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Skip to the contentSearchUpStartistMenuBookPodcastSubscribeSearchClose searchClose MenuBookPodcastSubscribeSurvive & Thrive as a SolopreneurHi, I’m Darren.I am a small business owner, podcaster, and author of The Fail-Safe Solopreneur: 6 Practices to Manage Your Well-Being Working for Yourself.I quit my last job 10 years ago and have since been self-employed. Here I share what I’ve learned about making a living and life as a solopreneur.Having grown up in the US but worked my entire career in Asia, I explore Western and Eastern approaches to business and building a fulfilling work-life.The UpStartist DiariesThe Fail-Safe SolopreneurThere are many books about making money. But few talk about the emotional toll of entrepreneurship.I wrote The Fail-Safe Solopreneur to help the growing number of freelancers, creators and entrepreneurs weather the emotional roller coaster of running a business and charting their own path. Each chapter centers around one practice I’ve found essential for well-being, so you can do your best work and fully enjoy your freedom. The book is available at Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, your local bookstore, wherever you buy ebooks and Audible / iTunes.ASE PodcastASE is a West African concept that means the power to make things happen. It also stands for Art, Social impact and Entrepreneurship – the work I aspire to do. On ASE, I interview intuition experts, professors, social entrepreneurs, singers, dancers, photographers, writers and filmmakers about how they are charting their own path to do their most meaningful work. We discuss ideas that can help you survive and thrive as a solopreneur. I also record solo episodes about the ups and downs of trying to build a career that’s fulfilling creatively, socially and financially. Listen hereSubscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, YouTubeBlogI also blog about the challenges I face as a solopreneur, and share ideas and tools I believe could help other solo creators and founders. I try to be unflinchingly honest about what makes this path wonderful and difficult.I am especially concerned with helping independent workers manage their mental and emotional health, as this has been a challenge for me, and I believe this problem will only grow as more people freelance, start businesses and work on their own.Popular Short Blog PostsThe Counterintuitive Life Lessons of ObituariesSolopreneurship Goes Against 200,000 Years of EvolutionWhere Experts Fall ShortThe Pull-Up PrinciplePopular Long Blog PostsThe In-BetweenWhich Gives More Security: Money or Friends?The Art of Travel Blogging with Tom Divers, Vietnam CoracleOther Series of Articles to Help You :Upstartist MBA: 14 posts on managing yourself and creating valueBook Trainer: exercises to internalize awesome booksThe Perfect Day: designing your ideal day through intuition, outsight and reflectionWhat am I Doing Now?Check out my now page!Get in TouchWhen I’m not working you can find me dancing and doing pull-ups.You can also find me on LinkedIn, Youtube, and Quora.I love hearing from people, so please contact me here, introduce yourself, and let me know your challenges – maybe I can help.Leave a ReplyCancel replySubscribe via EmailJust PublishedHow Much Money is Enough?March 2, 2022My Favorites from 2021December 24, 2021#31 The Art of Listening with Coach & Therapist Steve McCreadyOctober 15, 2021#30 Strength Training for Entrepreneurs with Justin ParkesSeptember 4, 20217 Essential Documents for AdultingAugust 22, 2021ContentBookPodcastSubscribeRecent CommentsDarren on Where Experts Fall ShortDavid Hajdu on Where Experts Fall ShortDarren on Living Zero Waste in SaigonDarren on Living Zero Waste in SaigonFilip, Gabriel, Nhan, Elias. Y6 students from AIS school. on Living Zero Waste in SaigonPopular PostsLiving Zero Waste in Saigon 10 comments | under Blog, Upstartist DiariesBuild On Your Strengths & Interests 4 comments | under Impact, Managing You, Strengths & Interests, Upstartist MBAEvaluating Your Perfect Day 3 comments | under Perfect Day, Upstartist DiariesWork on your Habits 3 comments | under Habits, Impact, Managing You, Upstartist MBAThe In-Between 3 comments | under Upstartist DiariesCopyright @ Upstartist Ltd 2012-2021©2022UpStartistPowered by WordPressTo the top ↑Up ↑