I uploaded my first 4 videos on youube! Are they good? No, but I started. It's not pretty but again, I started. I already want to quit but I'm not going to. As an artist I've painted so many bad paintings, I've made so many jewelry pieces that sucked but I stuck with it and ended up winning awards. So here we are, making terrible videos. My youtube is laurarobsonstudio. I've been an artist for 30 years and I know I can help people, I just don't know how yet so I'm kind of all over the place and kind of waiting for a comment or feedback from my channel to know what people want. I have my 5th video in the editing phase and will post that in the next day.

After watching a few of Brian's YouTube videos just a week ago, I finally took action and created my first Skool. It's a free community (in Swedish) helping people implement AI & Vibe Coding in their lives and small businesses. I'm thrilled to say I already have 25 active members who seem genuinely happy with the contributions in the Classroom and community. It feels amazing to see it come to life so fast! I have a strategic question for the group (and Brian) regarding the "Playbook": My initial plan was to keep it free until I reach a critical mass (maybe 100-150 members) and then switch the entire community to a paid monthly subscription model. However, I'm now also considering the hybrid model: Keeping the community open and free to maximize growth, but having specific "Masterclass" sections in the Classroom locked behind a paywall. For those of you with experience: Which model do you prefer? Is it better to gate the entire community eventually, or keep the flow of new members coming in and only monetize specific high-value courses inside?

I want to share a win today. I started this group on November 25, 2025. In less than 2 months we've reach 200 members. This is the fastest I've ever grown a community. And it was 100% organic traffic. I did not run a single paid ad. The traffic strategy is going to be part of what I'm building. If you want to be included click here and vote "YES" to join the waitlist. Thank you for helping hit this milestone! P.S. What is everyone up to this weekend? We are inside all weekend in Chicago as the temps are -20 with the wind chill 🥶

Let's give it up for @Bryan StClair who just hit two milestones with his brand new Skool Community called Inertial Propulsion Workshop! He grabbed his 10th member yesterday and reached 1,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. Congrats Bryan! Things happen fast when you show up and take action. His skool group is brand new, not a even a month old. @Bryan StClair made the decision to move over to Mindset Skool on December 24th and hasn't looked back. GREAT JOB!

I want to share something that happened today because it’s one of the clearest examples I’ve seen of why simplicity wins. I interviewed a member from Mindset Skool, Sookie O'Very, who just finished a $24,000 course launch. She's not an internet guru. She's not an overnight success. She's someone who’s been teaching her craft for 25 years. Here’s what nearly everyone gets wrong. Her course doesn’t teach everything. It teaches one thing. The promise is simple: open the box, take the machine out, learn what the parts are, and make your first stitch. That’s it. 646 people purchased her $37 course. She said something during the interview that stuck with me: “I’m excellent at overwhelming people, so I forced myself to teach one thing.” That decision changed her entire business. Most people never launch because they try to build the perfect course. They add more lessons, more ideas, more explanations, and end up with something no beginner actually finishes. Sookie did the opposite. She built for beginners. She focused on the first win. Then she put the course inside a Skool community so people had support after they paid. That’s what made it work. If you’ve ever thought about creating a course, moving something into a community, or you’ve been stuck overthinking your idea, this interview is worth watching. The full replay is inside Mindset Skool. You can watch it for free with the seven-day trial. No pressure, no pitch marathon. Just real execution from someone who actually did the thing. If nothing else, it’ll challenge how complicated you think this needs to be. You can watch the hour long interview here: https://www.skool.com/mindsetskool