(I mean the guy at the store who kept my Coca-Cola cold and ready every night.) Although now that I think about it... the dynamic was pretty much the same. I showed up every night. He had exactly what I needed. I paid. I left feeling good. And the next morning, I was a mess. Classic dealer behaviour. Anyway. That's not the story. A few weeks ago, I made a decision that felt small but turned out to be massive. I quit Coca-Cola. For a month. For a long time, I thought something was seriously wrong with me every morning. Not "I'm a little tired" wrong. The kind of wrong where you sit down to work and an hour disappears, and you have nothing to show for it. I couldn't focus. I was disoriented. My thinking was slow. My output was suffering. And I couldn't figure out why. So I tried everything. Meditation. Exercise. Coffee. Cold showers. Supplements. All of it. Nothing moved. Someone then suggested I quit sodas. I almost laughed. You're telling me the answer to my problems is... the can of Coke I've been drinking for as long as I can remember? So eventually, out of pure frustration, I cut the Coke. Not because I believed it would work. Because I had run out of other things to try. A few days in, I noticed I was getting things done. Fast. Before I'd even fully registered that I was awake. Tasks I used to grind through all morning were done before 10am. Now, I'm not here to cancel Coca-Cola or anything. My body just decided to wage a private war against it without telling me. But here's what I am saying: We all have a Coke. Something we love. Something that's become such a fixture we'd never think to question it. Something that feels like comfort, while it quietly takes the edge off everything we're trying to build. We don't find it by adding more systems or habits. We find it by listening to our bodies. Right now, I'm quitting sodas for good, and I'm also cutting out all processed food. My new rule: if it wouldn't exist on a shelf 100 years ago, it's not going into my body.

A while ago, I came across the story of America's first self-made female millionaire, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. Her name was Sarah Breedlove. Orphaned at age 7. Sarah never set foot in a classroom. She was so desperate to escape the abuse of her sister's husband that she married at 14 just to get out. By 18, she had her first child. By 20, she was a widow, completely alone, with a baby to feed. So she did what she had to do. She scrubbed floors for a living. Then, as if life hadn't already handed her enough, she developed a painful scalp condition. Dry, itchy, severe hair breakage and loss. It turns out this was something thousands of Black women were silently dealing with at the time, a problem the beauty industry had never bothered to address. So Sarah decided to address it herself. With just $1.50, she formulated a product to solve it. That product quietly grew into an empire. And Sarah Breedlove became known to the world as Madam C.J. Walker, America's first self-made female millionaire, at a time when racial inequality was not just social, it was written into law. But the part of her story that really got me was this. She didn't just build a business for herself. She turned around and hired the women the world had written off. Single mothers. Maids. Farmers' wives. She trained over 40,000 of them as sales agents, giving them financial independence at a time when women couldn't even vote. She wasn't just selling hair oil. She was selling dignity, community, and freedom. "Don't sit down and wait for opportunities. Get up and make them." — Madam C.J. Walker Just thought I'd share this today of all days. The world may throw everything it has at them, but women are built differently. They carry pain quietly, turn it into purpose, and keep going when most would stop. Happy International Women's Day to every incredible woman here.

Sooo somehow, I missed the day when our last challenge ended, and I’ve continued to make lesson of the day posts night after night. Hilariously, It wasn’t until today at our local co-working where @Bill Widmer enlighten me of this. Forever laughing alongside and at myself. Also I’m kind of hooked on this now though, it’s more or less become a habit. I say that now, AND we’ll see how long this lasts 😂 I do intend to start posting more and naming this here is going to serve as a somewhat holding myself accountable. So for now I bid thee a good night and may the future be ever in our favor 🍻

Chugging along on four hours of sleep and half expected the day to feel like trudging through mental peanut butter. And it kind of was, BUT motivation persisted and momentum was carried! I got some outreach reps in and made some genuine connections, and one friend is even considering doing a session ✨ Today was a beautiful reminder that consistency beats perfection every time Now I shleep

Of course, there is no one solution that works for all. But there is one, that works surprising well for a lot of folks with ADHD. And that is body doubling. If you haven't heard of it so far: you basically meet (virtually or in person doesn't matter) with other people for a work session. Everybody states what they are going to work on and then it's quiet work time, until the session is done (or, if it is a longer session, there might be a short check-in in between). The accountability that comes from having told others what you gonna do, plus knowing that they are there, seeing you, helps incredibly well to make you actually do the work. It's the single most effective strategy for me to get things done. Other strategies are also good, but nothing beats the body doubling for me. And as it happens, this skool community offers exactly that. During the week, there are two time slots for body doubling, called "Eat the Frog" sessions. If you haven't tried it before, don't be shy and join! All you have to do is think about a task you want to work on for the session, and then join and have the group holding you accountable for actually doing it. Just go to the calendar section, there you will find the links to join. I personally am joining the early morning group (although it's afternoon for me), and we have a nice little community vibe going there with @James Sopp, @Venessa Phipps, @Sarah Hyland, @Angela Walker, @Alfred Samuel, and me. Of course, we do not all show up all the time, depending on availability. It's not a *must*, it's a *may*! We would love to have some more people joining! The later session is great, too! Don't be shy, give it a try! Next sessions are on Monday. Add it to your calendar, so you don't miss it. See you there.