Hey everyone, I was looking at my profile and realized “Cyber Guardian” sounded like I was guarding a fortress. That creates distance, which is the opposite of what I want to build here. We know that for many of us, tech and systems feel like “Homework”—heavy, complex, and demanding. So I’ve updated my role to The Decision Barista. My goal isn’t to add to your to-do list; it’s to help you unfreeze. I build systems that act as a “Compassion Engine” for your business—filtering out the noise so you can move from “High Heat” (Panic) or “Deep Freeze” (Avoidance) back into flow. To celebrate the rebrand, the “shop” is open today. Here is the menu: 1. The Espresso Shot (Quick Fix) ☕ Stuck on a specific tech problem or decision knot? Paste it in the comments. I will give you the 1-sentence solution (no fluff) to help you “move the pebble.” THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL: I’m solving FIVE Espresso Shot requests within the next 3 days. First come, first served. Paste your problem below, and I’ll shoot back the brew. 2. The Foam Art (Reframing) ☁️ Feeling stuck or guilty about a project? Tell me the “shame thought” (e.g., “I’m lazy because I haven’t posted”). I will use the framework to reframe it into a solvable system step, removing the guilt. 3. The Open Kitchen (FAQs & Raw Prompts) 🌐 I haven’t plugged in the full digital machine yet because I want to build it with you, not at you. I’ve set up decisionbarista.com as a simple menu board. Right now, it holds the FAQs and a link to the “Pantry” (Google Drive) where you can grab the raw prompt recipes I use myself. The Ask: Take a look at the prompts in the pantry. Tell me which one you want me to turn into a simplified tool first. — G.S. DecisionBarista.com

Happy Monday founders - now let's help each other grow! There are so many brilliant minds in this community, and I bet we can help each other massively with a tiny amount of effort. Inspired by @Matthew Burns, I made this post! As entrepreneurs, we juggle a LOT of hats. That means we often have a massive to-do list and are constantly "doing" things - but it's not necessarily the most effective things. So here's the game: 1. Write a one to two sentence description of your business. Who do you serve, and what do you help them do? 2. Share one spot where you're stuck OR where you're not sure what the most important task is in your business. 3. Comment on at least two other people's posts with one TACTICAL thing they can do to get past their bottleneck or prioritize their task list. Example in the comments. Let's all help each other grow!

We often think we are "stuck everywhere," but usually, it's just one specific door that is jammed. To fix it, we have to name it. Which of these "Decision Shadows" is blocking your sunlight right now? @Rex Loyer @Sebastian Schroeder @Alison St. Romain @Mahedi Kaiser

I recently listened again to How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie and took a few powerful lessons from it. The first thing that struck me is how he starts the book almost like a YouTube video: by establishing proof, authority, and clearly stating what’s in it for the reader. Here are some of the key lessons from the book: 1. Bring out the best in others. Don’t make them focus on the negative. 2. Significant feelings drive our actions and our success. 3. To get people to do things, you need to give them what they want. 4. Learn people’s names. Repeat them three times when you hear them, ask how to spell them if they’re uncommon, and link the name to their identity while they speak. 5. Listen. Listen. Listen. 6. Always make people feel important and appreciated. 7. You can’t win an argument, you can only hurt feelings. 8. Take the blame to dissolve conflict. 9. Ask for feedback while building something. 10. Always try to see things from the other person’s point of view. 11. People love to excel when faced with challenges. 12. Make people feel like it was their idea. 13. Make it human. 14. Use praise generously. 15. Make people leaders and help them feel responsible for others. 16. Talk about your own mistakes to gently draw attention to others’ mistakes. 17. You influence people by the way you treat them. 18. Use positive reinforcement. If you want the full book, you can get it here for free And because I always love anchoring knowledge through subconscious work, I created a hypnosis to go with it. Everything you hear even when you’re not paying conscious attention is being registered by your subconscious. It’s actually your subconscious that decides whether a sound is dangerous or not and whether you should focus on it. This hypnosis helps you reconnect what you’ve learned and what you already know about charisma,

The shop is quiet. The grinder is off. But for many of us, the noise inside is just getting started. ☕️ Yesterday, we named the 'Decision Shadows' blocking the light. (Loving the 'Let the sunshine in!' energy from @Alison St. Romain But right now, the sun is down. And for the ADHD entrepreneur, the 'Sunday Scaries' often trigger the Sleep Goblins—that urge to stay up late to 'steal back' a sense of control because we dread the structure of Monday morning. Here is the Hospitality Truth: You cannot pull a perfect espresso shot tomorrow if the machine is overheated tonight. If you are feeling that 'shakiness' or heaviness right now, do not try to build the whole business plan. You need Matcha Mode (The Gentle Brew). We need to find just one 'Compassionate Pebble' to move so you can sleep safely. Let's set the menu for tomorrow morning right now. 👇" @Reema Rana @Sebastian Schroeder @Rebecca Bautista @Matthew O'Brien The Poll: 🧠 The Internal Menu: What is your nervous system ordering?