Today, on my way to the store, I was listening to a podcast from the ADHD Chatter series (because just going outside for no reason bores me, so I give myself a goal, even if it’s just the supermarket… and walking around with nothing in my ears is unbearable 😎). One episode about cleaning really caught my attention. I’ve struggled with cleaning my whole life. My parents really tried, but no system ever lasts longer than a few days for me. About a year ago, I had what I thought was a “brilliant” idea: I don’t have to clean all at once, I can just assign one area to each day and do a little bit daily. That shouldn’t be so hard, right? So Monday the sink, Tuesday the bathtub, Wednesday the toilet… I lasted exactly three days 😑 Then it turned into the usual: “I’ll just do the sink tomorrow together with the bathtub…” Yeah… no. And today, thanks to that podcast, I realized that this exact system, doing a little bit every day, consistently, just doesn’t work for ADHD brains. There are times when we simply don’t see the mess. And then there are moments when we can do almost the impossible in fifteen minutes. Coach Hester Grainger suggests gamification and body doubling as the main tools for ADHD-friendly cleaning: 🔸 Put on a song and see how much you can clean before it ends. 🔸 Time how long a task takes you, and next time try to beat your record. 🔸 If one person is cooking, the other does the dishes. 🔸 Set an “ultimate deadline,” like guests are about to arrive in 15 minutes. 🔸 Clean while someone else is in the room with you. They don’t have to help, just their presence can keep you going. More in the video ⬇️

Week 1 is in the books. Before you close out the week, take two minutes and be honest with yourself. Not overly positive. Not beating yourself up. Just honest. Drop a comment: - 𝗠𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 (𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹): - 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸: - 𝗠𝘆 #𝟭 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸: Here's what I'll add — if you showed up to calls, posted in the community, and did the work you said you'd do, that's a win worth naming. A lot of people buy programs and never engage. You're here. That matters. And if you didn't do what you said you'd do — that's data, not failure. Name it. What got in the way? Was it time, fear, avoidance, or something else? The answer to that question is worth more than the task itself. Read through the comments and celebrate someone else's win. A quick "hell yeah" goes a long way. See you Monday. Rest this weekend. You've earned it.

Happy Momentum Monday, Founders. 🎉 Who hates Mondays? Not us. Because Mondays mean more MOMENTUM on the flywheel. Starting today - and every Monday - this is where we show up and put it on record. One thing. That's it. The ONE commitment you're making to yourself and this group every week that makes all other things unnecessary or irrelevant. Keep it specific enough that by Friday, you'll know whether you did it or not. Drop yours in the comments below. 👇 I'll go first.

@Bill Widmer @Rex Loyer — Happy 1,000. In the coffee business, we track "Tasting Notes"—the specific, distinct flavor profile of a roast. Numbers tell you how much you served, but tasting notes tell you how it felt to drink it. To celebrate this milestone, I went back through the community logs to analyze the "Flavor Profile" of the culture you two have built. I found that Focus Founders doesn't just taste like "productivity." • It has notes of Resilience: Like @Alison St. Romain finding the strength to "not break and run away when things get hard." • It has notes of Triumph: Like @Amber Kay crushing it as a single mom and finding "tears upon tears of gratitude." • It has notes of Momentum: Like @Jorick Sikkes tracking the countdown down to the final 16 members. Attached is a "Menu of Evidence" commemorating the first 1,000 members. Thank you for building the shop. The beans are excellent.

I just sat down with @Amber Kay, a single AuDHD mom of 3 and member of the Focus Founders Accelerator, to talk about how she: - Quit her 9-5 and went full-time as an entrepreneur - Made $1,600 more in the first month of launching her business than she ever did working her job - All while working the same or fewer hours - With zero experience running a business Amber shares how she followed a voice inside her head that saved her life, signed a contract with herself to make the transition, fought self-doubt and perfectionism, and MADE. IT. HAPPEN! She is such a badass human being and a wonderful soul. I watched this woman buy a homeless man a sandwich when she could barely afford one for herself. I'm so honored to give this woman the credit and spotlight she deserves, and to be helping her build her dream life one brick at a time! 👉 Join the Accelerator waitlist here to be notified when it reopens. (With special guest appearances from @Natasha Fernandez and @Brice Cavanaugh!)