Have you ever sent an outreach email or DM about your services, just to be ghosted? Maybe you followed up once. If you’re REALLY dedicated, maybe you followed up a second time. But would you send a fourth email if you still hadn’t heard back? Well, this guy did just that. He sent me not two, not three, but FOUR emails. His initial email made a pretty killer offer; a free AI avatar and video scripts. I thought, “meh, probably BS” He sent me two more emails. I still didn’t care. His fourth email? He offered me a $100 gift card if I don’t get any value from the video he wanted to send me. At that point I thought, “OK, I appreciate this guys dedication. He seems serious about wanting to give me something valuable.” So I finally said yes, send me the video. Not because I care about the $100, but because his dedication and willingness to go above and beyond what most people are was intriguing to me. I always tell our clients the money is in the follow-up. “But I did follow up!” They’d often say. But did you follow up WELL? And did you follow up THREE TIMES or more beyond your initial message? When someone ghosts you, don’t take it personally. People are busy and have been burned. They don’t have time to answer every message, especially with so many scammers and shitty offers out there just looking to take their money. Be relentless in outreach, be relentless in giving value. It’s the best way to grow a new business AND an existing one.

The thing I've struggled with more than anything in managing my ADHD is my phone addiction. Telling myself I'll scroll for a few minutes would somehow turn into hour long sessions. Sometimes, I would grab my phone to check an email or do something work/business related, and subconsciously open TikTok and scroll for way too long. My screen time was upwards of 12 hours at some points, especially on days I didn't take my Vyvanse. I kept seeing these ads for a Brick, but I never bought it because of how embarrassing it was to have to admit that I needed a physical device to stay off my phone. I finally bought it on an impulse, and it has genuinely changed my life. It's basically just a device that locks apps. You tap the brick to lock the apps, and you can't unlock them until you physically tap your phone on the device again. So if you just put it somewhere far away, you'd have to physically leave your workspace, walk all the way over there, and tap. Even when I reach for my phone to open one of the apps, I literally can't, so I'm forced to stay locked in to my work. LOL, this post sounds like an ad, but I promise I'm just sharing something that has helped me a ton. I wish I could make some money off how many people I've recommended it to 😂.

You know what that means - Christmas is a comin, and 2025 is quickly coming to an end! What is everyone’s plan to finish the year strong and set up for a powerful 2026?

Oh my gosh! I started working hard on my goals about 21 days ago and have refused to allow doubt to take over or cause barriars. When i get confused or stuck I ask for help or look for clarity feom the other posts and discussions here. Then I really clarified my entire direction about a week ago....put my brand images and everything together. Build the skeleton of my community, started filling in the muscles so to speak. Got serious about funneling through insta and facebook. Got just as serious about showing up in focus founders as I was in my own community...if not more so. Found a home, not just here, but inside my own psyche as well. I found myself and embraced everything that I am while leaning into the love and support of this amazing community. When I came into ADHD FF i was lost and often paralyzed in task overload and not knowing how to turn the big things into bite sized actions that my brain would actually accept. This entire community helped shift that, but especially @Bill Widmer @Rex Loyer @Reema Rana and @Sebastian Schroeder have been HUGE inspiration. Then, this morning I woke up to a shock! All the effort and dedication I have been putting in is actually paying off! A new memeber in my community let me know she found me on the discovery page via a particular search word.... so i got curious There are FIVE top key words that my community shows up for in the first page of searches for my niche! One of them sets me at #21 The next at #19 The third is at #15 Fourth is at #12 And the 5th??? I rank #10 on the discovery feed with!!!! My mind is BLOWN! I was able to switch to a paid community today because of this momentum and am confident with my choices and abilities moving forward! It is overwhelming, i keep finding myself crying because I am not used to being seen this way....like ever. And now i have friends, family, a partner and new friends that are all seeing this and its giving me so much energy and belief in myself.

I challenge theee! Can we get over 200 gifs on this post in the next 30 minutes?? How powerful is the collective at this hour?