Today’s conversation in The Rewriters Room went well beyond headlines, and I loved it. 💜 We talked about reframing failure, being okay with losing without letting it stop you, and why the “overnight success” story leaves out so much of the real work. We also got into the psychological pressure of putting content online and the world of affiliate marketing. A big thank-you to Emily and Kat for sharing what you’re building and bringing your perspectives to the conversation! • Explore Emily’s work at Hippiness Is. • Watch Kat’s video about TikTok Shop and her house down payment, which we reviewed together. And don’t miss Kat’s short-form video session this Friday at noon ET! She’s made thousands of dollars through content creation and will be sharing her experience in Grab Attention in a Busy Feed. The slides and fillable worksheet are attached. They’re a starting point for connecting your experience, values and purpose to the way you talk about your work, from the problem you’re solving to a headline that can evolve with you. You can also find workshop resources in the Classroom. The Rewriters Room is a business community, and our pillars are starting to take shape as we build it with you: brand, AI, wellness, leadership and strategy. Thank you for being here and helping shape what this room becomes. 💜

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A big shout-out to @Anna Levitt for joining @Stef Hingley and me for our latest coffee chat. This one is well worth listening to, especially if you’ve ever struggled to introduce yourself without starting with your job title. Anna coaches people whose sense of who they are has become tied to their work. Through Bubble Boss Co, she helps people explore life beyond their roles, including the shift from doing work they love to managing others and the questions AI raises about their expertise. We talked about the different interests that make us who we are, and how those can change without everything we did before becoming a waste. Stef also brought a question into the conversation that goes beyond our jobs: who are we when we’re not being productive? Listen to our conversation with Anna: Who are you outside of the workplace? While we’re here, I wanted to bring a few more recent conversations together: • @Emily Malec : You Need Boundaries to Be Soft Emily joined Stef and me to talk about making room for softness without giving away all your energy, including practicing the words for a boundary before you feel ready to say them. • @Alison MacLellan : Our mocktail-making chat 🍎 Alison and I got together to make mocktails and talk about bringing people together. Her community-building work makes space for connection, especially during a season when not everyone has somewhere to go. • @Dan Korus : Rebuilding a life that feels like your own Dan and I got into the experiences we carry into our work and what happens when a big part of our identity changes. There were also fake mustaches. 😂 A heads-up: the conversation includes childhood trauma, grief, difficult workplace experiences and adult language.

Jen, you tried so hard to get me to nail down my offering and I kept looking at sparkly things. As I was coding away tonight (this morning??) it came to me. Here's my pitch. And while I'm starting with Lovable, it's more about the tech stack being used. And the framework is stack agnostic. Lovable makes Day One easy. You have an idea, and by evening you have an app. Day Two is when real users arrive, and that’s where most founders get surprised. Something breaks and they hear about it from a customer. An investor asks a question and the data can’t answer it. I check Lovable apps with a framework I call DRUMS. Can you trust your data? Can you learn from it? Can people rely on your app? Can it change safely? Will you know when it breaks? Then I help fix what matters most, and keep watching if you want me to.

A little reminder that we’re chatting with Dr. @Sam Illingworth today from 10–11 a.m. ET! Sam is a friend of mine and a wealth of knowledge in the AI space, so I’m really excited to have him join us in The Rewriters Room. Come join the conversation if you can! Find the event and Zoom link here: https://www.skool.com/the-rewriters-room/calendar?eid=bedcb4465ecf4e4b86b836fa25dd8ccc