My community hit an important milestone. We crossed the 100-member line! How did I do it? I did it by showing up regularly in a handful of communities and giving value. I jump in, celebrate with people, share my wins and what I'm learning, answer the questions I can, and generally be of service. I take the approach of finding ways to give and connect. The second thing that I do is post regularly in my community. I don't just post random stuff. I make posts that are thought-provoking and valuable. When people get value, they stay. Thought-provoking posts get people to engage, and engagement is one of the metrics that move your community closer to the top of the discovery page. That means it's more likely that a community will be found by people searching for one to join. If I had to boil this all down to one phase, it would be, "give value." What's one way you can give value here or in another community today?

And that is the first step... of many:)

I got a commission today that I wasn't expecting. I didn't expect it because when I referred the person to the program, I did it without really thinking about it. I thought it would help them, I gave them the link, and didn't have any expectations about what would happen. Some time went by, and I kind of forgot about it. I just figured they went a free route it offered. Then today I got the payout. It reminded me of something I thought I had learned years ago at the beginning of my massage career, which has made a huge difference there. I was missing it with my affiliate business, though, and I think it's been one of the main things holding me back. What's the lesson? Let go of the expectation. Don't focus on the outcomes. Focus on doing what's right by people with the understanding that the outcome you want will come. It may not come from this person, but it will come. Alex Hormozi talks about this a lot. He says not to focus on the outcome. Focus on the inputs. You can control the inputs, but you can't control the outcomes. Either way you want to see it, the scenario is the same. Focus on doing the things that lead people to become clients, not the outcome. To get more of the outcome, do the inputs a lot.

Ever noticed how the tech isn't what slows funnel builders down… it's the blank canvas? The empty landing page. The empty opt-in layout. The empty bonus section. The "Where does this block even go?" moment. And that single moment has killed more funnels than bad copy ever will. Last week I tested something strange. I asked one of my GPTs to design the entire funnel layout for me. Spacing, section flow, visual hierarchy, what goes above the fold, how the page should feel. Not code. Not a template. Not a plugin. Just a clean, conversion ready structure I could drop straight into my funnel builder. Within seconds, it generated the full layout. No staring at a blank page. No second guessing the order of sections. No wondering "Does this look like a real funnel page?" And it reminded me of something I've seen over and over with a lot of funnel builders… People aren't stuck because they lack funnel strategy. They're stuck because they lack structure on demand. And AI gives you that structure instantly. Here's the shift: 👉 AI isn't just for copy. It can be a funnel design partner too... It can map out: Your opt-in page Your lead magnet layout Your bridge page Your OTO structure Your bonus stack Your entire funnel flow even (when pre-trained properly) When you remove the visual guesswork, everything becomes easier. Your pages feel premium. Your sections make sense. Your funnel looks intentional. Your build time gets cut in half (or less than that). Your confidence goes up. Your whole nervous system relaxes. This is why the best funnel builders are leaning into AI… Because it frees them from the part that drains the most energy. "where do I even start?" phase. Your energy shifts from "I hope this converts…" to "I know exactly what I'm building next." And for a funnel builder, that shift changes everything. I'm curious as usual... 👉 Which part of your funnel would feel instantly lighter if AI handled the structure for you? Your opt-in? Your OTO? Your bonus stack?

Do you remember what used to light you up? Not the job you had to do. I mean what made you lose track of time, that spark that felt like freedom. Maybe you loved painting, singing, growing flowers, playing music... but one day life whispered: “There’s no time for that. Be responsible. Make money. Fit in.” And so you buried the spark. Under duties. Under fear. Under “someday.” But that fire never died. It’s still there - quiet, waiting for the moment you finally allow yourself to live again. What still burns inside you - even if you’ve forgotten it exists? FUNNELASCENDER