My dear friend @Maxwell Riseman just made a post in his community, RiseUp Together, about "Healing the Heart", where he shared this lovely Instagram Reel about healing your nervous system through experiences rather than simply waiting for it to happen. He called on me and others like @Rachel Bents from The Joy Project to share our strategies on creating more joy in our lives. (In case you didn't know, one of our big missions at Focus Founders is to help entrepreneurs build their businesses and lives from a place of FLOW and JOY, rather than necessity or struggle.) I really enjoyed this question, and I wanted to share my response. I recently came across the idea that joy & gratitude are like muscles. The more you practice them, the stronger they become in you, and the more easily they become your default state. So how do you exercise these muscles? Here are some ways that have worked for me: 1. Gratitude journaling. Each day, write 3-5 things you are grateful for in your life. 2. Guided meditations around gratitude or joy. Practice coming back to these emotions regularly throughout your day. 3. Play a game I call the “I like” game. I look around and name things I like out loud. “I like the way those leaves shake in the wind. I like the feeling of the sun on my face. I like watching the ducks swim.” 4. I also play the "I like" game with friends. We simply take turns naming things we like! It’s a good practice for becoming someone who notices things you like as you move through the world. 5. Sing the gratitude song. “I thank you, thank you for [insert thing you’re thankful for here]. For example, I thank you thank you for this beautiful day. Or I thank you, thank you for the sun today. Your imagination is the only limit here!

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!)

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of going to the third-ever Skool IRL: Texas event hosted by the winner of this quarter's Skool Games: Jeff Lopez Jeff was #1 in the money category in the Skool Games, with a $60,000 increase to his community's MRR (monthly recurring revenue). He runs a community called CEO Lab (Marketer's Skool). And on Saturday, Jeff asked me to do a mini interview. So here it is! We talk about: - Why Skool? - How we got our traffic - How we monetize - My tips for ADHD entrepreneurs Enjoy!

Hey all Im new to the group just wanted to post and say hello , What's everybody do? Im a local handyman in Charleston South Carolina and My wife and I are about to make a big move to North Carolina in about a year ...where we don't know anyone but we want the slower mountain lifestyle Kinda of a scary thing but were so ready! ive had adhd my whole life and now use cbd to manage it along with the gym! Thanks for having me I look forward to making new connections!

Yesterday was @Natasha Fernandez's birthday!!! Let's show her how much we love her by spamming her with birthday GIFs