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How to Forge Your Own Career Path in 6 Easy Steps With Julius Kahl

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Unless you’re pioneering an entirely new field, odds are there are hundreds—if not thousands—of people out there doing what you do, and maybe even doing it better.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing. It means that there’s a well-worn foot map that you can follow to get to a destination.

However, if you have loftier dreams for yourself, different goals, or a different destination, then you’ll want to take a detour off that tried and true path and forge your own.

Julius Kahl is in the middle of doing just that. A photographer out of Recklinghausen, Germany, Julius is steadily making a name for himself with his unique take on portraiture and wedding photography.

He credits his success to finding his style and path, and he shares a few tips on how you can do the same.

1. Find Your Vision

You’ll know it when you find it. Julius swears by it.

For the longest time, his dream was to become a magician, but all that was swept aside when he discovered photography and specifically, portraiture.

“I first got into photography when I used my parent’s camera to capture vacation memories. Then a few years ago, I bought my own camera to capture personal moments photographically and through video. More and more, I then realized that people are my favorite subject.”

2. Identify Your Strengths

Play to your strengths.

There’s no sense in walking down paths simply because others did. The bitter truth is that some people are simply better than you at certain things, and you’ll have to work twice as hard and long to even come close to their level of expertise.

Don’t waste your time chasing shadows. Instead, focus on work that you’re good at, work you enjoy doing and you can be proud of.

For Julius, that means editing in post. He takes every opportunity he can to talk about editing software.

“The software programs I use—Adobe Lightroom and Davinci Resolve—simplify the process immensely,” he tells me. “For editing my photos, I mostly use self-made pre-sets for lightroom, but they have to be adapted depending on the project.”

3. Seek Direction

Before you start forging your path, you need someone to point you in the right direction. A mentor can help you avoid pitfalls and fast-track your progress.

Julius knows this better than most.

“Without a doubt, my most important mentor over the past almost three years has been Danny Scähfer of Pretty Moments. He has taught me an incredible amount about the wedding industry and videography for which I am extremely grateful.”

If you can’t find a mentor, you can always learn from celebrity names in your field. You can study their works, listen to their podcast, follow them on Instagram, or even reach out to them for advice. They can be a veritable source of information and inspiration as you navigate towards your destination.

“My inspirations are photographers like Andrè Josselin, Rico Reinhold, Luise Blumstengel and Tony Andreas Rudolph”

Each of them is exceptional in their own right and has contributed in some way to the photographer that Julius is today.

4. Set Your Finish Line

As important as it is to get guidance from those more experienced than you, don’t forget that you’re running your own race and you have to set your own finish line.

You have unique goals, and you will never reach them if you follow someone else’s roadmap. You need to create your own goals and benchmarks by which you measure yourself.

“I think it’s always important to stay true to yourself and always stay on the ball”, Julius tells me. “I also think it’s important to figure out for yourself which creative direction you want to go in.”

5. Learn From Your mistakes

Don’t be afraid to fail.

Julius struggled with this for a bit. In the beginning the fear of failing kept him from making any real efforts with his photography, but over time he realized that “theory does not equal practice in most cases, and the only way to get better is to try things out and just do it.”

When you make mistakes, you have an opportunity to learn, and that’s what counts.

“At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is how many pictures you’ve taken in the real world and whether or not you’re engaged with them so that you can continue to improve in the future.”

6. Choose Joy

The most important thing you’ll need as you build the career of your dreams is joy and passion for the work you do.

“As in probably all other professions, it’s all about joy,” Julius tells me. “When there is an intrinsic interest in the subject matter, engaging with photography is not learning but simply enjoyment.”

Conclusion

Breaking out of the norm can be scary and challenging, but it’s a crucial part of your growth that you’ll have to confront sooner or later. If when that time comes, you keep these 6 tips in mind, you’ll be walking on your own path in no time.

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Miixed Realities Proves Medical Billing Doesn’t Have to Be a Black Hole

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For most clinics, the revenue cycle feels like throwing money into a void. Claims go out, denials pile up, and thousands of dollars sit in accounts receivable while practices wonder what’s actually happening. It’s a problem Gianni Gonzalez heard about repeatedly before founding Miixed Realities.

The company started from a conversation with a doctor in Hawaii who described the same billing headaches Gonzalez kept hearing from practices nationwide. Different states, different specialties, same struggle. “Patient care was never the problem. Billing was,” Gonzalez says. What clinics needed wasn’t more software. They needed experienced people who actually knew how to work claims from start to finish.

That’s where the company comes in. Miixed Realities, a leading medical billing office in El Paso, Texas, places HIPAA-certified, US-based billers directly inside a clinic’s existing electronic health records system and manages the full revenue cycle. Every claim runs through an in-house AI verification system before submission, and denied or unpaid claims get actively worked until they’re resolved. The pricing is straightforward: $5 per processed bill plus 6% of successfully recovered claims. No setup fees, no monthly retainers, no long-term contracts.

The company reports strong results. According to Miixed Realities, one pediatric clinic recovered $60,000 in just two weeks, and practices typically see 30% higher collections within weeks of onboarding. More than five practices have replaced their offshore teams with the company’s US-based billers. Miixed Realities integrates with over 50 practice management systems, including AthenaHealth, Kareo, Epic, and Cerner, and says it can have a practice up and running within 48 to 72 hours.

What sets them apart from offshore providers, according to the founder, is attention to detail and direct communication during US business hours. The company maintains 95-98% clean-claim rates and processes claims within 24 hours. Clients get full visibility through a real-time dashboard that tracks pending submissions, approved claims, denial statuses, and recovered revenue.

Miixed Realities is expanding its internal verification technology and onboarding specialty-specific billing teams. Practices nationwide can request a full audit to see exactly where revenue is being missed. It all goes back to that initial realization: clinics shouldn’t lose revenue because of preventable billing issues. With the right people and systems, they don’t have to.

Learn more at Miixed Realities or connect on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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Inside the Amazon Reinstatement Process: The aSellingSecrets Approach

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When an Amazon seller account is suspended, confusion often sets in immediately. Automated messages, vague policy references, and limited communication channels make it difficult for sellers to understand what went wrong, let alone how to fix it. aSellingSecrets was created to bring clarity and structure to this process through a methodical approach to Amazon account reinstatement.

The reinstatement process at aSellingSecrets begins with a comprehensive account audit. Instead of responding directly to Amazon’s first notification, the team reviews seller performance metrics, historical warnings, prior appeals, listing activity, and operational workflows. This deeper analysis helps identify not only the stated reason for suspension, but also contributing factors that Amazon may not explicitly mention.

Once the root causes are identified, the team develops a tailored reinstatement strategy. This strategy is not limited to a single appeal submission. It includes corrective actions, operational adjustments, and communication sequencing designed to align with Amazon’s internal review process. The goal is to demonstrate accountability, compliance awareness, and long-term risk reduction, factors Amazon consistently prioritizes during reinstatement reviews.

A key component of the aSellingSecrets process is professional appeal creation. Each appeal is written with precision, focusing on facts rather than emotion. Clear explanations, structured corrective measures, and forward-looking prevention steps are combined to present a strong, credible case. This approach avoids common mistakes such as over-explaining, assigning blame, or submitting incomplete responses.

For complex or prolonged cases, aSellingSecrets leverages its professional attorney network in both the U.S. and EU. Legal insight is especially valuable in cases involving intellectual property claims, repeated suspensions, or compliance escalations. This added layer of expertise strengthens appeals and ensures alignment with regional regulations, and with 97% Success Rate on across all-time appeals.

Throughout the process, sellers are kept informed with realistic expectations. Reinstatement is rarely instant, and timelines can range from weeks to several months depending on the severity of the issue. aSellingSecrets emphasizes consistency and persistence, continuing to refine and submit responses when necessary until Amazon reaches a final decision.By combining structured analysis, strategic communication, and professional expertise, aSellingSecrets has built a reinstatement process designed for long-term success. Rather than offering quick fixes, the agency focuses on restoring seller accounts in a way that reduces future risk and helps businesses move forward with confidence.

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Young Romanian Entrepreneur Explores Lisbon’s Thriving Startup Scene

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André Marquet & Darius Borda

There’s a certain kind of clarity that comes from stepping outside your comfort zone. For Darius Borda, a young Romanian entrepreneur, that moment arrived in Lisbon, where he spent months collaborating with André Marquet, founder and CEO of Productized. What started as an exploration of Portugal’s tech ecosystem turned into something more concrete: the groundwork for his next business venture.

Borda didn’t just observe. He participated. He got involved in startup accelerators, the Productized Conference, the EUDIS Defence Hackathon, and the Lisbon GenAI Meetups, an exclusive community of AI specialists. It’s the kind of immersive experience that can’t be replicated from a distance.

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“I came to Lisbon curious about entrepreneurship,” Borda said. “I left with new connections and the confidence to take the leap on my new business venture. Collaborating with André Marquet and being surrounded by people creating and launching their ideas was the best kind of learning.”

The collaboration worked both ways. Marquet found value in Borda’s IT management background and business instincts. “Collaborating with Darius Borda has been highly valuable,” Marquet noted. “His IT management expertise was essential to the organization of the Productized Conference, and his strong business acumen enabled meaningful deep-dives into entrepreneurial opportunities of mutual interest.”

Darius Borda

Beyond the formal events, the real work happened in conversations about defence tech, entrepreneurship, and early-stage startup ideas. Those discussions haven’t ended. There’s talk of future collaborations, though nothing’s set in stone yet.

The experience gave Darius Borda something he didn’t have before: a clearer sense of what’s next and the foundation to build on it. Sometimes that’s what you need. Not answers, just enough clarity to start.

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