The Self-Employed Life

I'm the host of Work From The Inside Out, a?weekly podcast that features a mix of interviews and solo shows. Interviews are with real people who have made a transition to a more satisfying and meaningful career. We explore the strategies they implemented as they overcame barriers, while also attending to the practical matters of life.

Insights from me and my guests will inspire you to take action and to seek your own best livelihood.

215: The Self-Employed Life

How many people can say they’ve never worked for anyone else? Selling eggs door-to-door at 14 years old began a lifetime of self-employment for speaker and small business consultant Jeffrey Shaw. Jeffrey helps self-employed and small business owners look through different lenses to build strategies and compose the often-chaotic pieces of life and business into sustainable success.

Jeffrey grew up in a small, rural town in New York. Jeffrey’s father worked for IBM, and his mother ran her own hair salon. While in high school, Jeffrey developed an interest in photography. He was introduced to it by his father, who had built a darkroom in their home. Jeffrey’s talent as a photographer began to emerge, yet when he graduated from high school, he did not feel a sense of direction, so he took a gap year. The following year he decided to attend photography school.

For four decades, Jeffrey has served generations of families in his highly successful portrait photography business. Then, he reached a point where he wanted to do something different. He had heard about the coaching profession, found it appealing, and enrolled in a training program to develop those skills. Since then, he has added speaker, author, and podcast host to his professional titles. He has retained a small number of photography clients as he holds a deep value for the relationships he has nurtured over the years.

In 2021, Jeffrey created and launched the Self-Employed Business Institute to educate and support entrepreneurs in growing their businesses. His two books, The Self-Employed Life: Business and Personal Development Strategies That Create Sustainable Success and LINGO: Discover Your Ideal Customer’s Secret Language and Make Your Business Irresistible have been smash successes. Jeffrey is currently working on his third book. Stay tuned!

In this week’s?Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Jeffrey’s journey:

• Jeffrey is the host of the top-rated podcast, The Self-Employed Life.
• His TEDxLincolnSquare talk,?The Validation Paradox: Finding Your Best Through Others, is featured on TED.com.

Listen, subscribe?and read show notes at?www.tammygoolerloeb.com/podcasts/?-?episode 215

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