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b"Can you believe 2015 is over already?\\nI know, it's a cliche thing to say, but it's true--I feel like the year has just flown by! Maybe you can relate. I know when a year is packed with as many projects, launches, milestones reached and lessons learned as 2015 has been for me, it makes time race by.\\nIt's impossible to anticipate the new year without thinking about resolutions. Ugh. I've never been one of those people who respond well to those.\\nInstead\\xa0of thinking about resolutions,\\xa0I found myself drifting back to a book that I've read about a hundred times. I'm sure you've heard me talk about it before:\\xa0ReWork,\\xa0written\\xa0by the guys who founded Basecamp. This book was like a manual for success, back when I was first getting started...but it seems to be turning into a tradition that at the end of one year, I review it for fresh inspiration on how to smartly approach the coming year.\\nCall it a New Year's Rejuvenation, if you will.\\nThis year, I was going through it looking for how its principles\\xa0could help build online business. And as usual,\\xa0ReWork\\xa0did not disappoint. I was taking so many notes that I had to turn it into a podcast for you.\\nThe strategies I'm going over today are all\\xa0about different ways to approach your work so that...\\na) you get more done b) everything you do leads you to big results c) you end the day feeling more satisfied\\xa0with your bottom line\\nIn particular, if you want to build a business around creating online training programs and courses, these strategies are going to be really applicable. They'll help you get more done with less time, less money, less resources\\u2026you know,\\xa0the precious things we always seem to be short on.\\nEach of these 7 tips will have to do with one of these three words:\\xa0Strategy, Saving, and Selling. And I have to tell you, this is a very dense, deep episode--give me a break, it's the final episode of 2015!--so you really should\\xa0listen to the whole thing.\\nI suggest curling up with the last Christmas cookie, stir a little eggnog into your coffee, and enjoy a final moment of holiday hibernation to brainstorm your 2016 business year.\\nStrategy\\xa0#1: Embrace your constraints\\nLimited resources force you to do make do with what you\\u2019ve got, and that in turn forces you to be creative.\\nStrategy\\xa0#2:\\xa0Become a curator\\nIt\\u2019s the stuff you leave out that matters--in terms of product value and saving yourself valuable time.\\xa0Find out how--click here to listen\\xa0now.\\nStrategy\\xa0#3: Build a more focused product\\nWhat\\u2019s the one most important thing that your product is bringing to the table?\\nStrategy\\xa0#4: Make decisions often\\nYou\\u2019ll be amazed how strong your decision-making skills can get when you make it a habit.\\nStrategy\\xa0#5: Create an offer your audience cannot refuse.\\nOne of the best ways to do this is to offer more of\\xa0you.\\nStrategy\\xa0#6: Sell your by-product as an upsell or downsell\\nIf you offer an upsell\\xa0or downsell, you can work less!\\xa0Find out how--click here to listen\\xa0now.\\nStrategy\\xa0#7: Make sure your work really matters\\nNothing really matters if your work doesn\\u2019t matter to others\\u2026or to you.\\nIn the end, your business' value is really all about your business' balance. Adding too little will leave your audience confused and you unsatisfied; adding too much value is just overkill for your audience and way too much stress for you.\\nGet the low-down on each of these tips...find out how they tie in with\\xa0Strategy, Savings and Selling...and get your business systems\\xa0aligned for an amazing new year!"