A short shelf, on purpose. Everything here passes the same test as this site: it has to actually help.
Here's a truth most home business sites won't tell you: the business grows at the speed you do. You can have the right idea and the right plan, but if you haven't built the discipline, self-awareness, and habits to keep showing up, the plan dies in week three. I learned that the slow way, so this shelf starts with growing you.
Full disclosure, because that's how we do things here: these first two are my own projects. I'm not earning a commission by recommending a stranger's stuff — I'm inviting you into rooms I actually run. Take that for exactly what it is.
An 8-week small-group mastermind built on John C. Maxwell's The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth — the best framework I've found for intentional personal growth. Six to eight people, weekly live sessions, real accountability. If you've ever read a growth book, nodded along, and changed nothing (welcome to the club, I was a founding member), the group format is the difference. Growth doesn't just happen. You have to be intentional about it — and it's easier with people who won't let you off the hook.
Start with the full breakdown of all 15 laws — it's free to read and worth the visit even if you never join a cohort.
My other life: leadership coaching, workshops, and the book I wrote for managers who learned leadership the way I did — on the floor, not in a classroom. If your home business ever grows to the point where you're leading people (a wonderful problem), or your day job involves a team, this is where that side of the shelf lives.
The free 5-day course this site is built around. If you haven't taken it yet, it's the best first step on this whole page — and the price fits every budget.
Plain answers to the questions everyone's afraid to ask, including the 90-second test for spotting a scam. New one every week.
One rule governs this shelf: if I haven't used it, it doesn't go on it. That keeps the shelf short and your trust intact — in that order of importance, reversed.
— Jay
Start with the free course here, or go deeper with the 15 Laws mastermind.
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