This is where you articulate one real problem that’s not working right now. This isn’t about listing everything that feels wrong. Choose one problem that matters most right now. Ask yourself: - If I fixed one thing in the next 7 days, what would make everything else easier? - What keeps breaking or coming back, even after I “fix” it? - Where am I guessing instead of deciding? If you’re unsure, choose the thing you keep thinking:“I don’t know what to do about this.” 👉 Be specific.Don’t generalize. Don’t future-plan. This is about what’s actually not working right now. Copy & paste: What feels broken right now: Why I think this is happening: What I’ve already tried: What I’m unsure about / stuck on: After posting, remember to: - Comment thoughtfully on 2 other problem posts - Look for patterns, not solutions Clear problems lead to clear decisions.

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?