Day 26/180
Booster Executive only
Jack of all trades kinda day. Got a lot of little miscellaneous things done. Opened up a Roth IRA as well as set up automation for it. I need to celebrate these small things but i find it really hard too and I end up being hard on myself for not doing more and having real progress on my business.
Day 27/180
I believe I need a business partner to go with that I can bounce ideas back and forth with. It’s really draining to put things into the void without a team behind you. I feel like I need more support and also it’s a reason why I want to go into business to build a community of like minded individuals that love fantasy.
Just when I write that, my wife helps me out. I now have a decent social media strategy to start with. I will plan on building it out a quarter (3 months) ahead of time. So now to find some artwork, memes and cocktails.
Also had to face up to a couple of things I have been running away from and I need to stand my ground and face those fears. It really causes a lot of emotional pain to go through this. I have the image of shedding my old skin.
I’ve got a business partner and it is an absolute blessing. I focus more on the sales and my partner is the tech guy.
One thing I notice is that it’s easier to build something on your own and then partner up with somebody else once ypu’ve got something worth being a part of.
I got my first partner by offering to spljt a potential client 50/50. I got my next partner only after I already had success in the business, and then a mentor introduced us to each other and recommended partnering
Keep on doing what you’re doing and the right partner will come. Build it and they will come 
Day 28/180
@Billions I really appreciate the post, I need these gentle reminders to stop my anxiety and overwhelm getting the best of me. Biggest thing I learned from podcasts today was Dream big but act in small tiny steps.
I noticed that my podcast diet has shifted heavily into entrepreneurship, business, and FIRE. I still have some true crime and history but I have been injecting myself with tons of business information and strategies from many different angles.
Despite not confident going into the evening I always manage to take a step forward every night this week on my business. I enjoyed watching football and working on my business.
Is this because of ADHD? I’m in the same boat. Check out my most recent post on my journal. But essentially I want to recreate a custom that is way lighter, focuses on the modules that I already have in my major custom (so that I only have to pay the $99 build fee, not for any new modules), and has Ascended Mogul as the driver rather than just one over-diluted element among many.
Why did they recommend executive specifically?
I’m about halfway through the journal, but I really love it. I need to get to work now, so I’ll look forward to catching up with the rest later.
Your journal actually inspired me to get to work.
Looks like I’m about 2 or 3 weeks behind you and others of us who are going back to AM.
I’m going to Mogul starting tomorrow. Then at some point (1-3 months), I’ll upshift to Ascended Mogul.
I tried Mogul on its own and it just didn’t give me the kick in the pants to go out and take action everyday like AM does.
Executive takes that up an extra notch.
It’s awesome to know I can inspire someone the likes of you who has been on this forum for quite sometime has has really good posts on here.
I have found in my experience less is better. Not sure if I will ever go back to customs they just don’t have that rapid life altering change quite like standalone do despite some modules that look mighty tempting.
Day 32/180
Been making tiny steps everyday. Sometimes I feel good about my progress, but most of the time I am slightly frustrated I’m not further along. I really need to figure out how to allow myself some feeling of accomplishment to help fuel myself.
While working I have been watching world of warcraft walkthrough videos on YouTube which seem to help me focus better than listening to fantasy music and help me stay inspired.
I created my vision of how I want to build my Fantasy empire. I included tiers from 1 to 5 tier 1 is small vision
THIS! Happened to me too. I read somewhere on here that Saint said Ascended Mogul works almost as fast as Mogul anyways. Same as Ascension. The time it takes your brain to adapt to AM is similar to either product alone. Obviously it takes a little longer, but not significantly longer. No need to upgrade to AM after Mogul.
Day 33/180
Moved the needle more on my business. Began scheduling social media posts. Developed some fun stories and names for cocktail ingredients. More just putting the work in. I am having a lot of fun working on my business.
I was atrocious at my dayjob. I just couldn’t concentrate for the life of me.
Day 35/180
I managed to get most of social media scheduled out for October. Not too much to note other than at my dayjob I was incredibly unproductive. Working on my business while watching NFL I got a decent amount done.
this is good! AM is a very powerful program! keep at it, all the best!
Woke up this morning full of dread of having to go to work.
While listening to Masters of Scale podcast interview with Mark Zuckerberg, a way bigger vision of my business appeared in my head. I wrote down the notes and will add it to the vision document I created. It’s important to keep these things in mind but continue taking the small necessary next steps.
My life lashed out at me over something I did not do. I just stood there calmly and then she turned around immediately and said I’m sorry. I told her in a calm soft voice that it was uncalled for and that lashout hurt. She acknowledged her wrong and asked for a hug. My reaction to things like this are a lot better before I would lash back.
I also came to the realization that my mind has shifted to the point where I could not see permanent retirement. I would always be working towards something or creating something I love. Pretty awesome changes.
Had a very nice date night with the wife. Didn’t work on the business today and that’s okay. I still bother people because it’s all I think about.
Everything I have some doubt if my business is going to work and I go to sleep or go do something else. I am replaced the next day with ideas and more action. Perseverance is key.
Got some progress done for the business, organized the house a bit.
This is a really interesting point.
I’m coming to quite a similar conclusion. There is such promise being able to encapsulate all the elements and different areas of interest in a custom but upon review and further testing when it comes to rapid changes and life alterations less is certainly more.
Larger customs definitely cause growth over time but it’s a totally different game than stand alone program.
I may run larger customs 1-2x weekly for ongoing broader growth and development and have store programs or extremely small/streamlined customs as the main drivers.
Yeah I feel you guys on that. My custom is massive but it feels like a lot to handle. It’s a lot of potential to grow into but it does come with a moderate amount of “growing pains.” I also was thinking 1-2x a week alongside standalone products, in the future.
Meanwhile, with standalone AM, you feel like the full version of what AM represents right away.
My custom has 4 cores, AM, HOM, Executive, PCC. I justified 4 since exec and pcc are both so light, but it’s way too much.
If I were to remake a custom now, I would make an AM focused custom that just boosts the qualities already present in AM and that are highly targeted to my personal problems. I would focus less on an “archetype” custom and more on solving my unique strengths and weaknesses. I would get AM, and then modules like true sell, way of roi, organization perfected, single point… to deal with adhd symptoms. I would get some joy modules because that’s always good, and I would get some manifestation modules because those are always amazing.
Some people have said that their ultima customs are laser focused like daggers to give them specific results extremely quickly, and I think to myself, why can’t regular customs be the same way.
PCC might be of value to add to a more streamlined custom- but HOM is quite extensive and would definitely shift the ‘flavor’ effect of the strength of AM. Likewise I find Ultima conversions to QV2 operate very differently and can take longer to get the full effect of them.
Running a larger custom 1-2x a week and then having a store program or more streamlined custom would likely work well. I’ll be testing that soon.
Will your rebuild your custom soon?
Possibly. Probably. It’s been on my mind for weeks. If I were to just listen to a LITE version of my regular custom, i would already own all the licenses so it would only cost me the $99 build fee.
I could use AM, PCC, and the wealth modules.
Then i would listen to my LITE 2-3x a week, and my “full” custom only once a week. So that HOM would still influence my stack but not drive it.
I could elaborate more, but to me it seems fairly simple. The top 10 most important modules of a 20 module custom would make a lite variant for added empgasis on certain modules.
However, as I’m about to update in my journal, I’m going to spend the next month focusing on healing subs. Ascended Mogul gave me amazing results, but it gave me power that I now need to temper with wisdom and virtue. I’m going to listen to regen/elixir for a month or two and then probably go back to my custom + AM or my custom plus my custom-lite.
