I was reminded of this the other day, when we were going back through some of our memories, and a photo of my youngest, crying her eyes out, suddenly appeared, reminding us of the day she threw the biggest tantrum, after her sister caught her cheating.⁣ We'd been playing the game Pairs, and after her sister claimed there was cheating, she took a free go as a penalty, subsequently won the game, & needless to say, this was not the result my 6-year-old had wanted.⁣ After explaining to her that cheating was not part of the game, she went quiet, thinking about the chain of events. A few minutes later she came back and said⁣ “I know you said I cheated Daddy, but where does it say you that can’t in the rules.” ⁣ And she was right. Nowhere in the rules did it say that you couldn’t cheat.⁣ She had found a way to play the game, and by literally sticking to the rules & had used it to her advantage.⁣ Now, I’m not saying she was right to cheat, & we all know that that there are rules that we must follow but she had thought outside the box.⁣ Fair or not ?

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Ever had that WTAF moment — where everything stops and you actually question why you're doing any of it? Guess what.. That's good, because that means you give a shit. I get it all the time, and every single time, it's what lights the spark to get me fired up again.. Too stubborn to quit on the people I love. Too pissed off at the ones who said I couldn't. Granted some people might say "That's not a strategy" but that's just how I'm wired, and it's got me to where I am today. If I ever have a second where I dont know how to begin, I have a trigger. I get Thunderstruck. I love everything about that song, especially the start, where before the vocals even drop, it's just building, and building, and you know something massive is about to hit? I even loved it in Battleship ( a great, terrible, action movie about adversity, aliens, fighting, and redemption) It's not a song. It's my catalyst. Adversity doing its thing. Winding up. Waiting to see what you're made of. I've stopped living with the fear, and when I hear it, I know that it means something's about to change. The doubters? Let them watch. The ones you love? Go build something worthy of them. And on the days it feels pointless.. Turn it up. Stay in the game and level up. So here's me putting it out there publicly. I'm focused on building Ignited & Inspired to 50 members by July. Six weeks. On the record. No hiding. Say it out loud. Then go and do the work. If that sounds like your kind of action, you want some accountability, or you've had your own "WTAF" moment that fired you back up, drop it in the comments, and LFG !! 💥🚀🔥

The quest isn’t linear. It doesn’t follow the plan. It doesn’t care about the timeline. And it definitely doesn’t respect the opinions of people who’ve never had the audacity to start something from nothing. The quest is messy. It’s obsessive. It goes deeper than most people are comfortable with, ignores the noise and keeps moving anyway. That’s not a flaw. That’s the point. 🧭 That’s what Ignited & Inspired exists for.. The people who are on that quest. The ones who are done explaining themselves, done fitting into systems that were never built for them, and ready to build something real. No labels. No limits.. NFMA. 😈 If that’s you, welcome along my little ember. You’re in the right place. Let’s go. 🔥

The room will be open today for an impromptu C&C session at 9.30am. Link is on the calendar 🗓️ Join if you can, be good to see you. ☕️