let me tell you a story. all characters are fictional. any resemblance to real people is purely educational. === two farmers were invited to sell their harvest at a big community market. the organizer took care of everything. the ads. the foot traffic. the setup. the crowd. all the farmers had to do was show up with their best produce. === farmer #1 showed up on market day. set up the stand. gave out samples. great produce, honestly. then packed up and left. a few days later, the organizer checked in. "How was it?" "eh. i only got one customer. doesn't feel worth the effort." to their credit — they added, "maybe I'm looking at this wrong." yeah. maybe. === farmer #2 also showed up on market day. also had great produce. but here's the thing. farmer #2 came before the market day. helping set up the stalls. handing out flyers around town. talking to other vendors. hyping the event. on market day? farmer #2 didn't just sell from their stall. they walked around. bought from other farmers. cheered people on. stayed till closing. after market day? farmer #2 kept showing up. still walking the aisles. still building relationships. still there. few days after, farmer #2 sent the organizer a message: "hey — someone from your market just became a repeat customer. thank you." not a complaint. a thank you. === now let me be real with you. farmer #1 isn't a bad person. they're a great expert. talented. skilled. but they treated the market like a vending machine. insert presentation → receive customers. that's not how it works. that's not how relationships work. that's not how any of this works. farmer #2? they're going to crush it. not because they're more talented. because they understand something most people don't: you don't harvest where you haven't planted. and when someone shows up like that? with that energy? with that generosity? i will move mountains for them. every door i can open — open. every connection i can make — made. that's the real ROI of showing up. it's not in the session. it's in what happens after.

just finished a Coffee Chat with @Carin Chantel , the founder of Hair Stories BTS the chat turned into a brainstorm on how to edit and publish podcast episodes. and we came up with a cool collab to help us and others 🤫 (coming soon) so, i hope more of you could join the Coffee Chats next week. cause i don't know about you, but me - i solve problems by talking through them with someone, preferably another human btw, is Saturday better than Friday for those calls?

Today is the last day to join Community Income Mastermind for $7/month. Tomorrow it goes to $17. Not a big deal. But I did not want you to miss it. Why $7? Ppl ask me this all the time. Not because that's what it's worth. I think it's way more than that. And by the end of 2026, it is going to be $97 - that's the goal. The reason is I'm still building it out — and I want you in the trenches with me, helping shape it. I recorded a full video walkthrough of the classroom so you can see exactly how everything is organized before you join. No surprises. Either way, if you don't like, full refund - no questions asked! Still not sure? I'll tag the folks who are already inside. Ask them. Or me. What are you waiting for?

happy Saturday! today i'm going a little hard on you. ⚠️ fair warning: this might feel triggering. but please know — my only goal is to help you grow. let's start with some hard questions: - do you want to charge money for your community? yes or no - are you a member of any paid communities? if yes — how many? how much are you paying? - if no — why do you think people will pay you, when you're not ready to pay anyone else? - when you post in your community or in others, how many comments do you expect? 3? 5? 10? more? now flip it. - how many comments do you leave every day on other people's posts in other communities? and finally — do you show up? - like, when you joined this hackathon, did you actually go through all 30 lessons? doing the work. leaving the comments. supporting your accountability buddy. did you show up on any of the calls? yes? no? partly? - now ask yourself — do you expect your community members to go through your lessons, comment their answers, show up on your calls? i am not here to blame you. i am here to help you progress!!! if you want to be a leader — a community owner — you must lead by example. not just inside your own community. everywhere. - you must show up, if you want others to show up. - you must stay consistent, if you want others to be consistent. - you must pay, if you want others to pay. it's not just about gaining trust, visibility, and results (though you will). it's also about learning what it actually takes to be on the other side. because things that feel easy to you in one area? they might be incredibly hard for someone else in that same area. and you won't truly understand that until you get in their shoes. so today, let's get real honest here, and ask ourselves: am i doing the things i'm asking my people to do? ⬇️

Did you know that you have at least a 65% chance of success chance of achieving your goals. You can skyrocket your odds of success to 95% by setting up accountability appointments to check in on your progress. 👀 According to Association for Talent Development (ATD): - 10% chance: Having an idea or goal - 25% chance: Consciously deciding to do it - 40% chance: Setting a specific deadline - 50% chance: Planning how to go about it - 65% chance: Committing to someone else that you will do it - 95% chance: Having a specific, scheduled accountability appointment Taking this idea down to the macro level today as @Lidia Axe and I GET IT DONE. Here is what we are doing today: ✅ zoom call (10 -15 mins to set the intention and agree on the "contract") ✅ check-in every hour under the posts in your group & my group (to boost the engagement and visibility of the experiment) ✅ zoom call (10 mins) to celebrate the finish line and share the learnings watch out process 👇🏼 we'll be checking in here. Come cheer us on if you'd like. See you in 4 hours.