Watch the video below for a quick overview of how it works. P.S. I recorded this video directly into this post using HawkTalk, which is available in @Joe DeFilippo 's Skooly community. If you are interested in checking it out, here is my affiliate link. And, yes, I completely see that I am breaking my own rules... 😉

It's time to share with your fellow members someone who you think is doing an amazing job in their community to help others! It can be a community that you are a part of or the community of someone you've met on Skool who you know deserves to be spotlighted. Please do NOT just drop a link. Here's the drill: 1. Leave your affiliate link (if you have one) in the comments below NOT in a new post. 2. Tag or mention the person who is the community owner. Also, send them a DM letting them know you mentioned them here - you'll brighten their day! 3. Include a description of who the group is for and why it is so amazing. And not necessarily in that order! Reminders: 1. Today is the last day to watch the What Makes a Course Successful masterclass. It's in the pinned posts and it's getting great reviews! 2. Today is also the last day to submit an application for the VIP tier of the Classifieds. Happy Friday all!

I've never participated in a summit before other than by being an attendee, and next week I am participating in 3 different summits, all in the same week, and all being put on by CLASSIFIEDS members!!! How cool is that? 🧗 The first is being hosted by @Theresa Cifali and it's called Simplify to Scale. There are a number of speakers right from the CLASSIFIEDS as well as from Theresa's own network and everyone is contributing quick tips to simplify and scale that can be implemented quickly. Each session is only 25 minutes long, so you know there is no fluff! I'll be presenting How to Simplify Your Course Creation Process So That You Don't Have to Keep Pivoting on Jan 20. Get your free ticket here! ___________________________________ 📧 The second summit is being hosted by @Cody Burch , and he has a lineup of very impressive guests including Stu McLaren, Liz Wilcox, Zach Spuckler, Sarah Masci, and a ton of others! The entire thing is about making the most of your email list, and there are three streams to choose from: building your list, engagement, monetization. I'm not presenting in this one, but I am acting as an affiliate, which I almost never do. You can get your free ticket here! _________________________________ 🪄 The third summit is being hosted by @Katya McEwen of Oracle Cards Magic. Evelyn Weiss is a keynote speaker, and she has 50 presenters lined up! If that's not impressive, I don't know what is! I'll be presenting about how to showcase your gifts and talents in a high quality online course so that you can help others and monetize your skills! You can get your free ticket here! __________________________________ It's going to be a big week. If you decide to attend, I'd love to hear afterwards what you got the most value from. 😊

January 2nd is the day that doors open for registration to the How to Teach a High-Value, High-Converting Masterclass, which will be offered live on January 6th. The workshop is open to everyone (cost is $27), but if you are a Premium member who is planning on teaching a masterclass on the CLASSIFIEDS calendar, then this workshop is a prerequisite for doing that. I only offer this once every two months, but it will be recorded, and you will have access to the recording indefinitely. So, if you think you might be interested in offering a masterclass any time in the next 3 months, you will want to make sure you register for this session. If you can make it live - even better! Now, I know some of you are thinking: but I already know how to give a masterclass, I don't need to take this session. While that may be true, the purpose of the session is to let everyone know what I think it means to provide value so that our calendar is full of masterclasses that people are clamoring to take. You don't have to follow my format, but you do need to provide value. Is this gatekeeping? Yes. Is it for a good reason? Also, yes. If the calendar is full of fluffy, pitch fests that bring no value, then it's going to be a wasteland that no one looks at, and that hurts us all. My vision for the calendar is that it is a place full of very valuable learning opportunities and experiences that people are checking regularly and attending widely. Mark Jan 2 and Jan 6 on your calendar. You will be able to purchase the masterclass at the top of the classroom during that time frame. Questions? Comments? Thoughts? Share below!

I was 19. Sunburnt, barefoot, and reading playing cards on a towel at a student beach camp with my best friend. No one had taught me how. I’d just known how to read since I was 14 — pulling cards for fun, tossing out flirty predictions, making my friends gasp or giggle. But that day was different. I was reading for a guy we’d just met. And what came through… was bad. Not vague or symbolic. Clear. He’s going to get hurt tonight. I shuffled the cards back in like nothing had happened. “It’s stupid,” I told them. “Just a game.” But they kept asking, so I told the truth, half-laughing to soften it: “Well, the cards say you’ll get hurt. But never mind. It’s dumb.” That night, he was stabbed. He survived. But I didn’t pick up a deck for more than 25 years. Because knowing… without knowing what to do with that knowing? It’s a weight I wouldn’t wish on anyone. Eventually, Oracle Cards found me. Not Tarot — that still felt too sharp, too final. But Oracle decks were different. Softer. Safer. More like a soul mirror than a verdict. Still… I clung to the guidebook at first. I didn’t trust what I heard. I wanted the “right” answer, not my own. Until the cards started speaking in a voice that sounded suspiciously like mine. And the messages I channeled were so weirdly specific… they couldn’t be ignored. They were never in the booklet — but they were always true. A little over two years ago, I decided to lean into learning Tarot, and while on a Zoom call with my teacher, I pulled a card that stopped me cold. The question was about my brother. The card? Ten of Swords. Sharp. Final. Unmistakable. But I didn’t want to see it. At the time, I told myself it meant he’d be exhausted… overwhelmed, maybe… but he’d make it. Since I was on a call with my Tarot teacher when it happened — it’s probably still somewhere recorded, but I can’t bring myself to listen to it. This March will mark two years. As many of you know, my brother tragically passed during that voyage. What most of you don’t know… is this piece of the story.