog postIt's very likely that we don't need more. More data. More information. More knowledge. More... What we really need is to figure out how to properly use the things we already have...
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Blog postIt's a lot easier to get stuff done when you're afraid that you'll lose your job if you don't do it. And a hell lot harder to get anything else done outside of work where the consequences of not doing it are unknown or delayed for a few years or maybe even decades. Which won't make it less painful...
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Blog postWe know most of the solutions to our problems. It's just that we don't like them. Because they either take too much time, need too much energy, require too much work, or are just very uncomfortable...
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Blog postThe problem is that all information, knowledge and experience we have is based on the past. But our decisions are based on the future...
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Titles By Yann Girard
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Yann Girard
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I lived out of a backpack for the past 7 years. This is my story...
I've lived in more places than I can remember. I lived and worked in Shanghai, New York, Berlin, Bangkok, Munich and a few more places, not including the dozens of places I've stayed at for just a few days or weeks. While writing these lines I'm in a small town in Malaysia.
I've basically lived out of a backpack for the past seven years. And the longer I'm doing this, the less stuff I need. Right now I carry less than 10 items around with me in a carry on backpack that weighs less than 10kg.
I go wherever I want to go. I currently spend less than $800 a month. Including everything. My most precious possession is a $300 Acer laptop.
I've started a clothing company in China, for the Chinese market, which failed miserably.
I've launched more than 10 websites, some of them made some money, some of them didn't. I shut down all of them.
I've written seven books (this is my eighth). None of them was a bestseller.
I write a blog where I published more than 500 articles so far. I've more than 100,000 monthly readers spread across multiple platforms.
I'm by no means successful. Or rich. But I have more than enough. By all means. I have access to everything I need. And I can buy and afford everything I need.
I'm not a minimalist. Or a digital nomad. Or an entrepreneur. Or a blogger. Or an author.
I'm mostly just trying to be myself. I'm trying to be myself in a world where it gets harder and harder every single day to just be yourself.
It's not always been easy. As a matter of fact it's probably been hard more often than it's been easy.
But every single day of struggle and doubt has been worth it. Being yourself and creating your own life instead of just living a life is always worth the struggle.
This is my story. This is what I've learned about life, myself and the world around me.
I'm everywhere and nowhere. And I own nothing and everything...
I've lived in more places than I can remember. I lived and worked in Shanghai, New York, Berlin, Bangkok, Munich and a few more places, not including the dozens of places I've stayed at for just a few days or weeks. While writing these lines I'm in a small town in Malaysia.
I've basically lived out of a backpack for the past seven years. And the longer I'm doing this, the less stuff I need. Right now I carry less than 10 items around with me in a carry on backpack that weighs less than 10kg.
I go wherever I want to go. I currently spend less than $800 a month. Including everything. My most precious possession is a $300 Acer laptop.
I've started a clothing company in China, for the Chinese market, which failed miserably.
I've launched more than 10 websites, some of them made some money, some of them didn't. I shut down all of them.
I've written seven books (this is my eighth). None of them was a bestseller.
I write a blog where I published more than 500 articles so far. I've more than 100,000 monthly readers spread across multiple platforms.
I'm by no means successful. Or rich. But I have more than enough. By all means. I have access to everything I need. And I can buy and afford everything I need.
I'm not a minimalist. Or a digital nomad. Or an entrepreneur. Or a blogger. Or an author.
I'm mostly just trying to be myself. I'm trying to be myself in a world where it gets harder and harder every single day to just be yourself.
It's not always been easy. As a matter of fact it's probably been hard more often than it's been easy.
But every single day of struggle and doubt has been worth it. Being yourself and creating your own life instead of just living a life is always worth the struggle.
This is my story. This is what I've learned about life, myself and the world around me.
I'm everywhere and nowhere. And I own nothing and everything...
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Yann Girard
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"This changes everything!"
I've been blogging for more than two years now. I've published my thoughts almost everywhere online. I have been published on all sorts of websites and platforms with more than 1.5mn views combined. So I sat down and did the most natural thing. The one thing I always do.
I collected all of my thoughts and things I learned about blogging and put them into a short book for you. A book where you'll learn everything I learned over the past two years. It's THE book to read if you want to understand blogging and how it REALLY works.
It contains everything you need too know about blogging in the 21st century. It's not a how to guide or step by step manual. There are hundreds of them out there already. It's a lot more than that.
This book will take you behind the scenes of blogging. It'll show you how blogging really works. I'll tell you the stuff no one really talks about. Simple, raw and uncut. I'll tell you the stuff you'd usually only be able to learn out in the fields.
After you've read this book you'll know whether blogging is still worth it for you or not. How to get started. How you can (still) make money with it. The future of blogging. And many more behind the scenes stuff..
I collected all of my thoughts and things I learned about blogging and put them into a short book for you. A book where you'll learn everything I learned over the past two years. It's THE book to read if you want to understand blogging and how it REALLY works.
It contains everything you need too know about blogging in the 21st century. It's not a how to guide or step by step manual. There are hundreds of them out there already. It's a lot more than that.
This book will take you behind the scenes of blogging. It'll show you how blogging really works. I'll tell you the stuff no one really talks about. Simple, raw and uncut. I'll tell you the stuff you'd usually only be able to learn out in the fields.
After you've read this book you'll know whether blogging is still worth it for you or not. How to get started. How you can (still) make money with it. The future of blogging. And many more behind the scenes stuff..
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Yann Girard
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It's about how to go from being stuck to being unstuck.
It's about how to unleash your potential.
It's about how to find your passion.
It's ultimately about how to love your life.
It's about how to unleash your potential.
It's about how to find your passion.
It's ultimately about how to love your life.
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121 Unusual Tips to Being a Better Writer
May 15, 2017
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Yann Girard
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40 Alternatives to Quitting Your Job
Jan 24, 2016
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Yann Girard
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"Read this before you quit your job"
Everybody is talking about quitting your job. And living your dream. And following your passion. I think this is all BS. I've quit my job 3 years ago. And have learned what it really means to live without a paycheck. How hard it is to start from scratch. From zero. This is the honest story of someone who followed the advice "quit your job and follow your passion." This is my story.. If you want to know what it's really like to quit your job, to follow your passion and to survive without a paycheck, then read this book! And get 40 alternatives to quitting your job on top of it.
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Yann Girard
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450+ pages. 150+ essays. To reinvent yourself. Your life. And the way you see the world.
But the only way to change anything in our lives is to change our mindsets first. If you don't change your mindset you'll still do the exact same things over and over and over again. You'll still be the exact same person you've been before. Change never happens outside in. It only works inside out.
So whenever you want to change something in your life, whenever you want to change a certain behavior (or your entire life) you need to change your mindset first.And once you've taken that step, once you've changed your mindset, you'll be able to achieve so much more.You'll be able to get rid of your bad habits. You'll be able to start writing that book. That blog. Or start that company. Or tell her about your feelings. Become a better friend.
The past few years have been transformative for me. Especially last year. And I never had any New Year's resolutions. All I did was to think. A lot. And read. And share my thoughts and lessons learned with other people. Online. And offline. And on my blog.
So I took the leap and put all of my thoughts, emotions and lessons learned from the past year and put them into one book. A life changing book. A transformative book.
So whenever you feel stuck, whenever you feel like you want to get rid of a bad habit, whenever you want to change your life, whenever you want to become a better person, start that business, write that book, start your own charity or whatever, this is the book to read.
This is it..
New Year's resolutions never work. Trying to get rid of bad habits never really works. Trying to change who you are never really works. Because we're doing it all wrong. We want to instantly change all of these things.
But the only way to change anything in our lives is to change our mindsets first. If you don't change your mindset you'll still do the exact same things over and over and over again. You'll still be the exact same person you've been before. Change never happens outside in. It only works inside out.
So whenever you want to change something in your life, whenever you want to change a certain behavior (or your entire life) you need to change your mindset first.And once you've taken that step, once you've changed your mindset, you'll be able to achieve so much more.You'll be able to get rid of your bad habits. You'll be able to start writing that book. That blog. Or start that company. Or tell her about your feelings. Become a better friend.
The past few years have been transformative for me. Especially last year. And I never had any New Year's resolutions. All I did was to think. A lot. And read. And share my thoughts and lessons learned with other people. Online. And offline. And on my blog.
So I took the leap and put all of my thoughts, emotions and lessons learned from the past year and put them into one book. A life changing book. A transformative book.
So whenever you feel stuck, whenever you feel like you want to get rid of a bad habit, whenever you want to change your life, whenever you want to become a better person, start that business, write that book, start your own charity or whatever, this is the book to read.
This is it..
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The Growth Hacker's Ultimate Bible To Social Media: 20 Social Media Hacks for Explosive Growth, Updated & Expanded
Oct 26, 2014
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Yann Girard
$8.90
You'll learn how I did all of this:
- How I grew my Twitter audience from zero to 40k+ followers
- How I used Facebook to collect hundreds of email addresses
- How I went from zero to 100k views a month on Quora
- How I automated Twitter to send 3k+ visitors to my blog every month
..and many more cool hacks.
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The Perfectly Executed Startup: Building Successful Startups, Expanded and Updated, With New Cutting-Edge Content
May 28, 2014
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Yann Girard
$54.00
** Updated & Expanded with New & Cutting Edge Content in August 2015 **
Have you failed at starting a business or failed at trying?
With this book you'll learn how to properly validate, execute and start a profitable business without wasting a lot of time and money.
Whether you have too many ideas, or no ideas yet, this book is designed to teach you how to validate your ideas (see if people are paying for your product) and how to build a sustainable business as fast as possible.
It will teach you the following 10 things:
1. How to better understand decision making of potential customers.
2. How to validate your idea & generate revenues without having your product yet.
3. How to better understand the psychology behind marketing & sales.
4. How to market your ideas and products to build trust and maximize sales.
5. How to best acquire potential customers online & offline.
6. How to test & find the most efficient marketing channels for your startup.
7. How to use content creation as a key lead generator for your business.
8. How to communicate and interact with your prospects to build trust.
9. How to exponentially grow your business organically.
10. How to better understand investors and raise money.
It will not teach you the following 10 things:
1. How to build your product from a tech perspective.
2. How you should design your product and its user experience.
3. How to find co-founders and work with them.
4. How to manage and motivate your employees.
5. How to split equity between your founder team.
6. How to hire talent for your startup.
7. How to register and form your company's legal structure.
8. How to come up with ideas for your startup.
9. How to spend an incredible amount of money you just raised.
10. How to sell your company.
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