I hadnât told anyone this, but recently I was feeling discouraged in my business.
I looked at our numbers, our impact, and all the incredible things weâve doneâyet a small voice whispered, âWe should be bigger by now.â And hereâs the raw truth: I know what we offer is good. I know our clients are getting results. I know our mastermind has renewed over 70% of clientsâat $35,000â$50,000 levelsâover the last two years. I know weâve literally helped hundreds of people land five and six-figure contracts - many of which through the Pitch Your Way to CashÂŽ Academy. I know weâve created industry tools that changed the game for experts. But even knowing all that⌠I still felt overlooked. This wasnât a new feeling. Years ago, I had another business we eventually closed to the general public. Back then, I remember the exact same tension: Iâve done a lot, but thereâs more in me. And that voice came back. I realized something recentlyâwhat I was doing wasnât about scaling. It was about sustaining. And I didnât build this company to sustain. I built it to scale. This is our scale year. Now let me be clearâweâve already matched last yearâs revenue this year. That should make me content. Weâre on the Inc. 5000 list again. But if youâre a visionary like me, yâall know gratitude and hunger can coexist. Leaders hold themselves to a higher standard than others hold them to. You can be âdoing wellâ to the world and still feel like youâre not yet operating at the level God has called you to. Thenâone email changed everything. It was from my friend Russell Brunson. Heâs one of the best marketers in the world, and several years ago before we evenr met, his book Expert Secrets changed my life. The email said: âPrivate Invite Only.â He was hosting a small event. Without reading the whole sales letter (rookie move), I clicked âbuyâ and paid a $1,000 deposit. I assumed that was the ticket price. Then the next page popped up: $24,000 more. I paused. I went back, skimmed the letter, and realized he was teaching how to run paid five-day event series that could forever change the way we serve.