New Years Eve I got sick. Not regular sick. Psychedelic sickness. Mind numbing migraines. Sore throat. A cough that made me fear each breath because of the migraine pain it induced. Fever. Chills. A wisdom tooth decided to lock my jaw shut. My wife joked about my annual "man cold" until she got it 2 days ago and started her own journey through it. This wasn't the start to 2026 I planned. But maybe it was the one I needed? 3 days in bed. Sweaty. Surrendered. All the projects, content, and plans I wanted to build... they waited. Super frustrating. But I was left to sit with the pain, the surrender, and the idea that without health nothing else matters. 🕊️ A cool Spirit Download 10 days before New Years, my wife's family and I wrote down 10 intentions for 2026. We cut them into pieces, crumpled them up, and each day we'd either burn or throw away one piece without looking. Allowing spirit to guide what mattered most. Our #1 focus for 2026 would be revealed on Jan 1st. Want to guess what mine was? Health and body. The day I got sick ur hiLaRIous Spirit. But being grateful for the sickness was my mantra and as a result this sickness had 3 downloads for me that apply to both health and business. /// 1️⃣ Addition by subtraction Before I got sick I was feeling overwhelmed. The sickness forced me to ONLY focus on the few things I could actually do each day. I thought more about this and realized the path forward wasn't about adding. It was about releasing. Removal felt aligned with what my body was already doing during the sickness. Getting rid of things. Purging. I got rid of coffee. 50 Skool communities. Clothes. A load of things on my to-do list. Clutter. Expenses and subscriptions. Plans and expectations. Non-whole foods. All the apps on my phone. I even fully shaved my beard for the first time in 10+ years. I'm not done yet. I can see both in health and business I love to over-complicate things. The first step isn't adding a vision board.

What’s up my fellow Founders! How’s the holiday season treating you? Whats your favourite gift that you received? Or that you gave? Would love to hear some fun stories 👇 Share some tales and pictures on this post! AND, for any of our VIP or Premium members: How’s things on the business front? Does anyone need support? Drop any questions below and we will do our best to provide some holiday support before we officially come back in the New Year 😁

What if giving away free stuff works better than running ads? Last month we tested it at Venice Beach. Gave away skateboards and meals to people experiencing homelessness. Just to see. The people who came with us walked away talking about: ❤️ Clarity and the "give first" energetic ❤️ Unfathomable ROI (you can't measure it, but you feel it) ❤️ Reconnecting to living bigger than yourself ❤️ Contribution > consumption Pretty cool. We're calling it Giving Games and we're trying to inspire $1 billion in giving over the next three years. (Sounds crazy but we're doing it anyway lol.) Made a video about the whole thing. Comment "GIVE" if this resonates and when we create the Giving Games Playbook we will send it to you so you can add this into your biz Dan @Alexander VandeLaar @Bc Serna @Whitstagram Hancock @Matthew Thompson @Luke Gilbert @Kevin Lee @Madhuri Pura Dasa @Tina Roach @Auroara Leigh

@Artin Asghari (our community growth guy who's low key one of the best Skool operators I know) just texted me and said he wants to open up his calendar over the holidays to offer the LFG Community free 20-minute coaching calls. And I was like "wait what?" And he's like "yeah man, everyone's I'm chatting with is either stressing or spinning their tires. I have some time, let's just help people." So... here we are lol. and here's the deal: @Artin Asghari has worked with Kourse and Max Perzon (one of the Top G's on Skool), been part of the Skool moderator team, and is literally our community growth partner in our business. Like, this dude KNOWS Skool. He knows what makes communities pop off and what makes them ghost towns. And so on these short but valuable 20 minute calls he can help with... ✅ Your niche (is it actually good or are you making it harder than it needs to be) ✅ Your Skool community setup (the stuff that actually matters vs. the stuff you're overthinking) ✅ A full Skool about page audit if you already have one running ✅ An offer audit (is it simple enough to sell and deliver without wanting to die) ✅ Your messaging & ad angles (what's actually going to convert vs. what sounds cool in your head) ✅ A legit game plan so you can be totally clear heading into 2026. Basically whatever would be most helpful for YOU. These are 20 minutes. They're free. And honestly knowing Artin he'll probably go over because he gets excited about this stuff. Classic lol. The catch? There's no catch. It's the holidays. We're just doing this. If you want one, just comment ARTIN below. he'll reach out and get you on the calendar. That's it. Dan "pimping out his team for Christmas" Harrison P.S. I'm not sure how long his calendar will stay open before it fills up, so if you've been stuck on your biz, Skool setup, your offer positioning, or your ads... this might be the nudge / coaching you need.

If you are running ads to grow your skool community (or want to) Getting clear on your numbers (all of them) is vital to your success. I just created this Ads / Business calculator so you can just put in your goals and metrics from skool and figure out exactly what you need. - $ Monthly Ad Spend - # New Community Members - # of application - Price points To hit your goals. If you want it (for free) comment "ADS" below and our automation thingy will send it to you in the DM's.