Dan Dowling

Solopreneur, writer, and coach

As a former couch-surfing millennial turned solopreneur writer and coach, Dan Dowling writes on personal development. Visit MillennialSuccess.io and learn how to create your own solopreneur success story.

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More From Dan Dowling

Thought Leaders

Let’s Forget About Morning Routines for a Second and Talk About Finishing Strong

Success isn't about how you start...it's about how you finish.

Building a Business

Solving My Dumbest Life Problems Was the Key to Figuring Out My Biggest Business Issues

Solving the stupid little problems is enough of a mental reset that your biggest issues in life start handling themselves.

Building a Business

Learning a New Language Rejuvenated My Business

Sure, it's nice to talk in another language but the real benefit is the hard work your brain does learning it.

Building a Business

These Blunders Cost Me an Entire Year of My Life

Time passes whether you're spinning your wheels or moving forward.

Building a Business

The Almost Unbelievable Power of Your Belief Systems

Follow this visualization guide to achieve absolute clarity in your goals.

Building a Business

You’ve Got the Dreams but are You Doing the Work?

Planning out just one goal each day makes all the difference.

Entrepreneurs

I Found Success by Embracing My Greatest Flaw

There's a positive and negative to every so-called "flaw." Are you ready to find your silver lining?

Thought Leaders

Increasing Employee Engagement Is About Un-Disengaging Your Workforce

Limiting emails and phone usage might be the smartest thing you ever do for your company.

Entrepreneurs

How to Finally Get Over Your BS Excuses and Always Give Your Best Effort

It all comes down to one routine.

Building a Business

How to Live With Purpose and Stay Focused on Long-Term Goals

You'll be needing a plan...and we've got one for you.

Entrepreneurs

How to Choose the Wrong Business Partner — Just the Way I Did

Partnerships are like marriages: Get to know the person first. Or you may pay later.

Entrepreneurs

3 Steps to Turn Your Smartphone Into a Self-Improvement Engine

Science shows that your IQ is lower when your smartphone is near, but not when you use these three steps.

Thought Leaders

Why Tenacity Is More Important Than Brilliance for Entrepreneurial Success

Lots of people are smart enough to succeed as entrepreneurs, but few have the tenacity to work through the inevitable failures.

Thought Leaders

If Your Path to Success Has You Borderline Insane, You’re On the Right Path.

Progress is imperfect by nature. Here are three strategies to cope with it and keep moving forward.

Thought Leaders

The Secret to Becoming a Peak Performance Leader

The biggest difference between you and elite entrepreneurs is they plan better.

Thought Leaders

I Was Living In Poverty When One Small Decision Started Making Me $5,000 a Week

With business slowing to a crawl and his rent due, this entrepreneur found prosperity by leaning into his fear.

Entrepreneurs

What Can You Really Accomplish in Just an Hour?

How you spend an hour is how you spend a year.

Thought Leaders

Why Entrepreneurs Must Follow Their Calling

If working for others has never made sense to you, it's very possible working for yourself will.

Entrepreneurs

How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary

Everyone has the potential, but the habits necessary are adopted only by the few. Will you be one of them?

Building a Business

To Massively Increase Your Confidence, Plan to Spend Your Time Constructively

Replace something you do every day you don't want anyone to know about with one thing you've been putting off longer than you want anyone to know and your confidence will soar.