When I launched my community in June 2025, I was posting to almost no one. Turning up to calls where I was the only person in the room. Recording replays that maybe two people would ever watch. What kept me going was a simple mindset shift. I stopped thinking about who was there and started writing and speaking as if 200 people were listening. Not pretending. Just deciding that the standard wasn't going to drop because the numbers were low. I still get on calls where nobody shows. I still post the replay. I still write the post. That's not me being delusional about where the community is. That's my understanding that the people who do eventually find it will scroll back, watch the replays, read the posts, and decide whether this is worth their time based on what they see. A thin archive of abandoned content tells them one thing. A consistent body of work tells them something completely different. If your community is quiet right now, that's not a signal to ease off. It's a signal to keep the standard high anyway. The members who matter will arrive at something that looks like it was built for them. If you're running a Skool community and trying to turn it into consistent monthly revenue, this is what we work on inside the Skool Monetisation Lab. https://www.skool.com/skool-growth-lab-2540/about Des Dreckett - Skool Monetisation Lab

How do you help someone push through when a task is genuinely hard or they find it boring? The natural human instinct is to tell them to "just do it." But behavioural science shows us this rarely lasts. Building a business is uncomfortable. If your client's main goal is to avoid discomfort 🛑, they will never succeed. This is why you must teach them how to work with discomfort, not run from it. 📢 This brings us to the third step of REWIRE: Work with Discomfort. A lot of high-achievers are stuck on what I call the Hamster Wheel of Fear. They work incredibly hard, but they're only running to escape the fear of failure or the shame of falling behind. Their life is defined by what they're running away from. The second the fear fades, their effort stops. They're powered by negative reinforcement, and it's a completely unsustainable way to live. Our goal is NOT to pretend the hard work is fun. It's to change the meaning of the work. We do this by connecting today's boring task directly to their biggest future goal. We build a mental bridge so the payoff of that future goal feels real, 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬. For example: "𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 10 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 '𝘯𝘰' 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 '𝘺𝘦𝘴' 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳." Suddenly, the discomfort of the call isn't a stop sign. It's a signal of progress. It's workable. ✅ This is the 'W' in REWIRE: W = Work with Discomfort. When you teach clients to sit with the hard parts, you give them a superpower. - They no longer need perfect conditions or a burst of motivation to take action. - They can do the boring tasks because they understand exactly why those tasks are the building blocks of their dreams. What is the most common uncomfortable task your clients run from? Is it making sales calls, doing their bookkeeping, or creating content? Let me know below. This is post 3 of 5 on the REWIRE Method. This previous post in the series covers the 'E' in REWIRE

Discover how to build your sensory tasting confidence, one wine style at a time. 👉 Join my next live class inside the Curious Palates community. This class is for you if it feels hard to describe what you sense in wine, and you can't explain why you like or don't like a wine. This class starts the training process that community members follow throughout the month to improve their tasting skills. And you're invited to have a sneak peek. Inside this session, you’ll discover - the sensory qualities typical of Chardonnay wines, - what influences them, and - how to develop a simple practice at home to learn how to discern them. By the end of this session, - You'll have an overview of how to implement sensory training at home and develop your wine palate. - You'll be invited to join Curious Palates at no cost to follow this training in the community. The class is open to Curious Palates members and non-members. Register for the Chardonnay Sensory Class, May 6th at 3:00 PM EDT

Bonjour 👋 ! Happy Friday 😀! I’m Jo, a French 🇫🇷 teacher and illustrator ✍️! Last year i taught myself digital drawing (thanks YouTube!) and self publishing (thanks KDP!) and published 4 books (3 coloring books and 1 children’s book)! They are on Amazon 😀! This year (I’m big on New Year’s résolutions 😆) , I’ve been learning Skool (I’m building my French 🇫🇷 community, French Illustrated !) while finishing my new book and promoting the existing ones 😅! It’s been a fun journey! What is up with you?! https://www.skool.com/frenchskool-3775/about?ref=f5cdba0eb992421dbbfbd1a1c45b0020

🌸🌷🌼🌿🌺🌸🌷🌼🌿🌺 A new month and a fresh start ☺️ One way to set the tone for the new month is through affirmations. Here are a few you might like to try: - “I am ready.” - “I welcome this new month.” - “I trust that small steps still count.” - “I am open to good things ahead.” To celebrate the first day of the month, I’ve shared a free affirmation card template inside my Skool community: the Coaching Resource Room. You are welcome to JOIN US HERE and download it there 🌼🌿🌺