For solopreneurs, soft skills aren’t “nice-to-haves.” They are the edge that strengthens resilience, differentiates your brand, and deepens trust with clients, collaborators, and communities. I highly suggest reading Wells’ article - it provides great resources for learning and deepening these skills.

As a solopreneur, we see the chaos as outside our window. It couldn’t possibly be us. It’s our company, our vision, and if we change the plan, who is it impacting? Well, we have a network of people we work with, our vendors, our clients, and at times, our family.

If we do not manage the chaos in our world, the chaos will manage us. Here’s a great article on “How To Thrive When Leaders Create Chaos In The Workplace” by Chris Westfall (Forbes). This article has been adapted with insights and actions for solopreneurs.

As a solopreneur, work can feel like you are just heads down and working through the daily checklist of action items. Without a set of tasks, the work doesn’t get done, right? Well, are you doing what is moving you in the right direction? Maybe you only need one small shift to make a huge impact.

Minor shifts in attitude, our work, and who we surround ourselves with can make a significant shift. Take a moment to read the summary of “A Mere One-Degree Difference” by Antone Roundy (on WhiteHatCrew) tailored for solopreneurs, with insights and action steps. (whitehatcrew.com).

Starting a business has challenges. For women, that challenge is even more prevelant. Big lesson can be learned from Black-owned Founders and how to navigate today’s climate of uncertainty.

There are days you wake up feeling like you can conquer the world. Then there are days you wake up saying, “Who am I to be building this business?” and then you do nothing for weeks! That’s self-sabotage. Of course, we all have days that are tougher than others to get work completed. Self-sabotage is deeper than the bump in the road. Learn how to overcome the saboteur in you.

When you are working every day to keep the business going and the lights on, there aren’t enough hours in the day to strategically plan for scaling. Here are some thoughts about a scientific approach to scaling. Based on The Science of Scaling by Benjamin Hardy (with Blake Erickson), here is a breakdown and key insights for the solopreneur.

Old change methodologies no longer fit in a world where much of the “human work”—learning, stakeholder interviews, and deep insights—now comes from bots. The challenge isn’t whether change practitioners are still needed, but how we leverage our talent and skills at today’s breakneck pace of change. While the old playbook feels outdated, a strategic approach can still help us navigate—and lead—through this disruption.

When you’re building a business solo, every decision feels weighty. You’ve invested your time, energy, and often your savings into moving forward. So when the path you’ve chosen isn’t working, the idea of starting over can feel unbearable - so unbearable. Read how “doubling back aversion” can cost you.

The importance of possibility thinking. Think big, bold, think AI and how to leverage it to stay in the game.

In turbulent times, traditional change-management methods (e.g. slow pilots, coalition building, incremental “small wins”) may not suffice. Leaders should lean into more opportunistic, decisive, and expansive tactics to drive change.

As a solopreneur, we don’t have a team; we have a network. We will thrive or barely survive based on that network. Here’s how the principles in Roy Dekel’s “How to Build a Team That Doesn’t Just Work—It Wins” translate into opportunities, challenges, and strategic moves for solopreneurs. (Inc.com)