EDIT TO UPDATE: very unfortunately, the solution did not work. I was hopeful because this is something that Sam had suggested during the second call with him. But it does not work. Thank you for all of you volunteered or shared! 🙏🏽🙂🌻 ————— Hello Skoolers! Earlier this month, I conducted testing with the help of many Skoolers to see how accurate the attribution was for Skool's Growth Boost. We ended up with 12 attribution mistakes. I got on a call with Sam and Alayna for about an hour to walk through the situation, and then there was a follow-up call the week before last with a group of us, @Shannon Boyer included. 🫶 It's still not fully resolved, but I think I have a fix that works. (And Sam says they should have a fix within the next couple weeks too, but in the meanwhile I *think* this would resolve it!) NOTE: You cannot already be in my community. Also note: This will be HUGELY HELPFUL to see if this fix makes attribution work consistently in certain situations. Thank you! P.S. If you're in my group already but have friends who might be up for helping with testing, please tag them to share. Thank you!

I just published a new video breaking down 4 places the sales process often falls apart: • your buyer doesn’t clearly understand the problem you solve • you explain instead of diagnose • you don’t make a clear recommendation • you don’t follow up because you don’t want to seem pushy I sincerely believe that you do not need to become more aggressive to get good at sales. But improving your skill-set when you're having sales conversations starts with becoming clearer because when people understand the problem, the solution, and the next step, buying gets easier. What’s the part of selling that feels hardest for you right now: starting the conversation, naming your price, making the offer, or following up?

And have a great convo about networking, share recommendations for other communities, and make connections that could lead to all sorts of collabs and referrals! @Jenny Watz - book coach and host of the Articulate Authority, where she'll help you get your book out of your head, out into the world, and bringing you business. @Kat Oakley - fitness coach and host of PhatKat Fitness and LeanKat Lifestyle, where she helps women earn more by getting fit FIRST. @Beth Egmon - retired teacher and host of the Literacy Lounge, which is for parents, homeschoolers, and teachers and helps them help kiddos fall in love with reading and writing. @Michelle Fuentes - licensed clinical social worker and host of Group Support Community where she creates a safe space for folks to learn about and manage anger, anxiety, and depression while improving communication skills. Oh yeah, and me... 🤣 marketing and funnel coach and host of Funnel Forensics, where I help you nail your messaging and get your sales systems humming! @Des Dreckett @Liz Lemarchand were your ears burning today? Your names came up (in VERY good ways!!) And @Des Cooke was lovely to meet you at the start of the hour too! If you've never dropped in on a Water Cooler hour, def do the next one. You never know who you'll meet!

Most of us grew up getting red X’s in school for wrong answers and not gold stars for what we did right. If I asked you to name 10 things you messed up this week, you could probably rattle them off. When I ask for 10 wins, it gets quiet. That's because our brain remembers what came with the most emotion, and for most of us, that was mistakes. So we underestimate how much we’re actually getting right. We set the bar so high that the everyday wins don’t even register. That matters more than it sounds, because it affects your self-esteem. Think of your self-esteem as a stack of poker chips. Every win you notice is another chip on your stack. The bigger your stack, the more willing you are to take chances, because one miss won’t knock you out of the game. And the more you risk, the more you win in life. In midlife, many of us look back and see the same patterns show up again and again. This is one worth breaking. That’s why every Wednesday is WINSday🎉 inside Midlife UNpaused, a community for women living their BEST midlife. We celebrate at least one win. The bar is low on purpose. Took a shower? Counts. Asked for help? Counts. If you want a place to notice more wins and stack more chips, join us. We'd love to celebrate you.

Do you have a story sitting in a kitchen drawer? A letter. A photo. A day you can still smell. You keep meaning to write it down, and then the week happens. Come sit with me Wednesday, October 21 for From Memory to Memoir at 1:00 P.M. CST. We will take one memory and finish one scene. Not a whole book. Not a pretty draft. Just the part that has been waiting. Here is the map I use when a child says they have nothing to write: beginning, middle, end, on slip of paper. Then we leave the map and write the part that itches - that speaks to you. One detail you can see, hear, or smell. Spelling is not the story. Correct grammar is not the story. The story is the thing that made you sit down in the first place. If that sounds helpful, the hour is free. Wednesday, October 21, at 1:00 PM Central. Inside Joan Raymond’s room, A Heart for Writing. The Literacy Lounge is hosting me there. Bring a memory, a notebook or the notes app, and a cup of your favorite beverage. If you only listen, that counts too. You do not need to share. A yes is enough. A Heart for Writing: A Heart For Writing The Literacy Lounge: The Literacy Lounge What memory has been waiting?