I'm, as always, in the middle of reading multiple books because I get bored so easily these days... But I guess I don't feel guilty about it anymore ever since I went through John's Insight Exposed (sucks for you if you didn't buy it when I promoted it). Anyway. Tell me what you're reading 👀 Don't even have to be business-related or nonfiction. Normal fiction, trashy fiction, steamy hentai... anything goes.

I recently met a guy who makes $5-10k consistently from Medium... per month. We got on a call a couple of days ago, and he showed me his Medium dashboard... unprompted... and yes, he really does make a crapton of money from that platform.... Should I bring him on for a talk about how to Medium in 2026? Let me know! 👇

I've been in a daze these last few days... what's with coming out the other end of the auction tunnel much better off than I imagined I'd be... I honestly didn't think anyone would bid, but some did, and the winning bid ended up being a nice $1,029 from @Aor Thitaram of By 50 Journey. Now that I'm finally thinking straight again... Here are 7 of my preliminary observations: ----- 1️⃣ Auctions are, by their nature... quite fun! I noticed it first when John Bejakovic ran his auction in his group (to a whopping $31k winning bid from Nick Bandy). And I saw a similar energy reflected in my auction as well. Some people do not engage at all, and that's fine, but those who do end up enjoying themselves... the winner, and even the non-winners ;) My community is usually pretty dead (that's on me), but even so, the 2-hour auction thread has 250 comments! 💡Lesson: Nothing makes your community come alive quite like an auction! ----- 2️⃣ Auctions are stressful for the person running them. You almost always end up needing some type of support. My auction wouldn't have gone as well as it did had it not been for quite a few active and passive supporters. John was pretty much the backbone and without him I would have fallen flat on my face. He told me exactly what to do, when, and how. Chris Dyson chimed in over DMs several times with his auction wisdom. Both of them helped the chat going while I was away for lunch. And some others kept the bidding moving along when things felt a bit dead. I felt supported the whole way! 💡 Lesson: Your network matters, so so much! ----- 3️⃣ It's probably best if you have a plan in place 😅 I had zero. I literally wasn't thinking straight when I decided to run the auction, and aside from what was up for the auction, I had no idea what else to offer as bonuses, special perks, etc. Another reason I'm extra thankful to both John and Chris for their help with those. 💡 Lesson: Don't do what I did... maybe. Spend a bit of time (or a lot) planning how you'd run the auction.