Why is it always on the days when you have deadlines, calls, and so many things to do.. I'd literally only just got the computer set up perfectly after It got hacked in March. I was struggling today before I even turned the computer on 🫣 I hope you're having a much more productive day and if you're not then know you're not alone!!

I've just had to pay £115 plus plus 2 months road tax because I forgot it SORN my van (statutory off road notification) when I decided not to use it for a few months because we don't need it again until August. I hate all these taxes in the form of penalties that I get all the time for being bad at paperwork. I always get penalties for forgetting to pay tax, fines for not submitting company returns on time and fines for not renewing my NHS prescription certificate... The list goes on, i'm not including speeding fines. Every time I open these letters it makes me feel like a failure in life. It really gets me down and makes me feel sad. I don't know how normal people keep track of it all. (In fact, I've just remembered we should have paid tax in June that I'd forgotten about! 😫) So, my idea is what if someone would take car if all your vehicle admin. tax, insurance and MOTs, ensuring that all your vehicles were kept legal, maintained and roadworthy.. Do I need a PA or VA? Better systems or is there some amazing hack or software that I'm missing in my life? I'd love to know how you do it without the stress of getting penalised as this is probably one of my biggest pain points right now ..!

There is a lot of noisy, terrible advice out there from so-called “experts.” They will tell you to guard your knowledge, lock your expertise behind an expensive paywall, and only give people a crummy, low-value “lead magnet” to get their email address, so you can send a string of automated sales letters to them. Let me tell you the honest truth: People who give you that advice are usually just doing it because they are more interested in making a quick sale than actually helping you. Giving what you do away for free could be one of the absolute best things you ever do for your business. And I don’t mean a half-baked PDF that barely has any value. 𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳. I know we all have bills to pay and money to make. But if you want to build a real, sustainable business using the skills you already have, you need to understand one fundamental rule: 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲. When you chase money, it’s elusive. But when you focus purely on helping people and providing massive value straight away, people will literally queue up to pay you. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 1. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 This is a hardwired psychological trigger in all of us. When people feel like they have received a massive amount of value or taken a lot from you, they feel a deep-seated urge to give something back. We all naturally crave balance. If you genuinely help someone solve a problem without holding your hand out for cash immediately, they are going to remember you. They will want to repay that value when the time comes. 2. 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 People need a chance to see what you are actually like before they commit their hard-earned cash. Giving it away for free gives people a risk-free way to find out about you, see how good you are at what you do, and start to trust you. People are also creatures of habit. Once someone has used your service for three weeks or so, it becomes so much easier for them to stay loyal to you than it is to go off and find a stranger to do the exact same thing. Napoleon Hill used this exact method to fill an entirely empty apartment block. He gave people six months rent-free, while the neighbouring block was struggling to find a single tenant. His competitors thought he’d gone mad, but once his tenants moved in and built a life there, they stayed. He achieved a 100% occupancy, whilst his competitors were still struggling years later.

I’ve got some data to share, and it’s a bit of a reality check. We’ve had 62 people leave the community recently. 10 this week alone. And quite a few of those were people I really thought we were getting along with... I'm trying not to take it personally (despite those childhood abandonment issues!), but it’s clear there’s a mismatch between what some expected and what they received. I don’t want you slipping out the back door without saying goodbye. I want to fix this. My goal is either to give you more of what you actually want or to adjust our "offer" so expectations match reality. I’m reaching out to those who left for feedback, but 𝗜'𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. - What are we missing? - What would make this the most valuable community you're in? - Too many personal posts & sillyness? - Not enough classrooms / training? - Are you getting harrased by people pretending to be me or other people in the DM'S - Have we upset anyone? - Is there too much talk and not enough action? Or is this all just a normal for a community at this stage? I really don't know - but I'd love to actually provide what people want! 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 & 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿! PS - Don't be afraid to be honest, I LOVE feedback, good or "bad" (You learn a lot more from this). You won't upset me, I'm a big boy! 😁

I always do this. Wake up all excited with plans to get x y and z done, and halfway through x, realize that this is definitely NOT going to be done in a day! It was TOUGH! I thought it would be an hour or so thinning out the plants, but the root mass was solid, and all the way to the bottom. It is amazing that the fish could move around at all! So it's not quite the satisfying full thriing and beautiful pond I had hoped to show you.. but at least the fish are happier with so much more room to swim around. When it's filled back up it will feel like a mansion for them. So I've thinned it out quite a lot fixed the pump. Just the fountain to repair, then do the lower pond. Realistically it might be finished in a couple of weeks if I don't get bored by then! It really has got a lot worse before it gets better. Anyway, I'll f did my best, and hopefully I'll get a chance to clear away all the stuff in the week before it rains again. It might not be the win I hoped for, but it's progress and I had a lot of fun. 😁 Hope you all had a super weekend. Feel free to share your pics/vids too!