{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fed73d52c-5eda-49d3-87a3-09bbdb73f5b0","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Making it Work: Discovering New Opportunities to Build a Business at Any Age (Rerelease)","description":"Summer is in session but we\u2019re not taking off! Throughout the season, we\u2019ll be bringing back listeners\u2019 favorite episodes from past seasons and answering brand new Office Hours questions!\n Today\u2019s episode from season 2 (originally released at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic) features Cait Lockwood (formerly Caitlin Pyle), founder of Work-at-Home School and Proofread Anywhere, talking about how she went from being fired from a job to building a seven-figure company she could run from home. Listen to this great conversation about how you can build your own business without leaving the house\u2014even if you\u2019re already retired.\n In this episode we\u2019ll talk about:\n Remote work and unemployment during and after the COVID-19 pandemic\n Cait\u2019s journey from being fired to building two businesses\n Discovering the viability of full-time freelance work\n What it takes to be entrepreneurial and create your own company\n Advice for someone looking to change careers or generate additional income\n The three-step system for success as a freelancer\n Identifying the lies we\u2019re programmed to believe that can keep us from reaching our full potential\n Breaking past the self-doubt that can hold you back and replacing them with truths\n Abundance mindset vs scarcity mindset\n Leveling up by identifying existing skills and learning new ones\n The importance of confidence in successfully launching as a freelancer\n Changing the way we see retirement and throwing out conventional idea of retirement\n The reality of fixed income and how you can un-fix it\n Thinking outside\u2014or breaking out of\u2014the box you\u2019re in to make more money and reach financial independence\n Inflation rate and how it affects retirees and seniors more than the rest of us\n The main things seniors spend money on \u2013 leisure, health care, education for grandkids, and scratch-off lotto tickets\n The investment of online courses for building new skills\n Millennials, participation trophies, and accepting failure as a lesson\n Vetting online courses and creators and filtering out scams\n Understanding affiliate marketing and how you can use it to make commission income\n Using social media and your existing networks for market research and finding clients\n Visit dontretiregraduate.com for a full transcript of this episode.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5c73b572-4669-4556-9dd0-e644017903f8/summer-1-1.png"}