What's one book, podcast, or show that changed how you think? Mine is The One Thing by Gary Keller. The big takeaway for me was that there's always a long to-do list, but the move is to prioritize the things that make everything else easier or faster. To this day, I wake up every morning and pick one to three tasks that do exactly that. It basically helps me get out of my own way. What's yours? And what stayed with you from it?

I'm preparing my newsletter for Tuesday and I'm really excited about it because it's all about visual branding. This is something I don't really talk about, but I've been using AI for image creation since the early days of Midjourney. I went live with Pinkie from AI Meets Girl Boss last week and we talked about visual branding and how it lead to more subscribers for both of us. In the comments, I'm sharing a few prompts that will be included in Tuesday's paid subscriber issue so you can try them out. I'm wondering what the members of this community have done for their visual branding. Please feel free to share your style and drop some images in the comments. There are a total of 20 image prompts like these in Tuesday's issue. Would you like me to turn it into a guide and include it in the classroom?

If you're not taking Substack Notes seriously yet, this is your sign. Notes are my #1 growth lever — and this is the tool that runs the whole system. My Notes Tool does the heavy lifting: - Write a month of Notes in one sitting — it pulls from every post I've ever published so the voice stays mine - Show up daily without touching the app — schedule weeks in advance - Keep earning subscribers from old wins — best-performing Notes auto-republish every 4 weeks - Clear every comment in minutes — all engagement in one feed, reply with voice text - Know what's actually converting — Substack analytics in one clean dashboard - Post when your audience is online — it tells you the exact best time If Notes feels like a chore, this turns it into a system. Drop a 🚀 if you want my weekly Notes batching workflow next. -

Which best describes your current stage: just launched, under 500 subs, 500–2,000, or 2,000+?

Let's hear a win. Big or small — a new paid subscriber, a Note that took off, your first dollar, someone replying to say your work mattered. Post it below. Two reasons: you should mark the moment, and someone in here who needs to see "this is possible" is about to scroll past your comment.