Happy Wednesday Syndicate Fam! It's Wednesday so time to brag about yourself a little and increase your visibility and today it will go hand in hand with today's Authority Accelerator, even if you are not participating in the learning Sprint. Share with the group your Biggest Win in your lgbtq entrepreneurial pursuits. What was a big client you landed? What did you do that moved your biz up to the next level? What was the thing that first made you feel like "I Can Do This!" Brag on what you do and a Win you are most proud of!! And/Or Authority Acceleration Sprint Day 3 WEDNESDAY: STACK YOUR PROOF Authority without evidence is just opinion. Today we build your proof stack. And no — you do NOT need: • 7 figures • 10,000 followers • A TED Talk You need receipts. Proof can include: • Client wins • Testimonials • Case studies • Personal transformation • Years of lived experience Today’s Assignment: Write a post titled: “Why I’m Qualified To Do This Work” Be honest, Be Grounded, and Be specific. Authority is built on documented transformation. Drop it below. And yes — this might feel uncomfortable.Good. Growth lives there.

Hey friends, if you didn’t see in an earlier post, I’m doing 365 daily motivational, inspirational, or just plain fun thoughts I’m having and will hopefully turn them into a book next year. I’ve been doing ‘Love Month’ posts for February, and today I wrote about love and work, so thought I’d share here. Hope you enjoy. You can follow the posts each day on my LinkedIn or our instagram. You can love your work… and still need boundaries with it. Passion is beautiful, until it quietly turns into pressure. A lot of us in the LGBTQ community built our careers, side hustles, art, and businesses from survival and self-expression. We weren’t just making money, we were making space for ourselves. So of course it matters. Of course you care. Of course you pour your whole heart into it. But love without limits becomes exhaustion. When everything depends on you, it’s easy to start measuring your worth by productivity. The inbox never ends. The ideas never stop. The “just one more thing” becomes midnight. Here’s the truth: Burnout doesn’t come from working hard. It comes from never feeling allowed to stop. Loving what you do should feel energizing more often than draining. That means protecting it: Close the laptop before resentment starts. Schedule rest like it’s important, because it is. Create without always performing. Your job or business is part of your life, not the proof of your value. If you want to stay in love with your work, you have to give it room to miss you. Build a life your work fits inside. The Daily Drip: February Love Month #thedailydrip #QueerEntrepreneur#LoveYourWork #AvoidBurnout#HealthyAmbition

Happy Monday Syndicate Family. Today I want to get us all motivated to start talking to each other and posting more to the community. How can you help others? How can others help you? Let's get back to basics and remind each other who we are and why we are here: Let's all “Re-introduce our business in 1 sentence only. And let us know 1 thing you did this past weekend that was just for enjoyment and not work related. Examples: I help _______ achieve _______ without _______ I create ________ that I hope makes others feel ____________ or ___________ I sell ___________ that can help others do ____________ or solves this problem ____________ This weekend I just took a walk, read a book, slept in, etc. Be sure to comment on other's posts. What would you like to learn more of in what they do? How do you think you would be a strategic partner to help a member do ______. Then invite one friend from LinkedIn or your business group to join the Syndicate with the following Link: https://www.skool.com/successsyndicate/about or use the affiliate link in your profile. Let's grow together!

Good morning all! This post comes a few days ahead of the Friday Wins. I wanted to share that we have officially been certified as an LGBTBE by the NGLCC (National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce). We have been working for months to complete the process. This now opens doors for us to various Diverse Supplier opportunities and to connect with over 2,200 Certified LGBT Businesses. If you want more info about how to get your LGBTBE, shoot me a message. ☕🌈

I find it interesting and appropriate that in Monday's Motivation post it mentions focus. As I sit here after two exhausting and exhilarating days of auditions, life handed me some stress with a car I'm locked out of, a battery that is dead and a tire that is flat with a notice from the city that I have 48 hours to get it off the street. What's an artist to do? Life happens, but I find it a battle of focus. In times of high stress my brain wants to shut down, what seems easy on other days; focus on the day job, organize the projects and the artistic endeavors, have a million meetings, is now a battle of capacity. I know I am not the only business owner or artist who deals with this. It is an exercise in management, it is an exercise of self-kindness, it is a practice of balance. I try hard to take the moments in life to bring me perspective and offer me lessons I can grow from. I cannot change the things that life throws my way, but I can learn to deal better with the adversities. Just my thoughts this morning.