I have heard of substack and watched a few videos, but I am still not sold on the idea of adding another platform onto my roaster. I am trying to create a newsletter and substacks supposedly helps with that? and promotion etc...so I would like the opinions of busy people who use it...can I upload a newsletter directly, or do I have to absolutely create one on their platform? Did it help grow your audience and generate sales? Do you use their special features like memberships, podcast etc? I really want to know your experience if you are have or are using it, thank you.

And neither is anything else worth having. I get overwhelmed sometimes. Even with this community. There's so much I want to do. Live meetups. New content. Better systems. Sometimes I look at the list and think "fuck, where do I even start?" But here's what I've learned... It's not about doing everything at once. It's about showing up. Every day. Chipping away. One small thing at a time. For months. For years. That's it. No shortcuts. No hacks. No "10X your results in 30 days" bullshit. Just consistency. Most people aren't willing to do that. They want the result without the process. But the process IS the result. The slow, boring, unsexy work of showing up every day. That's what builds everything that matters. Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither will your dreams be. What are you chipping away at right now?

Serious question. If you're delivering services online... Could some of that be turned into a digital product? Like instead of doing the same thing over and over for different clients... What if you packaged it once and sold it multiple times? Course. Template. System. Checklist. Same knowledge. Just way more scalable. Is there something you do repeatedly that could be a digital product?

Was just chatting with @Fred M and I was reminded of when my nephew and I booked an 8+ reviewed hotel in Hanoi Vietnam. We booked it on Booking.com and the place was a total fucking dump. Bed bugs... you name it. We had to leave and lost our money. This doesn't happen in Thailand but thought it was worth mentioning in here. Before you book anywhere in Vietnam check GOOGLE REVIEWS not reviews on Booking, Agoda, etc.

OK this might sting a little... But I've got few friends who are AI OBSESSED. Like...religiously watching every "automate your business with AI" YouTube video. Spending WEEKS building these elaborate systems. Creating workflows that would make NASA jealous. And you know what they've automated? NOTHING THAT MAKES ANY MONEY! I literally did this shit THIS WEEK. Spent 3 days trying to get AI to control a page builder. Thought I was being clever. Know what happened? It doesn't work. Could've built the pages myself in half a day. Instead I'm 3 days behind. At the end of the day AI should solve ACTUAL problems. Not imaginary ones. And to do that you need a problem FIRST. If you have something in your business that's laborious, time consuming or costing you money. THEN you automate it. Not the other way around. You can't optimise a business that doesn't exist. Are you guilty of this AI rabbit hole thing?