Nothing. Well, almost nothing that actually mattered. Meanwhile, the days when I'm squeezed between meetings and have maybe 90 minutes to work? That's when I actually crush it. This doesn't make sense, right? More time should equal more productivity. Except it doesn't. At least not for me. Today's video unpacking why this happens and what it reveals about how we actually operate versus how we think we operate. It's one of those things I've noticed for years but never really articulated until yesterday's failure forced me to. Think about your most productive days recently - were they packed or wide open? I'm genuinely curious if this pattern holds for others or if I'm just weird.

Over the past few weeks, I've been working on adapting and changing and thinking through what it means to have a community. This community, the Growth Circle, has evolved - this is now the 4th iteration that it's going to change to. I'm working through perhaps changing the group into more of a challenge group. As you can see from the description of the community, we're targeting established business owners who are ready to break through when they get to a million dollars a year from $100K. I want to give people the tools and the resources to get out of their own way to really go for it, but not in a hustly go-go-go kind of way. The way that I'm working now has a more structured, calm, relaxed, and stable approach despite the fact that there's lots of activity. The goal and the focus of doing business is to build leverage into your life. How can you develop systems, processes, and activities that take action for yourself that gives you not just a single output, but multiple outputs? Maybe using AI or technology to help you gain that leverage. Or getting help by asking people to work on things with you that creates a ripple effect. All that said, things are happening in my world, and we're shifting to a slightly different model. So you might see some new faces, and you might see some activity in this group like you've never seen before. I'm excited! Enjoy your weekend.

A friend and I were talking about why smart people make dumb decisions even when they know better. I used ice cream as the example. Just because you CAN eat it every day doesn't mean you SHOULD. Seems obvious, right? But then we realized this exact pattern shows up everywhere - money, business decisions, relationships, health. The ability to do something and the wisdom of doing it are two completely different things.

I told my team last week something that surprised them: I'm in therapy. Not because I'm broken. Not because something's wrong. But because I'm trying to protect what I've built. Here's the distinction I made: Therapy is about maintaining your foundation - your boundaries, emotional stability, sense of self. Personal development and coaching? That's about building on top of that foundation - goals, growth, achievement. You can't build higher if your foundation is shaky. A lot of entrepreneurs chase growth without ever checking if their base can handle it. They add more clients, more revenue, more complexity - then wonder why they feel unstable despite external success. I made a quick video about this (link in comments), but the real question is: When's the last time you did maintenance work on yourself, not just growth work? Have you ever done therapy while things were going well? Or did you wait until something broke?

A client told me she's decided to run her own Facebook ads instead of working with me. My first reaction? Honestly, a mix of things - part of me wanted to warn her about all the ways this could go wrong, - part of me respected her wanting to learn it herself, and - part of me wondered if I should just let her figure it out the hard way. But then I thought about what would actually be helpful. So I made a quick video breaking down what I wish someone had told ME before I spent my first $10K learning Facebook ads through expensive trial and error. Not trying to talk anyone out of running their own ads - if you want to learn it, you absolutely can. Just want to help people from the specific expensive mistakes. Have you ever tried running your own ads? What made you decide to do it yourself vs hiring someone?