i am jazzed and dancing but my wife still makes fun of me because isn't it "buh-sil?" I could've sworn it was..oops. Onwards! 🚀

What was your biggest business win this year that deserves to be wrapped up & celebrated? For me it is coming back to SKOOL! Connecting & Collaborating with new friends! I've been a member of Skool since almost the beginning, it wasn't until the recent Hormozi Tsunami that really hooked me in. The vibe this time feels different, the people are kinder, caring & more connected. Met friends like @Ess Green @Sam Rathling @Ted Mauro @Tiffany Noel Taylor @Nathaniel Parant @Mark X @Bill Hazelton @Paula Soito @Jen Ritchie @Bill Widmer many more but won't tag them all. SHOUT OUT: Top of that list is the absolutely wonderful @Éva Raposa who has this amazing Care Bear energy! 🌈+💟 Let me tell you something interesting about her... she was my first paying client when I had no offer & nothing to sell, she just liked my energy & wanted to support whatever I was doing. That's just the type of awesome person she is. Needless to say I really love her community, I gained SO MUCH valuable information & insights from her & from interactions inside her community that when she went live with Tiers I was on it like a 🚀 & later found out I was the 1st paid member to take that offer! How cool is that synchronicity?! 🔥 A couple weeks ago she shared with me her aspirations of winning the Skool Games, we both have this goal in mind, I know was not my season, but I BELIEVE it is hers! She's currently 4th so in the running!!! If you have met this wonderful lady & been blessed by her wisdom, insights or kindness, please show some support! Whether it's taking a paid plan, standard/premium, a share, a like, a comment! The race is not over yet but we're rooting for you @Éva Raposa !!! Bringing this Care Bear energy as we know how very much this means to you!!! You are doing it the right way for you, no ads, no hard sells, no pressure, no scarcity. So WHEN you win it's 100% purely from the connections & the collaborative relationships you've built! 💟

The year for me has been quite interesting... (expand out before commenting as questions at end) I had to spend from January to June focus more on being a care giver for my mom and unable to put as much time into my business due to that (I also was under the impression I was a bit further head than I presently am). To keep me going, as I am a car guy, I figured it would be worth looking into getting a project car or two off copart. First was a 2015 Scion FRS and a month later a 2011 Audi A4 Avant. Irony is that the second car finished in May and the FRS I can only start using in 2026. I thought I was further ahead due to having a leads list I manually scraped off of LinkedIn of those who I thought were in my ICP and when i would eventually run a cold email campaign it would generate sales. The results were quite the opposite... out of 830 leads I had 27% and 117 unsubscribes and only 3 took my free lead magnet. from August thru till now, I have been focusing on clarity of what I am offering and cleaning up how I am presenting what I have to offer - to the right audience. It is draining as the expenses have been above my income, so it is not sustainable whatsoever and I really doing what I must to break free from this. I also am refusing to go further into debt as that can spiral out of control and just make everything worse. It does not help being solo and having little help or others to bounce ideas off of or to get perspectives presented I may have missed. There is also another variable at play which I've been keeping very quiet - even to friends close by. Is that fact last fall I crossed paths locally with a woman who I had an instant connection with. Just the way that has played out I have heard from others to move on --- which the irony of said connection --- the moment I pulled back, the intensity of it picked up and as much as I tried to avoid her, I would run into her. It is draining menially as I want to do more, I want to give more and work with like minds. But the capital constraints makes challenging to do paid ads or others ways to advance the business further forward faster. Add the connection which in itself is hard to describe - in that weird limbo state. It is the uncertainty which weights on me and the frustration of not being able to do more, build more to help more.

Happy Sunday Ya'll!