So, this might sound a bit weird to say this, but I think I just fired, and I can honestly say, I am so happy about it. The reason that I am so pleased, and why I'm counting this as a win, is that for the first time in a long time, I stood my ground and refused to take the blame for something which was out of my control. ⛔️ As a video editor with nearly a decade of experience at the BBC and beyond, I know I'm good at my job, so when a contact had reached out a while ago and asked for my help, I agreed, even offering a reduced rate as an intro offer, knowing that they were a start-up. After a brief discussion, we all confirmed that the edit should only take a couple of days. ✌️ Unfortunately, missing elements, graphics, footage, links, and general hiccups meant I wasn't provided the info I needed, and even after asking for it and outlining why, it still took longer, and the days kept rolling. However, I still kept going, hoping to support them so that we could all grow together. Then today I got an email questioning why it wasn't finished, complaining that the project was dragging on. 😳 Before joining skool, and meeting amazing people in communities like this one, I probably would have apologised, but combined with projects that I have been completing in another school environment, I have rediscovered my confidence again. So I replied, outlining everything I had done. All of the elements that I had requested had not been provided. All of the additional hours that I had put in to support them, even when the issues were outside of my control. All of the suggestions that, as a professional TV, video and audio editor, I felt could improve their process, workflows and effectiveness to ensure a future streamlined delivery. As yet I haven't had a response, and tbh, I'm hoping that I don't get one either. Sometimes you just have to remind yourself that not all money is good money. Know your value, because the wins don't always have to come with a financial element, and sometimes, just finding a part of you which you thought you had lost is priceless.

I saw this a few minutes ago and had to share with y'all. ↙️ Go on ChatGPT and ask: "Create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me.” It might ask you to upload a few photos (mine did), and honestly… it nailed it 😂 You can also guide it if you don’t use ChatGPT much, just tell it about your job, career, or what you’re building. This kind of image is actually super useful: social media, skool profile or about page, website, print it and keep it at home, or just for fun 😅 I’m sharing mine here because this is a great example of how AI can be used in a creative, positive way, not just for work. 👇 Drop yours below if you try it Let’s hype each other up and have some fun with it. ⏰ Reminder: We’ve got our usual 10:30 AM call today (open for everyone). No agenda, just chatting, connecting, and getting to know each other like always. Open space for any questions, ideas, or topics you want to bring up. I do have to take my cat to the vet at 11:30 AM (yearly check-up 🐾), but I’ll be fully present with you all for that hour 😎 See you soon 🙌

Hello everyone, I hope you all have or had a wonderful Wednesday! Over here in Switzerland it's raining and doesn't seem to get any different soon, so I'm happy to share some thoughts from my forest walk a week ago. I was out as usual and honestly, I wasn't expecting to learn a new aspect of growth that day. We know that growth takes time. Eric told us about the long game and while we gain valuable insights in the blink of an eye, it's not all about quick wins. Now let me ask you this: How much does a tree grow in 3 seconds? While I don't know this specifically, I'll tell you how much the whole forest in Switzerland grows in 3 seconds in just a minute. I was walking through the forest and spontaneously decided to go down a path I never went before. I didn't even know where this will lead me... After a while I spotted a wooden hut and once I passed by, I not only saw an exit, but a sign. It's in German, but I'll attach it and the message that grabbed my attention is this: Every 3 seconds the whole forest in Switzerland grows 1 cubic meter of fresh new wood. I tried to imagine that... 1 cubic meter is something. I could build some fun things with the kids from it - and it's heavy, that's for sure. Looking at all the trees, it doesn't seem they're growing so fast, but the sum of them all. 🤔 My conclusion was, that this is actually a really nice picture. These big old trees don't "just happen to be there" all of a sudden. They actually might be there for longer than I am. And as long as they are healthy, they are growing "every 3 seconds" contributing to something big. Do we understand where we grew the last 3 seconds and what the bigger picture looks like? Do we see how the small steps, the mini-decisions bring us closer towards creating something big, something valuable? As you may know, I do like creating songs and I won't say it's the best I made, but I tried to put this picture in a song as well. Maybe it helps someone to remember, reflect and purposefully see the own growth in as little as 3 seconds 😉.

After going through Bruno’s Time Mastery course, I realized that I didn’t know my 4 quadrants as well as I thought. (check it out here if you haven’t gone through it yet. It’s worth it!) So in January I decided to take it a little more seriously. I used google calendar to track every single thing I did. Color coding each of the 5 categories made it super helpful to visualize. They were: - Health (exercise/sleeping) - Relationships (family/friends) - Growth/Business time - Chores - 9-5 Before I reveal the % breakout for each, the reason why I wanted to do this was because I had AN IDEA of the time I was spending in all the areas, but I wanted to ACTUALLY know. Knowledge is power It also helped me stay accountable by blocking ‘growth work’ and family time in advance so I could plan around those and stick to a schedule the best I could. I try to keep my days as similar as possible with the only changes coming on the weekends when my family time replaces the 9-5 time. Same wake up every day, same bedtime everyday (unless I get sleepy lol). Since I’m a numbers nerd, here is the breakdown of each of the categories by percentage for January: - Health 36% - Relationships 25% - Growth/Business 14% - Chores 5% - 9-5 20% How do you think yours would shake out? It makes sense to me that Health and Relationships is over half, I feel like I’m good there. The Growth/Business is frustrating looking at it from this perspective, but it still comes out to about 25 hours/week. I don’t think I can physically do more right now without disrupting the Health or Relationships. I don’t want to say the growth/business is the most important, but that’s the push I’ve been making recently. So I’m in a stage of finding better uses for this time, rather than more of it I’d love to ‘offload’ the chores and 9-5 lol. The chores would probably free up more family time and the 9-5 would definitely free up more Growth/Business time.

Wonderful greetings from Switzerland! 😊 I wanna thank you all for making this community a success!! 🎉 I'm back on Skool for a week now, read a ton of posts & comments, and it feels like so much happened within this one month while I was on vacation. It feels like the community matured, different people engaging, it's by far not a "Bruno-one-man-show". I really liked that. Thanks to everyone for sharing, caring, being open 🥰. I wanna share as well two wins from my side - and please join. What's a win you achieved this last month or the last week? Let's take this as a preparation for the goals, raising awareness on our decisions and a first progress - or getting unstuck. #1 Personally, I see this last month as a personal transition from 2025 to 2026. We've been on an extended vacation, visiting our next destination, got clarity - just as planned. ✅ #2 One week back, I was able to catch up at Skool, going through hundreds of notifications, back on track to get my flame back. We cleaned up our house, rearranging some things to prep for the next baby and as our nanny left, we've adapted to that change too. Having this "extra" month of preparation reminded me of a quote from Martin Luther. He said, he spends every day 2h in prayer & prep for the day. When it's a busy day and he has really a lot to do, he spends for sure 4h in prayer & prep. For me it feels like this heading "now" into 2026, as this year: - I'll leave my job - We'll move 8000km to BC - 4th child - Just sorted my thoughts and counting 4 new projects/businesses I'd like to kick off - Continue with Skool & Sports - Homeschooling - ...and a few more aspects from the other key areas It still seems to be a lot, but everyday a bit more manageable. I'll count that as a win too 🎉 --- But now, I'm really eager to read some of your reflections on the past month. What are you wins? Where do you feel/see growth between Dec 31 and Jan 31?