Ever since I cut the chains of being an employee, I've had some tremendously unproductive days where I sit vacuously in front of my MSI laptop and freeze. There are so many potential things I can do to advance my projects, but I am the only one making the decisions for the projects. With limitless options on how to conduct my days sometimes I am still unproductive. I've spoken to other founders about this entrepreneur block... wondering if anyone else has experience with this and what you have done to remedy it?

My friend @Carter Hindman just sent me this plaque outside of a grocery store he went to - had to share!! Thoughts on this theory?

I had the wonderful opportunity to learn from Thomas Blackwell live at his Say Do Achieve Summit the last 2 days. It was absolutely incredible! I wanted to share some of the things that really stuck out to me! 1) your language being congruent with your actions will compound your positive trajectory like nothing else!!! Make sure you’re saying what you mean, and meaning what you say. Help yourself break free of societal trends/chains that may be causing negative verbiage that could be much more positive! 2) it takes 11 muscles to smile and 12 to frown…which ones are you working out? Give your smiles away freely! 3) remove negative, non-committal, and low-vibration words/phrases from my vocabulary. Words like “can’t”, “issues”, “problems”, “trials”, “eventually”, “I’ll try”, “I’ll do my best”, “I think so”, “I guess”, “hate”, “that’s crazy”, “that’s insane”, “maybe”, etc! Instead I will use positive committal words, or not say anything at all! 4) You will find what you are looking for! What are your thoughts on these?

Agency owner spent $8,400/month on writers. I showed him a $99 solution. He kept his prices, fired nobody, just added 9 clients. Here's what went down: THE SITUATION Agency owner: "I need more writers" Me: "Why?" Owner: "We have 6 clients waiting but I'm maxed out" Me: "How many writers now?" Owner: "Four. Costs $8,400/month total" THE BOTTLENECK Each writer: 30 articles monthly Four writers: 120 articles total Current clients: 4 Articles needed: 120 Capacity: Zero Owner: "If I hire two more writers, my margin drops to 15%" Me: "What if you didn't hire anyone?" THE DEMO Opened Contentbase.ai Me: "Pick a waiting client" Owner: "Home services company in Phoenix" Setup live: - Website URL - 6 competitors - GSC connected - Started 2 minutes later: Keyword research done 3 minutes later: Content calendar built 5 minutes later: Article #1 generating Owner: "That's it?" Me: "It'll write all 30 this month" Owner: "Quality?" Showed him samples. Owner: "Better than my junior writers" THE MATH Old capacity: - 4 writers - 120 articles/month - Cost: $8,400 - Serves: 4 clients max New capacity: - 4 writers (keeping them) - System handles 13 clients - Writer cost: $8,400 - System cost: $1,287 (13 × $99) - Serves: 17 clients total Owner: "I can keep my team?" Me: "And add 13 clients" THE DECISION He didn't fire anyone. Repositioned instead: - Writers moved to editing/customization - System produces first drafts - Writers add brand voice polish - Quality went up Signed 9 of the 6 waiting clients. Three more since then. THE RESULTS (60 DAYS) Clients: 4 → 13 Revenue: $42,000 → $136,500/month Team: Same 4 writers (happier roles) Writer cost: $8,400/month (unchanged) System cost: $1,287/month Margin: 24% → 73% Owner's text yesterday: "My writers are actually enjoying work again. No more content factory grind. And we just signed client #14." THE UNEXPECTED WIN Writers didn't leave. They got better roles: - Strategic editing vs grinding articles - Brand voice development

Alright Fanatics — We’re kicking off a new Pattern Matching thread, per @Ryan Bowne's advice! Here’s how it works 👇 Someone posts a real-world challenge they’re facing. Together, we dig through our shared knowledge base of Founders Podcast episodes, find similar situations and their solutions from the lives of history’s greatest entrepreneurs, and extract the underlying pattern that made it work. Your move: Drop a comment below with one business challenge you’d love to see the community reverse-engineer using Founders patterns. Let’s build the collective brain of Founders Fanatics together 🧩