Since the mid-90s, WRIXON founder Aaron Wrixon has been paid for writing well over 5 million words. That’s the equivalent of 33 days of the New York Times. He has written copy for more than 100 different industries in the US, Canada, England, and Australia.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“if you are doing the math that’s almost 20 years between when I first started doing work on the side and when I decided now this is what I had to do. That’s a big mistake. I spent far too much time making that journey from side hustle to full-time… When I had matched my full-time salary with my part-time job that’s when I thought okay now it’s time to go, I can do it now. There’s not really any right time to start I think. I wish I had learned that sooner because I may have been braver and been able to spend more time doing what I do now ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume Book by Josh KaufmanFavourite Quote:
“done is better than perfect”
Recommended Online Resources:
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“it’s a challenge, it can be a challenge. It’s not without its hardships but they are the best kind of hardships. It can be as difficult as climbing a mountain but you know that not only when you hit that summit you will get that rush but if you have got your brain wired right just the act of climbing up that mountain is fulfilling in itself. This is how I know this is what I am meant to be doing. It’s difficult, sometimes it’s infuriating, it’s disappointing sometimes, sometimes it’s exhilarating but I would not trade it for anything else. And if you feel that for that.”…[Listen for More]
More About Aaron Wrixon:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.” Paul Rand, Graphic Designer
Other Quotes From the Chat with Aaron Wrixon:
- “I also enjoy the freedom that it gives me. I can do this from wherever and whenever. I can do this on a commuter train, I can do this at my relatives lake house, I can do this early morning on vacation before my family and I go to the beach and I can do it right here in my office”
- “the number one skill I have been able to develop is being able to be creative on demand. And then that skill provides me with the freedom that I have been trying to find for more than 40 years”
- “I do a lot of work to engineer the kind of happy accidents that lead to referrals”
- “there really is no right time to do it”
- “get over the fear that it’s not the right time and just make it your time”
- “I do my best fastest most profitable work inside certain zones”
- “success at the end of the day is did I do my best for the right reasons”
- “there comes a point where you can try to perfect something but it’s not going to add any more value. There is a law of diminishing returns when you are trying to get something absolutely perfect. Done is much better than that. You can get paralysed trying to make something perfect and never finish. Done is simply that is good enough get it out of the door and will figure it out later”
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