Right, hands up. This one's late, and there's no video from me this week. I've had a week of it, and I didn't want to hold the challenge back any longer waiting until I had time to film my own. Which, if you think about it, is the exact thing I keep telling you lot not to do: don't wait until conditions are perfect, just put it out. So consider this me taking my own medicine, publicly, with my whole chest. Normal service resumes next week. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: What song gets you going, and why that one? Not your favourite song. The one that does something to you. The one you put on when you need to shift the house, or psych yourself up before a job, or get out of a mood. Mine's "You Make My Dreams Come True" by Hall & Oates. It's my eighties-montage cleaning song. House is a tip, that goes on, suddenly I'm a man with a plan. WHY THIS ONE - your vibe attracts your tribe, and a song is about the purest version of that. Here's the thing we're all actually here for. Not more clients. Better ones. The ones you'd genuinely like to work with, who get what you're about before they've even spoken to you. That doesn't come from your service page. It comes from the stuff that makes someone feel like they know you. Someone hears your track, feels the same way about it, and suddenly you're not a supplier being compared on price. You're a person they'd like to work with. And the ones who don't get it scroll past. That's not a failure, that's the point. Life's too short to work with people you don't click with. If you wanted that, you'd have stayed employed. It also happens to be the easiest video on the list. You already know the answer, you've got a reason, and you feel something about it. That's the whole video. THE BRIEF: Film yourself saying what the song is and why. Then show it playing: in the car, in the kitchen, on the speaker. 30 to 60 seconds. Dancing optional, encouraged, not compulsory (@Carly Grashoff has already refused). One take is fine. It doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs to be posted.

I could say I’ve been busy, I could say I’ve had a lot on my mind, I could say I’ve been focussing on other things. And all of these would be true to a greater or lesser degree, but the reason I have not been showing up is because I’ve been hiding. I’ve been making some changes in my business that are pushing me out of my comfort zone and instead of embracing them I have been shying away. Starting tomorrow, I am setting myself a challenge. I want to post a daily video re-introducing myself to my community in my Facebook group of 5000 people, the majority of who probably don’t even know who I am anymore. they’re not gonna be long videos, just a minute or two perhaps but I just want to reboot some connection. It’s not gonna be easy, but I’m watching some of you lovely people for inspiration (and I already love when I’ve just watched that you posted Chloe where your voice is on the camera but it’s pictures rather than talking into the camera and I really love that so I’m gonna try some of those!). Wish me luck (and any tips to keep things fresh will be greatly received, as well any encouragement and accountability!)

Loved this weeks challenge! My video this week is all about one of my favourite places 🌲 🌊 🐶 💕 It was good for my soul editing this 🫶🏻 @Rachel Baker @Codie Spicer @Ross Gowling @Carly Grashoff @Ellie Foster cant wait to see yours!

I found this challenge quite difficult because it kind of felt like I didn’t know why I was doing it…? I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to be posting it on my own page or just posting it in here, and I think this is something I probably wouldn’t comfortable showing on my page which means I probably had the wrong end of the stick…! Anyway, here is it is. On a separate note, I’m finding it really uncomfortable doing videos at the moment because I had a stupid idea to cut my own hair a couple of weeks ago (there wasn’t even any alcohol involved I can blame!) And it is so awful it’s all I can see when I look at the camera!

The current food hyper fixation 🥝 @Ross Gowling @Adam Rust what are you eating this week?