Million Dollar Grit
by Julie Chenell
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Same Strategy, Different Problem: The Pattern Behind My Niche Series
Same Strategy, Different Problem: The Pattern Behind My Niche Series
About this podcast
Welcome to Million Dollar Grit, the podcast that dives deep into the world of entrepreneurship, where tenacity meets strategy, and dreams meet reality. Here, we explore the raw, often overlooked truths of what it takes to succeed in business and in life. It's not just about the glossy success stories - it's about the grit it takes to get there.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 115 episodes
- Same Strategy, Different Problem: The Pattern Behind My Niche Series · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 115Last week I asked Instagram which niches outside of make-money-online could get to $300K–$500K in a year or two, and it took off. I've now done reels on pregnancy and birth…
- Every Decision Has a Cover Story: Triggers & Actions In Business · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 114Every decision you make in your business has a cover story — the reason you'd say out loud, like "the market's shifting" or "a competitor's charging more" or "my program needs a…
- Why Launching Is So Hard: Quicksand, Paper Tigers, and the Dentist · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 113Every launch runs on three train tracks — offer creation, funnel building, and audience building and marketing — and you're laying all three at the same time, which is why…
- The Danger of Taking Action · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 112Action taking is one of the most valuable personality traits in entrepreneurship — money loves speed, idea to implementation, failing forward — and it's probably a big part of…
- Stop Reinventing The Wheel! The 5 Containers That Each Build a Million-Dollar Business · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 111A client told me recently that the strategy I gave them was premature — that I couldn't possibly know their business well enough after a 15-minute call to hand them a plan, and…
- Can You Sell Courses Sustainably? · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 110Someone DM'd me and asked whether selling courses can ever really be sustainable, and I realized we're all using that word to mean something we never say out loud — what she was…
- What Content Creators & Business Owners Can Learn From Each Other · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 109My lead pipeline just flipped — for 10 years about 80% of my clients have been business owners, and in the last two weeks it's been about 80% content creators, all because of…
- A Personal Update After A Crazy Week! · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 108This one's personal — I'm unpacking the wild weekend behind me after Jessie Jean gave me a shout-out on her Instagram story and my following jumped from about 17,900 to over…
- Consider the Source Before You Follow the Advice · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 107The worst business advice you'll ever take won't come from a troll — it'll come from someone you hired, polished and confident and completely wrong. In this episode I get into…
- The Only Wrong Move in Business Is Doing Nothing · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 106There's exactly one wrong move in business, and it isn't picking the wrong name, launching the wrong offer, or running the wrong marketing strategy — it's doing nothing, and in…
- Problem First Building: The AI Workflow Framework That Ends the Dopamine Spiral · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 105I just wrapped the first in-person AI & Sheep workshop at my farm, and I couldn't let these takeaways leave my brain before I got them on record. The truth is, most people are…
- The #1 Thing To Learn From Jessi Jean's Viral Launch · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 104I recorded this one from my car — a little hat tip to Russell Brunson, who taught me that "in the car" beats "not at all" — because I had something I couldn't wait to break down…
- Is Everything Negotiable? The Two Muscles Most People Never Build (with Aryeh Sheinbein) · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 103This is a candid conversation with friend, client, and business partner Aryeh Sheinbein. I have two real-time negotiations on my desk right now (a post-divorce mortgage refinance…
- Action + Ignoring: The Two-Skill Operating System Behind Fast Execution · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 102This episode started with a client of mine watching me sell out four in-person workshops in three days and asking — completely seriously — how the heck I take action so fast. Her…
- What I brought home from the 17th DI mastermind · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 101I just got back from three days in New Haven at the 17th Digital Insiders mastermind — 40 entrepreneurs in one room, and somehow these events keep getting better than the last…
- Tripwire vs. LTO: The Funnel Terms Nobody Actually Explains · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 100This episode started with a client question — "what's a tripwire?" — that turned into a full breakdown of every low-ticket funnel term the marketing world uses (and misuses). I…
- Software Tools vs. Hub Tools — The Distinction Saving Me From Shiny Object Hell · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 99In this episode, I'm introducing a term I've been using a lot lately — hub tools — and why the distinction between a hub tool and just another piece of software matters more than…
- The Second Brain System That Broke My Brain (In the Best Way) · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 98I am still riding the dopamine and adrenaline high from discovering what I'm calling the most powerful second brain system I've ever built — and this week on Million Dollar Grit…
- Anxiety vs Strategic Urgency: How to Tell the Difference When Cash is Tight · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 97I want to talk about something that gets really blurry when money feels tight. The difference between actual urgency and straight-up anxiety. Because they feel the same in your…
- The 8 Steps From Invisible To Paid · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 96In this episode, I'm breaking down the line that every customer travels — from having zero clue who you are, all the way to becoming a buyer — and why most business owners are…
