Steinberg - Skin In the Game: Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur to Find Love

T he entrepreneurial way is at its core a method based on action and forward motion. As a dating coach who advocates an action-oriented approach, this is precisely why I believe entrepreneurship is such a worthy field for singles to draw from. I want you to always think of yourself as being in forward motion when it comes to your dating and love life, and that every step you takebe it big or smallis a part of that forward motion (even the ones you feel were mistakes). To that end, there is a section dedicated to Action Steps at the end of each chapter, which you should work on as you progress through these pages. First, though, I encourage you to read the book in its entirety without interruption.

(*SIDEBARS! Note: In the paperback version of this book, I have sidebars peppered throughout. The sidebars offer extra tips, suggestions, explanations, definitions, affirmations, pep talks, and much more. Due to ebook formatting issues, I have had to include these sidebars within the body of the text. You will know its a sidebar when you see a *, the font size is smaller, and the text is set in a box and parentheses.)

Having lived in the world of entrepreneurship education for so many years, this is an area with which I am well acquainted, but I understand that the majority of readers are new to entrepreneurship and its concepts and will thus benefit from giving the book a once-through read without too much stopping and starting. Theres a lot to digest about both dating and entrepreneurship within the pages that follow, so I encourage you first to enjoy the reading process, familiarize yourself with the subject of entrepreneurship, and understand generally how the different components will work in your dating and love life. Once youve finished a first pass, you can dive in, one chapter at a time, and start working on the Action Steps. If you are so inclined, please purchase the workbook for Skin In the Game, which is available on Amazon or through my website (www.thelovetrep.com). The 200-page workbook will be an excellent resource for you as you embark on your entrepreneurial journey. It recaps major concepts from this book and outlines detailed instructions for all of the Action Steps within each chapter. The workbook allows you to complete all of the Action Steps (exercises, journaling, etc.) in one place.

(*Action Steps. Use the action steps at the end of each chapter to keep you moving forward.)

To be successful in your entrepreneurial journey to find love, it is important that you complete the Action Steps as outlined in each chapter, and do them in sequential order, especially in Parts I and II. For instance, you cant jump into the various exercises in chapter 5 (Part II) if you havent started the process of removing obstacles, as outlined in chapter 3 (Part I). Part III will help facilitate the work you are doing in Part II.

I strongly encourage you to follow my recommendations, but if you do choose to skip around a bit, it is my sincere hope that you take away something by employing the entrepreneurial mindset and approach in your dating and love life. I truly believe the entrepreneurial way is a force that can transform lives, so much so that Ive based my dating coaching business, The Love TREP, around it. (Trep is common shorthand for entrepreneur.) If you take away just one insight that has the power to make a difference in your dating and love life, then I believe I have succeeded as a dating coach. It is also my hope that this book inspires you to get excited again about dating and the prospect of finding love. As you become a Love TREP,