So, I went back and forth if I was going to share this. Frankly, I wasn't sure anyone would care to read it (and it hurt my poor little feelings at the time). However, I am about doing the hard things to help others, so here goes... When @Andrew Kirby first started his mentorship program here, I applied, got my interview, and never heard sh!t. I realized after a week or so, I had been rejected. And I can say this probably was the best thing that could have happened to me! See, after I cleaned up the deflated balloons and ripped streamers at my pity party 🎉 I had a "coming to" moment, where I realized no one, but myself, was ever going to get me to succeed, unless I started to buckle down and do the hard $hit myself. I also had a "fu€k it" moment too... an "I'll show him" thought, which is ridiculous because who the fak am I... I am not remotely on his radar. But whatever! It's what I needed at the time, to fuel my fire. Fast forward some months now, and I had now launched my YouTube channel, built a brand, pivoted, and then built my coaching business from the ground up... ALL ON MY OWN, WHILE WORKING A HIGH PRESSURE SALES JOB FULL-TIME, AND BEING A MOM AND MILITARY SPOUSE!!! Next week I launch my BETA program and begin my cold calling and funnels. I have posted weekly on YouTube (a promise I made myself starting January 2024) and just wrote my goal to quit my job by June (wish me luck). In realizing the world doesn't owe me $hit, realizing I was the one who had to do the hard stuff to get where I wanted to be, rearranging my life to find the time to do the stuff that has no rewards yet, staying sober, and cutting everything out that wastes time and has no benefit, I am finally here... my "I'll show you" moment 🤣 which is not even remotely part of my motivation today and feels ridiculous writing it even. So thank you @Andrew Kirby for rejecting me. Though I know you could have made me get here faster and better under your tutelage, I don't think I would have appreciated proving to myself (and to my family) that this 50-Year Old lady can do anything she wants to do! And I hope in sharing this, it helps someone who has been watching from the sidelines, start the steps to make positive changes in their lives too. You can do it... Now go prove it!

More specifically, from near Toronto?

𝗧𝗟;𝗗𝗥: If you do, please raise your hand & let me know whether you're using Ultimate Brain or Creator's Companion, I will probably ask you questions from time to time if you let me because I prefer chatting with Synthesizer members about this stuff. :) __________ 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 / 𝗠𝘆 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 (𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨): So Thomas Frank, for notion, sells the products Ultimate Brain (task manager & information organizer) as well as Creator's Companion (Content Creation Organization). Disclaimer, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 because I think they can be a little tricky to use until every element "clicks". In my experience it doesn't 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚 make perfect sense out of the box, and I think it might be more intuitive if you start using notion to simply start it like a linked note tool from scratch, and learn as you go. I had bought both of those, and they've been sitting in my notion, and I've been using a few features of it here and there, very slowly. It's taken me time to actually want to integrate them into my life. My idea is, actually build content plans here within the templates with the aim that it will make it easier to keep thoughts organized. Andrew's advice of basically "use new tools 𝘼𝙎 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢" and also a bit of a notion learning curve applied. My brain didn't synchronize with them originally, and I don't know if it will become second nature, but I'm finding wisdom in organize things this way as I'm working on some execution. (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦) If anyone in here is down to chat about this stuff, let me know. _______ 𝗜 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄'𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of this group, and I am still waiting for him to share his notion setup at some point.

I recorded this a while ago and thought I'd share it! Let me know what you think? https://youtu.be/4bT5G-U0XEs

Today I launched a video podcast dedicated to Synthesizers who meld YouTube/Video to build a business or grow a business further. My first episode is below, featuring Sam Dunn who created Editors Academy. I have others already in queue, but am looking for guests who want to chat about their entrepreneurial and YouTube journey over the next few months. Message me if you want to learn more and/or see if you are a fit. https://youtu.be/J8lf-XFpYSM?si=fchlnnwx6H27k0T6