When in doubt use the K.I.S.S. method (Keep It Super Simple).
Less âmoving partsâ mean a more direct path to the outcome and easier troubleshooting.
Authenticity plus kindness is a cheat code.
Itâs arrogant to think that that ONE move you make is all itâll take.
If youâre worried about sounding âsmartâ or knowledgeable in front of others â always making the smartest comment, using genius words / metaphors, or crafting the most brilliant messages/emails/posts â youâre doing it to make an impression, to get approval.
If it comes from the heart spontaneously, thatâs one thing, but itâs the trying to appear/sound smart or like you âknow your stuffâ to others thatâs based on neediness.
In 2024, there are about 22 million millionaires in the U.S.
While the reports tout that 88% of millionaires are college graduates, they donât promote the equally impressive other side of the coinâŠthe lowly 12% of non-college graduate millionaires.
Oh hey, look at that, 12% of 22 million is 2.6 million people (in the U.S.)
Well, wuddaya knowâŠ2.6 million millionaires became that way by NOT graduating college⊠(wonder why they donât talk more about that? hmmmm 
)
Are they all special? Gifted? Trust fund babies?
Nope.
Itâs inspiring to think about how POSSIBLE it is for anyone to achieve that level of financial abundance.
Because if those people can do it, so can youâŠif you choose.
You donât gotta though. Itâs not a prerequisite for living a good, fulfilling life. âMillionaire statusâ isnât the end-all be-all. Itâll probably take a lot of focus and energy building up the skills that it takes to get there, too.
But what if you could have FUN along the way to that level of financial wealth, without forcing yourself to grind 80-100 hours a week?
Would it be âworkâ if it was fun?
Did playing around outside for hours as a kid feel like exercise or require âeffortâ to do?
Find that thing that sparks that kind of interest. Dig into it. Have some fun.
What if you approached everything today as if you didnât know shit about fuck?
But with more of a fun, curious vibe. 
The words came together and flowed. I already knew what to say before I knew I knewâŠ
Trust the process.
NWE is coming through in interesting waysâŠcame across a market thatâs not sexy at all, but Iâm fascinated.
Knowing your strengths and weaknesses, work to root out your weaknesses and train your strengths.
If you receive some sort of value â an insight, a spark of inspiration, an emotional shift, entertainment, a chuckle, new food for thought â from the words you readâŠ
âŠdo you keep it to yourself, or do you give some sort of token of appreciation back?
How does that reflect the way you appreciate yourself?
Do you find that your ratio of taking to giving leans toward taking?
Even a tiny expression of gratitude is the highest ROI behavior you can do to benefit YOUR own life right now, and into the future.
Shift your perspective from âwhat can I getâ to âwhat can I giveâ
Havenât used LinkedIn in awhiiiiiiile, so when I decided to test something out earlier I had to laugh when I got the âyouâve hit your limit of people searches for the MONTHâ paywallâŠand got an offer for their âPremium Businessâ subscription.
Like, when did they make the number of searches so restricted?! It felt like I was barely getting started too, lol.
So the test pool is a little tinier than I wanted, but it be like that sometimesâŠ
On to the next test!
After you realize the lies,
and go through the grief,
look around with real eyes,
the wonders beyond belief.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty
â Proverbs 11:24
Money is just a natural consequence of providing value.
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Have been ânegotiatingâ with a friend to build a custom sword cutting stand for me for several months now and itâs been kind of a pain as something always âkept coming upââŠ
The last time we talked about it was a couple weeks ago.
Today, I got a random text: âSo I built this test stand, if you want to come by and grab it.â
Itâs not the custom stand I wanted, not by a long shot, lololâŠ
But itâs being offered for $FREE-ninety-nine, so Iâll gratefully accept the generosity.
Whatâs fascinating is that I wrote about it in my journal this morning, and here we areâŠ
Reality is wonderful.
Surprised myself this morningâŠ
Challenging some doubts and negative thoughts, I started writing in my private journal.
Turns out, those thoughts (and subsequent feelings) were all based on LIES, but I couldnât dismiss them very easily just by thinking âthatâs a lieââŠI had to âprove itâ to myself.
It started with a list of obvious contradictions, but what surprised me is that my mind started to serve up all sorts of related experiences that I havenât thought of in a LONG time, going way back to childhoodâŠthe images came up faster than I could type, so I stopped and just enjoyed the rideâŠ
It was great. With each bullet point, I felt lighter and lifted up, until I didnât need to write anymore so I could let the feeling flow.
I remembered easily the truth of who I was, am, and will beâŠ
Like pointing a flash light at a dark corner where youâd swear you saw something out of the side of your eye, the lying whispers in my mind vanished without even saying goodbye.
Donât ask âhow do I get rid of this fear?â
Instead ask: âWhat thought is creating this sensation?â
Change the filter, donât try to get rid of the water flowing through it.
Some of the money all of the time > all of the money some of the time
Doing something the vast majority donât want to do is an easy way to provide value.