It seems like everyone I talked to has two or more Skools, which is crazy because it’s hard enough to keep my focus on just this group. I can’t imagine how you all are managing multiple!

I'm going to start brain dumping my biggest mistakes every Sunday so that you guys can avoid them and make faster progress on your Skools. This week, these were my 7 biggest mistakes: 1. Fake focus I tell myself that I want to build 1000 top 1% communities in 2026, but this week I was still everywhere instead of focusing on the one thing that matters: testing systems and formulas that create top 1% communities. Definition of distraction: anything that does not solve the #1 constraint. I was distracted. 2. Badly timed YouTube videos I came out with two YouTube videos this week because I want to increase my marketing efforts. This was the wrong choice. When it comes to marketing, you need to follow the formula of More, Better, New. My best marketing is responding to DMs because that gets me on the most discovery calls. It is my highest leverage marketing. Therefore, I need to do more responding to DMs until I physically can’t do any more. Then and only then can I focus on responding to DMs better. Only after I have exhausted both More and Better can I move onto New, aka YouTube videos. Symptom of distraction. 3. No sales script I run a business. I sell my services/offers to make money. No shit. Somehow, because I’m charismatic and good at asking questions, I convinced myself that I don’t need a sales script. That is beyond stupid. You need to be able to breathe your script so that you can actively listen during a conversation. I found multiple points this week where I was on a call with someone and thinking about something else instead of what they were saying. I 100% lost sales because of this. Such is life. We move on. 4. No sleep Working until 1 to 2 AM seems heroic/awesome. It’s easy to convince yourself that you’re super cool and you’re outworking everybody so you must deserve success more than anybody else. Bullshit. There were multiple days this week where I was a literal zombie. That is because I didn’t sleep enough. The ROI on 90 minutes of extra sleep beats three hours of extra work every. single. time.

Spam is part of the internet unfortunately. The “move to WhatsApp” people, “hello dear,” dropshipping pitches, weird DMs, all of it. Good news: Skool just added a super useful thing inside membership requests. You can now see if a profile is marked as high risk before you approve them. So instead of letting them in, then cleaning up the mess later… you can catch them at the door. Also, peep the photo. Location mismatches are still one of the easiest tells. Now for the systems that make this even cleaner: Set level requirements for posting and DMs. Less spam, less cleanup, more real convos. Personally, I like setting chat to at least level 4. Because spammers try to speed-run comments to unlock messaging. Skool’s built-in tools help a lot too: - Tell members to report spam (it’s anonymous) - If someone gets in, ban + delete their last 7 days of activity in one click - Block + report DM spammers so Skool can review the account - Report spam profiles even if they’re in someone else’s community (helps platform-wide) What red flags do you look for when you’re spotting spam accounts?

Welcome to the Yard, @Yvonne Green It is awesome to have a full-time professional and creator stepping into her own space here. Love the relaxing hobby of coloring and wine—balance is key when you are building a service business!