Today's Guest: A Bit About Elliott Masie Don't focus on the business; focus on yourself. Don't say I'm going to start a company. Say I'm going to build my passion. Become the leading expert in a field that no one thinks is important   So says Elliott Masie, a professed geek, and architect of the term "E-learning" who operates The Learning CONSORTIUM at the Masie Center. It is the only fully dedicated research center, and networking organization focused on e-Learning and learning/technology research. He constructed one of the most successful conferences at Walt Disney that started with a passion for technology, how to use it, and connect people to learn ways to improve their skills. But having passion does not make a successful entrepreneur that starts as a solopreneur then grows to produce shows on Broadway and coin a term that would forever change an industry. Let's dig in.  Brief Background of Host of The Solopreneur Journey Podcast, Ex-pat Entrepreneur Jewel Daniels   Jewel Daniels is the head of Daniels Communications Global, a leadership development firm specializing in executive coaching, cultural competency, and developing leaders. She is also the author of four books, with her latest becoming a bestseller, https://jeweldaniels.net/new-book-profile (Three Sides of Every Crisis: Strategies to Sustain Business, Manage Your Career and Take Care of You). The book talks about how to find opportunities amid a crisis by learning to adjust your perspective so you can pivot, strategize, and take action to #kickthecrisis.   About The Solopreneur Journey Podcast   The Solopreneur Journey Podcast reaches out solo entrepreneurs, single-shingle, one-person enterprises who are just starting their business or killin' it in business. The show is ripe with information for those transitioning from careers to become entrepreneurs and growing to become larger companies' business owners.   You will glean lessons from everyday solopreneurs. Plus, those who have scaled their business and featured guests who pay it forward to share leadership lessons, the power of collaboration, how to price your goods and services, negotiation, marketing, and practicing excellent EQ (emotional intelligence).   One of the show's strongest offerings is its ability to cover a broad spectrum of industries with people worldwide in a way that appeals to our audience by meeting people where they are along their solopreneur journey.   Show Snapshots [00:02:39] "Technology is like climate. You know, it's different around the world," is how Elliot Massie describes it while sharing that it will continue to become widely available in third world nations and beyond because the desire for knowledge "makes people hungry and thirsty and curious." [00:06:27] Opportunities continue to be ripe in how technology can be leveraged even in third world countries like Rwanda, where things are even more advanced because using your phone to buy goods is the norm. It is these times of opportunities that keep Masie, a self-professed geek, intrigued and successful. What is Elliot's secret: "Don't focus on the business, focus on yourself." His passion drove him to seek answers to understand how to use technology to learn, teach things to get smarter, and grow the skills. These factors became the beginning of an E-learning enterprise. [00:10:49] A solopreneur in his early 20s with an understanding that business grows when you grow your passion and that leads to building a company. The additional building block came in the form of advice from a college friend turned business partner. Learn to become the lead expert in a field that nobody knows is important, yet set the trajectory for a long career in learning and development. [00:13:51] A love of technology and using it to teach people things in the learning area led to seminars and conferences that gathered learning professionals from around