Set aside a specific “worry time” each day—15-20 minutes when you’ll deliberately engage with your concerns. Choose a time when you have mental energy and not at bedtime or when you wake up. Chidiac, Daniel. Stop Letting Everything Affect You: How to break free from overthinking, emotional chaos, and self-sabotage. (p. 45). (Function). Kindle Edition.

Tiny Thoughts ******** from my favorite author All battles are internal ones. ** When you are at peace, you don't pick fights, create drama, or worry about what others think of you. *** Stubbornness and flexibility aren't opposites; they're responses to different inputs. Be impenetrable to social pressure and quick to adapt to evidence. — Shane Parrish https://fs.blog/brain-food/february-22-2026/

We talk a lot about "investing" in our businesses, but we rarely talk about the "ADHD Tax"—the literal cost of the administrative mazes designed to keep us stuck. I’m starting a series on this because I think we need to air out the receipts to remove the shame. Exhibit A: My War Against "Zombie Subscriptions" 🧟‍♂️ Thanks @Rex Loyer for the idea and inspired by @Rebecca Bautista from her courageous conversations about finance. I’ve spent the last few months fighting a war on three fronts just to stop paying for things I don't use. It wasn't because I was lazy; it was because the systems were broken. 1. The "Ghost" Company: I wrote to one company months ago to cancel. Their excuse? They were "so busy growing" they hadn't gotten around to processing my cancellation. (Yet they had plenty of time to process my payment). 2. The Login Loop: For two cloud services, I couldn't log in. Support said they couldn't help me unless I logged in. A perfect, maddening Catch-22. 3. The Premium Trap: Another group plan literally refused to let me delete the accounts. My Solution? The Nuclear Option. ☢️ I stopped trying to "follow the rules." I called my credit card company and blocked the automatic payments entirely. It felt messy. It felt like I "should" have been able to solve it the "polite" way. But honestly? Protecting my resources was more important than being polite to a broken system. See more about this practice and Click-To-Cancel Rule https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/advisories/2026/02/ftc-and-state-ags-continue-to-scrutinize-subscription-practices This is a shame-free zone. The energy we spend beating ourselves up over these $20 or $50 charges is often more expensive than the money itself. 👇 Tell me one "Zombie Subscription" you’ve fought (or are fighting) recently.

What if AI could work with your ADHD brain instead of against it? Meet @G. S., Gurvinder Singh: cybersecurity professional, father, and self-described "AI hacker." He's on a mission to make technology actually work for neurodivergent minds & is a member of Focus Founders! In this conversation, we cover: ✨ Why most technology is designed for neurotypical brains (and how to hack it for yours) 🎯 The "ADHD tax:" All the invisible ways neurodivergent people struggle with tech 🔧 How to use AI to expand your thinking instead of outsourcing it 💡 Practical strategies: chatting with YouTube videos, books, and even your own previous chats 🎳 The "bowling lane guardrails" approach to staying on track Listen in if you... • Believe technology should amplify humanity rather than extract from it • Struggle with productivity tools that create more friction than they solve • Feel left behind by AI tools that promise to help but don't work with your brain • Want practical ways to democratize AI access beyond the elite few • Care about restoring dignity and choice in how we use technology 🎯 Gurvinder's #1 Tip: Ask AI open questions about your goals, not specific steps. Tell it where you're tripping up and let it work as a thinking partner, not a task manager. This one was so fun! 2nd Interview for my own Skool, all about positioning founders as experts AI can't replace. Thanks so much @G. S. !!

It's Thirsty Thursdays and we're co-working at Cabana Club in Austin today! Who's coming?! And for everyone else... what's the vibe? How's work going?