238: Why Revenue Goals Don’t Work (For Me)

Abundance was my word of 2019. I’d love to tell you I meant abundance in the broadest possible sense, appreciating the bounty already in my life, financial and otherwise. But mostly, my theme was about money. Specifically: to surpass one million dollars in revenue by the end of the year. I was going to build the sexiest small business rocket ship to achieve time-and-money escape velocity with my Delightfully Tiny Team. *Today's post is a crossover from Rolling in D🤦🏻‍♀️h. Check out my profile page to see what I’m publishing across ‘Doh, Free Time, and Pivot at [http://substack.com/@jennyblake.](http://substack.com/@jennyblake.*)* 📝 Permission Not to hit—or even set—super specific revenue targets. ✅ Do (or Delegate) This Next See what fellow Free Timers have to say on this topic and join us in the comments here » 🔗 Resources Mentioned Statistics: Census Bureau’s latest data, nonemployer business constitute nearly three-quarters of all businesses, Chartable’s top 50 entrepreneurship podcasts Rolling in D🤦🏻‍♀️h Articles: Why Revenue Goals Don’t Work (For Me), Mutually Assurred Rejection, An Honest Accounting + my emoji balance sheet, the Self-Imposed Pressure to be an Expert, Love That! For You 🙄 What Works: The Money Always Goes Up Gizmodo: The untold story of Napoleon Hill—the greatest self-help scammer of all time An Accidental Sabbatical: It Might Feel Safe, But It Won’t Feel Good Term: Limerence Zen parable: “We’ll See” Songs: We Are Young by fun., Unanswered Prayers by Garth Brooks Apps: Substack 📚 Books Mentioned My favorite spiritual financial reads: Creating Money, It’s Not Your Money, Happy Money, and one forthcoming by my longtime friendor Penney Peirce :) Loving What Is and The Work by Byron Katie also changed my life For a quirky one, check out Dollars Flow Easily To Me by Richard Dotts Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel by Kate Bowler Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One Life After College 🎧 Related Episodes Free Time: 226: Is your business a hot mess? If yes, let's celebrate — Rolling in D🤦🏻‍♀️h 236: Ignore the Odds — Rolling in D🤦🏻‍♀️h Crossover The Examined Life with Khe Hy: Should You Play Status Games? With Jenny Blake The Dream: Think and Grow Duped (S3 E4) 🌟Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review ✍️ Check out Jenny’s personal business essays on Substack, Rolling in D🤦🏻‍♀️h ❤️ Join our private BFF community for Heart-Based Business owners 💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter for access to the Free Time Toolkit 💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Free Time listener survey ☎️ Submit a voice question or comment: http://itsfreetime.com/ask 🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts 📝 Check out full show notes and share with friends: http://itsfreetime.com/episodes/238 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices