Sponsored by EveryExpert I also put together a free guide on getting your first or next paid client: terryrice.co/everyexpert I'm going to tell you how commenting on LinkedIn led to a documentary being made about my life. Then I'm going to show you how the same move can grow your business, because that part matters more than the story. Here's the actual chain. Somebody from ConvertKit wrote a post. Someone left a comment on it. I replied to the comment. Not the post. The comment. That's how...
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Sponsored by EveryExpert I also put together a free guide on getting your first or next paid client: terryrice.co/everyexpert I coach my daughter's flag football team. Nine year olds. I did not realize it was basically a part-time job. Week one, I showed up and assumed the kids knew how to play. They, meanwhile, assumed I knew how to coach. We were both wrong. We won anyway, somehow, because the other team was even less prepared than we were. That taught me the wrong lesson for exactly seven...
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Sponsored by EveryExpert Get paid for what you already know. A friend asked me last week if his idea for a reel was too silly. The plan: recreate the Nickelback "Photograph" video, shot for shot, to promote his business making AI images. I told him it was goofy. I also told him it was great. Both are true, and only one of them matters. So I gave him the advice I give everybody. You can do whatever you want, so long as you can face the consequences. He can face this one. Worst case it flops...
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I made a $5,000 video without a film crew Just me, an afternoon, and a tool you already have access to. Real talk. Going into Memorial Day weekend, I have spent the week feeling genuinely grateful. It almost feels corny saying this out loud, but I want to tell you why anyway. For years there was a gap between the work I loved and the work I had to do to get there. AI closed most of that gap. I am still a little amazed by it. I was vibe-coding at the gym this week, building a tool on my phone...
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I was watching a documentary. Then I built this Welcome to The Real Work, weekly insights for high-performers and entrepreneurs who've outgrown their current success and are ready to rebuild from their authentic foundation. I'm watching a documentary on YouTube, and the next video in the queue is about a new Claude feature called Claude Design. I got five minutes into that video before I closed it and started building. Here's why. I've wanted to make carousel posts for LinkedIn for months....
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Missed you last week. Here's where I've been. Welcome to The Real Work, weekly insights for high-performers and entrepreneurs who've outgrown their current success and are ready to rebuild from their authentic foundation. This newsletter is sponsored by Kit. On March 31st at 1pm Eastern, I'm doing a live session called "What's in Terry Rice's Kit?" — a behind-the-scenes look at the exact email system I use to find warm leads, build trust, and generate income without pitching every week. Grab...
5 months ago • 4 min read
My Son's School Project Turned Into a Business Welcome to The Real Work, weekly insights for high-performers and entrepreneurs who've outgrown their current success and are ready to rebuild from their authentic foundation. Last week I was sitting across from Baratunde Thurston at the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn. If you don't know him, you should. He's a bestselling author, former director of digital at The Onion, Emmy-nominated producer, and host of a podcast called Life with Machines about how...
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I Made a $500 Video for Free. While My Kids Were on a Trampoline. Welcome to The Real Work, weekly insights for high-performers and entrepreneurs who've outgrown their current success and are ready to rebuild from their authentic foundation. Let's talk about explainer videos. You know those short videos that walk someone through what your product or service does? The ones that show up on landing pages and course pages and make people go "oh, I get it now"? They work. Really well. Landing...
6 months ago • 4 min read
Why obsessing over "the one thing" is holding you back. Welcome to The Real Work, weekly insights for high-performers and entrepreneurs who've outgrown their current success and are ready to rebuild from their authentic foundation. In early December, I got an inbound lead for one of the largest speaking deals of my career. Multi-city tour. Big budget. The kind of opportunity that makes you sit up in your chair and think, "This could change everything." Things started moving quickly. Then they...
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