I finally got my headshots done with Cristal Vancarson today and, she is magic! On her Skool community @Karin Crawford said, “Great photography. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 @𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴!! Genius!” and that pretty much sums it up! To put this in context, in the 52 years I have been on this earth, there has not ever been one photo of me that I am happy to post online. That's why up until now my current social profile image is an AI avatar of me. I thought I would pose a challenge with my dodgy squinty eye which seems to know exactly when a camera is pointed at at, and my elusive smile that normally looks like I'm constipated but she knows all the tricks in the book, and you just can’t NOT smile when in the presence of @Cristal Vancarson . So here is real, human me! I'm so pleased with my photos and she turned an event I was dreading doing and kept putting off into the highlight of my day. 🥰 Thank you so much for making it sooo fun, AND I even got a bonus portrait of me with my daughter that’s definitely going on the wall. When I said that to Cristal she said, “There is NO greater HONOR than for me to have a picture on the WALL in my client’s home.” You can tell she genuinely cares about the people she photographs. What I loved most is that this whole thing was done remotely from home, between my other calls, and was all wrapped up in around 40 minutes. No awkward standing around wondering what to do with your hands. Just a proper live session with someone who knows exactly how to bring the best out of people. She was also brilliant with my daughter. They say never work with kids or animals but Cristal orchestrated then both effortlessly! That is what Cristal does so well. She does not just take a photo. She catches a moment. She makes you relax. She makes it fun. And somehow she makes the whole thing feel easy, even when you thought you were going to hate every second of it.

Drumroll pleeeease… 🥁🥁🥁 ... 𝗧𝗜𝗠 𝗔𝗗𝗔𝗠!!! 🎉🎉🎉 @Tim Adam, I genuinely don't know how you did it, I knew you were competitive, but you absolutely, completely, and utterly 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁. 88 new people. EIGHTY EIGHT. In one week. That's not just winning a competition, that's basically carrying the whole community on your back and sprinting across the finish line while the rest of us were still tying our shoelaces. 😅 Tim, check your DMs. You've won your choice of a beautiful Wooden Family Tree OR Wooden Record Wall Art handcrafted by Cornish Whispers 🌳🎵 Instructions on how to claim it are heading your way right now. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗧𝗶𝗺, You are an absolute legend and this community is lucky to have you. 🙌 🏅 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 Here's how everyone finished, and honestly, every single person on this list deserves a round of applause: 🥇 @Tim Adam - 88 🥈 @Sydney Nguyen - 66 🥉 @Heather Boers - 21 4th @Rebecca Bautista - 11 5th @Magalie Delisle - 10 6th @Clare Goodall - 9 7th @Jill Hart - 8 8th @Alice Grant - 6 9th @Paulo Costa, The Roaster - 6 10th @Marci Matejcek - 5 👏 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Massive love to everyone else who got involved and brought some lovely new members in 🥰: @Des Dreckett , @Lisa Drennon , @Cody Stace , @Elizabeth Hadzic , @Melissa Boster , @Karin Crawford , @Lion Fludd , @Brian Diep , @Cátia Oliveira , @Jennifer Rassbach , @Manda Jackson, @Michelle Spark , @Pamela Vicik-Smith, and @Tina Alexander - every single referral matters and every single one of you helped contribute and make my dream come alive. Thank you. 🧡

I'm Adam, the person who planted the seed of this idea to form a value-first, "what if we just come together and help people" community. Please be kind becuse I'm not half as confident as most of you on camera, but I know it's something I'll learn and get better out with practice, but because this community is about really getting to know each other and helping each other, we've all got to start somewhere...! So Helloooo, and thank you to all the resident experts who believed in my vision and to everyone else for coming along for the ride! 🥰 I know this will be big, and I'm so excited with the great start we've already had! Let's keep this momentum going till launch day! 👏😁 We really do have some super exciting things coming and I do believe that if we all work together and genuinely value and help each other, we can make this one of the best communities on Skool

@Brian Diep , the brand expert! @Manda Jackson , the AI tools expert! @Adam Thomas , the digital nomad guru! @Jing Wang the tax-free millionaire! @James McDonald the self promotion manager! @Ken Hyra the relationship conselour! @Julianne Anderson the storyteller extraordinaire with vintage flair

Say heyyyyyy to @Sarah Reid !! 🥰 My actual real-life long standing friend (like… in-person, cups of tea, actual chaos when we get together 😂) who’s here to support, cheerlead, and bring that boundless energy she’s known for. She runs her own business as a child and adolescent psychotherapist specialising in play and creative arts therapies AKA play therapist, helping little humans feel safe, seen, and understood 🫶 And yes… we now officially have TWO beautiful and amazing @Sarah Reid s in here 😅 which could get confusing very quickly… but honestly, what a great problem to have. Sarah, jump in and say hi .. tell everyone what you’re up to 👇 Everyone else… go give her some love and a big welcome 👋✨