In 2006, Dorie Clark was a consultant working with local clients in the Boston area.

She didn't have a national platform, unfair advantages, or, to start with, differentiated positioning.

Fast forward to today, Dorie runs a high-margin 7-figure, 1-person business.

She's also a best-selling author, a writer for Harvard Business Review, and has taught at Duke and Columbia for over a decade.

So, how did she do it?

Dorie figured out how to navigate 'the Dip'. When she wasn't making progress, when other people weren't noticing her work, and other consultants would have quit - she figured out a way to get through.

That's the story I'm telling in Episode 6 of Undisputed Authority.

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Chapters:

[00:00] Intro

[01:05] Chapter 1 - 500 Articles
[18:28] Chapter 2 - The Dip
[28:07] Chapter 3 - The Academic Edge

Resources:

• Website: https://dorieclark.com/
• Books: https://dorieclark.com/books/

Sources used in the episode:

• The Nathan Barry Show
• Terry Rice
• The Anxious Achiever with Morra Aarons-Mele
• Suswati Basu
• Free Time with Jenny Blake
• How to be a Better Human
• Dorie at the Alan Weiss Million Dollar Convention

About Undisputed Authority

Each episode tells the story of how one expert became THE voice in their field – through deep research, conversation, and a three-chapter narrative structure. Not hacks. Strategies and patterns you can apply to your expertise-driven business.

About Liam Curley

Liam Curley helps experts identify what makes them uniquely valuable, then develop the positioning, frameworks, and insights that differentiate them from everyone else in their field. These are people who lead businesses where their expertise is the product.

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• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/liamcurley33