Inspired Marketing!: The Astonishing Fun New Way to Create More Profits for Your Business by Following Your Heart

Chapter 6. 101 Reasons to Follow Your Inspiration

David Riklan

David Riklan's Selfgrowth.com is the number one self improvement web site, and in this exclusive interview he shares a rare look into what got him started and kept him going as he left a highly successful career in corporate America to pursue his dreams.

With a newsletter subscriber list of over 950,000 his company is a powerful marketing case study that carries many important lessons you can apply to your own dream.

If you're currently seeking to break free from the 9 to 5 day job, David Riklan's inspiring story lays out a road map that is not only successful, but reveals how he found ways to turn obstacles into solutions in the process of pursuing inspired marketing.

Discover what it takes to walk away from security and support your family with your dreams.

Craig: David, at Selfgrowth.com you focus on very important aspects of personal growth, and inspired marketing is a big part of how you've made that site so successful.

David: It's a critical component.

My favorite project was the first book I did, Self Improvement: The Top 101 Experts Who Helped Us Improve Our Lives.

When you hear my story, it'll give you a sense of what my driving force is.

Right out of college, I went to work for a big company, Hewlett-Packard. I started to understand what corporate America is about. After a short period of time I began to realize there was a lot of value and a lot of benefits in that setting, but I really wanted to be an entrepreneur. ...