it's Wednesday. and this week i honestly can't tell if my failure is a failure. can you, really??? the Road to Clover report. i set out to get 100 Skool communities to share their real numbers. 7 days in: 15 responses + 3 partners. by my own playbook: result not what i expected - that's a failure. 15 is not 100. and while i publicly said 100, i quietly hoped for way more, way more. then i remembered The Gap and The Gain BOOK by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy. now, full disclosure, i have not read the book. but i do get the concept. and it's a good one. the gap is measuring yourself against the ideal. the finish line that keeps moving. the gain is measuring yourself against where you started. so, let's do this simple exercise for me ⬇️ where i started - 0 responses. 0 partners. a form nobody had seen. where i am today (7 days in): 15 owners who trusted me with their MRR. 3 people who put their name next to mine. and someone donated 5 ☘️s - $25. so, here's the uncomfortable bit... where did 100 come from? i made it up. it's round. it looks good on a cover. if the goal is arbitrary, the gap is arbitrary too. measuring my real 15 against an imaginary 100 and feeling bad about it - that's the gap trap. but i'm not letting myself off the hook either. neither should you. the form closes 15 December. the gap tells me where to go: 85 more. the gain tells me i can get there. so yes, it's a failure.. a good one. and yes, i'm celebrating it. your turn ⬇️ - what did you "fail" at this week? - measured against the gap or the gain? - and where did that goal come from? ps if you run a Skool community and you have not completed the Road to Clover Form yet, the form is here

it's Monday. and today is about working smarter, not harder. the real version, not the poster. === my spirit animal is Ari Meisel. do you know his story? 2006. he's 23. running a construction business, working 12 hours a day. then he's diagnosed with Crohn's disease. suddenly his body gives him 1 hour of work a day. not 12. ONE. most people would close the business. he didn't. he optimized. he automated. he outsourced. he cut everything that didn't need him. and kept the business running on what was left. he got so good at it that it became the business. books (i read them). courses (i took a few). and today he coaches entrepreneurs. asynchronously. no calendar stacked with calls. business coach. entrepreneur. productivity geek. very much like me 😜 === i'm not anywhere near where Ari is. in terms of his fees, his brand awareness, his audience. but i learn from him every chance i get. i'm in his group. i listen to his podcast. i'm in his circle. and one day i want him on my podcast (girl has dreams) everything i build starts from his question: - what if i only had 1 hour today? that's why i use AI to help me build processes that's why i push one main offer that's why i believe in community model === so here's the question i have for you this week: - if you only had 1 hour a day, which part of your business would survive?

visibility is traffic. traffic is new members. that's the whole reason for this post. we're heading into the 100 members sprint (hope you join - it's free for level 3 members). so here's a secret weapon tactic to go with it. full disclosure: credit goes to @Des Dreckett who mentioned/showed it to me the goal = get on a leaderboard. 7 days. 30 days. all time if you can, but you don't need it. === the steps: 1. pick a community where your ICP hangs out. paid beats free - people who paid have money. 2. go through the classroom. 3. post your progress. 4. comment on and cheer for other people. that's it. keep doing it and very soon you'll see your name on the leaderboard. === why it works: - it's free. paid community? still $9 or $20 a month. small. - the right people see your profile, and your community with it. - you're in full control. what you do = what you get. more you do, more you get. === i will show you mine, if you show me yours... let's chat in the comments ⬇️

I wanted to share a behind-the-scenes experiment we’ve been running in my healing Skool, in case it sparks some thoughts for your own groups. For a long time, I've felt that rigid paywalls can get in the way of what communities are actually meant to do. My core goal is that financial strain shouldn't block someone from getting support when they're struggling. So I decided to test a shift toward a gift-economy model. Here is how we set it up and how it’s running so far: - The Dual-Tier Setup: Our premium tiers ($33/month or $16/month yearly) remain completely intact for members who can comfortably pay full price. That revenue helps hold the door open and sustains the backend. - The "Pay What You Can" Path: For members facing tight budgets or high medical costs, we opened a flexible tier where they can contribute any amount that feels right to them—no questions asked, no one turned away. - The Operational Workaround: Because Skool's native checkout is fixed, we handle the flexible option via an external giving page combined with a simple note system (PayPal/Stripe) where members drop their community handle, and I manually move them into the Premium tier within 24 hours. It adds a tiny bit of admin work on my end, but it completely removes friction and gatekeeping for the member. I’d love to hear from other builders here: Have any of you experimented with gift-economy models, sliding scales, or hybrid pricing in your communities? How do you balance financial sustainability with radical accessibility?

Community Clinic is back. 24–26 Sept. Check the Calendar the first one was in May. it was amazing. yet... this one is less talking and more fixing: - you bring your community, we figure out how to fix it. - no slides. no teaching. nobody presenting a framework at you for 45 minutes. day 1 is about your offer. day 2 is about engagement and conversion. day 3 is about how to get more traffic to your community. yes, that's backwards. on purpose. Monday the 28th i'll do the debrief. should be really cool 😎 it's free. nothing to prepare. put on your calendar. show up. and bring a friend - become an affiliate 😜