Free Time with Jenny Blake 238: Why Revenue Goals Don’t Work (For Me)
Abundance was my word of 2019.
I’d love to tell you I meant abundance in the broadest possible sense, appreciating the bounty already in my life, financial and otherwise.
But mostly, my theme was about money.
Specifically: to surpass one million dollars in revenue by the end of the year. I was going to build the sexiest small business rocket ship to achieve time-and-money escape velocity with my Delightfully Tiny Team.
*Today's post is a crossover from Rolling in D🤦🏻♀️h. Check out my profile page to see what I’m publishing across ‘Doh, Free Time, and Pivot at [http://substack.com/@jennyblake.](http://substack.com/@jennyblake.*)*
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Not to hit—or even set—super specific revenue targets.
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🔗 Resources Mentioned
- Statistics: Census Bureau’s latest data, nonemployer business constitute nearly three-quarters of all businesses, Chartable’s top 50 entrepreneurship podcasts
- Rolling in D🤦🏻♀️h Articles: Why Revenue Goals Don’t Work (For Me), Mutually Assurred Rejection, An Honest Accounting + my emoji balance sheet, the Self-Imposed Pressure to be an Expert, Love That! For You 🙄
- What Works: The Money Always Goes Up
- Gizmodo: The untold story of Napoleon Hill—the greatest self-help scammer of all time
- An Accidental Sabbatical: It Might Feel Safe, But It Won’t Feel Good
- Term: Limerence
- Zen parable: “We’ll See”
- Songs: We Are Young by fun., Unanswered Prayers by Garth Brooks
- Apps: Substack
📚 Books Mentioned
- My favorite spiritual financial reads: Creating Money, It’s Not Your Money, Happy Money, and one forthcoming by my longtime friendor Penney Peirce :)
- Loving What Is and The Work by Byron Katie also changed my life
- For a quirky one, check out Dollars Flow Easily To Me by Richard Dotts
- Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel by Kate Bowler
- Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton
- Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business
- Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
- Life After College
🎧 Related Episodes
- Free Time: 226: Is your business a hot mess? If yes, let's celebrate — Rolling in D🤦🏻♀️h
- 236: Ignore the Odds — Rolling in D🤦🏻♀️h Crossover
- The Examined Life with Khe Hy: Should You Play Status Games? With Jenny Blake
- The Dream: Think and Grow Duped (S3 E4)
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