Today, I went to help my mom with her taxes. She was overdue and worried that if she didnāt get them submitted, she wouldnāt get approved for her surgery. The stress was eating her alive. I kept thinking about all those ambitious science projects and science fairs we won as children because my mom would stay up all night replicating Mesa Verde with styrofoam or Poverty Point with clay molding. Here she was just like us as kids, at a deadline, feeling defeated and unsure how to get everything...
15 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 10 min read
Accountability goes both ways. Two weeks ago. Iām scrolling through the Community, doing my Monday accountability check-ins with everyone. You know, being the good old community leader Iām supposed to be. Asking how their goals are going. Cheering people on. Feeling pretty good about myself. Then Pam drops this comment: āSpeaking of accountability, where are those behind-the-scenes videos you promised us?ā BAM. SHE GOT ME. She was right. Iād been so busy holding everyone ELSE accountable that...
21 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 6 min read
The video for y'all this week is something that was equal parts therapeutic and terrifying. Itās a video about my 10 biggest mistakes as a creator, not the cute, humble-brag ones everyone shares, but the real ones. The expensive ones. The ones that made me question whether I was cut out for this at all. My cat Myra joins the video around two minutes in. She CANNOT help herself. She stays for most of the video, I rolled with it. š Anyways. Iāve been seeking that elusive feeling of āmaking itā...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
The gym with no mirrors (and why youāre quitting too early) I was at the gym and something hit me hard. A year ago, I was in this exact same place, tired and desperate, working on a business Iād just bought with no idea what I was doing, I didnāt have the body I wanted, the life I wanted, and I damn sure didnāt feel like the person I wanted to be. Today, Iām back in that same gym and although it FEELS like Iām starting the fitness journey over, everything has changed. I have amazing...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 6 min read
Today sucked. Have you ever had one of those days? The kind that starts wrong and keeps getting worse? For me, it began with terrible sleep. Weird dreams. The kind where you wake up more tired than when you went to bed. āItās okay,ā I told myself at 9:30 AM (hours past when I should have gotten up). āItāll still be a good day.ā I was lying to myself. Today was special. Not good special. The dangerous kind of special. It was what Jon Acuff in his book āFinishā calls: āThe Day After Perfect.ā...
about 2 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 6 min read
Hey y'all! On the last email I promised to show you how documenting your knowledge helps you make the most of your time, business, and life. Todayās that day. The responses on the last email were really powerful. I appreciate each of you for sharing how that newsletter made you think about how youāre spending your time and Iām really glad it resonated as much as it did. I got a reply from a reader that fits perfectly into this letter that made me realize something I didnāt catch before so...
2 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 11 min read
This hospital recliner is murdering my back. Itās 11:24 PM. Ted Lassoās playing on a tiny speaker. My 82-year-old grandmother is relaxing after birthday cake and our terrible rendition of āHappy Birthday.ā Today is my Mamawās birthday and we got the whole crew together to celebrate her with a surprise party in the hospital dining room. It was exactly as heartwarming as it sounds. The Sweet Matriarch of our family š¤ If you asked most of the youtube business gurus theyād say I should be home...
3 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 3 min read
112 people. Thatās how many creators joined The Creatorās Club in the last 48 hours. The doors are now closing over the next few hours and I am going to begin to approving members in a few. And honestly? Iām more then thrilled by the response. I am so excited to see how this community helps people to finish the things that matter to them and for us to all pursue these meaningful goals together. It will be incredible to see more people follow through and create the life and business they want...
5 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 8 min read
I bought a business I didnāt believe in. Hereās why that decision revealed the deepest problem in the creator economy, and why solving it might be the key to everything youāre trying to build. When I purchased Create & Go, I had zero faith in the product model. It wasnāt the information. The content is excellent. I used it to build my own success. Watched friends like Kelan and others cross $100K months using the exact frameworks. The problem wasnāt what was being taught. The problem was what...
5 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 10 min read