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Lifestyle design tools to design the life you want, and make that happen.

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Resources to build leverage = profit & growth without just working harder.

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Plug and play Systems to automate a solo business & get back your free time.

All 62 articles about growing a lifestyle business

I'm building a new kind of freelance design business:
A leveraged solo business that puts life first.
& I share everything I learn along the way.

May 08 2025

#62 How to get leads without selling your soul on social media

  • Lead Generation
Apr 24 2025

#61 Client Meeting Mastery: How to run freelance meetings like clockwork.

  • Productivity
Apr 10 2025

#60 How to reach x20 ideal customers every day

  • Lead Generation
Apr 03 2025

#59 How I’m Sticking to 4 hours of work a day

  • Time
Mar 27 2025

#58 8 controversial career tips for creatives

  • Growth, Lifestyle Design
Mar 20 2025

#57 How I stay sane when routine goes to shit

  • Lifestyle Design, Time
Jan 30 2025

#56 Why I always operate from a position of surplus leads

  • Lead Generation
Jan 23 2025

#55 How to get hard stuff done

  • Productivity
Jan 16 2025

#54 Are you charging your worth?

  • Money, Sales
lifestyle design blog
Jan 09 2025

#53 Reconciling a lifestyle business with fatherhood

  • Mindset
Jan 04 2025

#52 Your old habits won’t get new results

  • Growth, Motivation
Nov 21 2024

#51 Spotting client red flags before they turn into problems

  • Boundaries
Nov 10 2024

#50 Letting go of obligation

  • Blog
Oct 31 2024

#49 Turn angry clients into loyal customers

  • Boundaries
Oct 25 2024

#48 x3 short excercises to design your life

  • Lifestyle Design
Oct 17 2024

#47 The power of a one year promise

  • Lifestyle Design, Mindset, Motivation
Oct 10 2024

#46 Favours, freebies and saying no

  • Boundaries
Oct 03 2024

#45 How I turn failed sales calls into new customers

  • Lead Generation, Money
Sep 05 2024

#44 The only x3 ways to make more money as a freelancer

  • Leverage, Productivity, Systems
Aug 29 2024

#43 x51 simple lifestyle changes for happy freelancing

  • Lifestyle Design
Aug 22 2024

#42 How to package freelance services into an offer that sells for more

  • Money, Sales
Aug 15 2024

#41 The complete freelancer pricing guide

  • Money, Sales
Aug 08 2024

#40 Take control of your attention

  • Boundaries, Lifestyle Design, Mindset
Aug 04 2024

#39 The war in my mind – ambition vs contentment

  • Growth, Mindset
Jul 28 2024

#38 How to quickly respond to tricky clients by email without offending

  • Boundaries
Jul 21 2024

#37 Don’t use the wrong measuring stick for your success…

  • Money, Motivation
Jul 11 2024

#36 4 strategies I use to make success feel effortless

  • Productivity
Jul 04 2024

#35 A roadmap to 6 figure lifestyle business without the burnout

  • Growth, Lifestyle Design
Jun 27 2024

#34 The 3 day week for freelancers isn’t what you think…

  • Lifestyle Design, Time
Jun 20 2024

#33 How to become the person you admire most

  • Growth, Mindset
Jun 13 2024

#32 How to build a free-flowing routine that works for YOU

  • Time
Jun 06 2024

#31 How I battle overwhelm in a solo business

  • Mindset
May 31 2024

#30 How to build resilience as a solopreneur

  • Burnout, Mindset
May 23 2024

#29 Stoicism for Solopreneurs

  • Burnout, Mindset, Productivity
May 16 2024

#28 Plan in years, act daily – Goals to Actions workshop

  • Lifestyle Design, Motivation
May 09 2024

#27 How to turn skills into leverage

  • Growth
May 02 2024

#26 5 essential consistency systems for solopreneurs

  • Systems
Apr 25 2024

#25 Social content strategy for time-poor solopreneurs

  • Systems
Apr 18 2024

#24 How to systemize a solo business with SOPs

  • Systems
Apr 11 2024

#23 A magic phrase to turn bad days into good days

  • Mindset
Apr 04 2024

#22 Boundary-setting emails to streamline your solo business

  • Productivity
Mar 28 2024

#21 How to overcome procrastination on important tasks

  • Productivity, Systems
Mar 21 2024

#20 Complete management system for a one person business

  • Productivity, Systems
Mar 14 2024

#19 why my motivation hit rock bottom right now

  • Motivation
automatic reviews
Mar 07 2024

#18 A system to get good reviews every time.

  • Systems
Insane growth hack for freelancers
Feb 29 2024

#17 Insane growth hack for freelancers in 2024

  • Growth
How to start freelancing from scratch
Feb 22 2024

#16 How to start freelancing from scratch – A roadmap

  • Growth, Motivation
How to 10x your life & work through focus
Feb 15 2024

#15 How to 10x your life & work through focus

  • Boundaries, Mindset, Productivity
Feb 08 2024

#14 Frameworks for freelancers dealing with burnout

  • Boundaries, Burnout, Mindset
Feb 01 2024

#13 Schedule of a 6 figure Solopreneur

  • Lifestyle Design, Systems, Time
Jan 25 2024

#12 A low risk process for hiring the dream team

  • Growth
Nicholas Robb, Founder of Design Hero, solopreneur and author of Life by Design
Jan 18 2024

#11 how to redesign your life in 1 day

  • Lifestyle Design, Mindset, Time
Jan 11 2024

#10 Automated appointment booking system for solopreneurs

  • Systems, Time
Jan 05 2024

#9 The dark side of success they don’t tell you about

  • Boundaries, Mindset, Motivation
Dec 20 2023

#8 Open sourcing my annual review….

  • Mindset, Systems
Dec 15 2023

#7 fundamental systems for a lifestyle business

  • Systems
Dec 08 2023

#6 figure automated referral system

  • Lead Generation, Money, Systems
Dec 01 2023

#5 Books to Simplify your life, Multiply your output

  • Mindset, Time
Nov 23 2023

#4 work-life balance is not possible or even desirable

  • Burnout, Mindset, Time
Nov 17 2023

#3 selfish reasons for starting a solo business

  • Mindset, Motivation
Nov 09 2023

#2 A fully automated sales funnel for designers

  • Lead Generation, Systems
garden office for Design Hero
Oct 26 2023

#1 The Life By Design blog

  • Mindset

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