6 years ago, I had my first back surgery. I was stuck in bed for months. Couldn’t walk. Couldn’t work. Couldn’t distract myself with “busy.” When you can’t move, you think...And I started asking bigger questions. Like.. “Why am I working the way I do?” “Who am I building this for?” “What kind of life do I actually want?” It took 3 more surgeries to really get it: The real cost wasn’t the pain. It was how I was spending my time. I realized I’d built a business that depended on me feeling fine. In the end, that wasn’t a business. It was a liability. So I stripped it down, and rebuilt it around simplicity, leverage, and margin. I made it a business that fits the life I want. I realized that you don’t need to burn out to prove your value. The most important is you need to build like someone who matters. Because life *will* slow you down eventually. Might as well build something that works before it does. I'm not sharing that part of my life for sympathy, I wouldn't wish 4 surgeries on anyone. But I also wouldn’t trade what they taught me, about time, value, and resilience.

The part at 2:45 hit me the hardest 😎💪 Maybe for some it's a life long journey. (I don't like that word "journey" 😆) But you get the point.

Hi, Chris here 😊👍 The last 20 years have been an awesome crazy ride. Been a chef travelin the world, worked as a bungee jump assistant (Switzerland, 220m), 8 years in the OR, as an ansesthesia nurse, selfemployed marketing filmproducer/photographer... Studied some philosophy, worked as a freelance journalist, I'm a paramedic... After all this awesome experience I'm all about learning and building an online business while entering the sailing world in spring with a first basic license... I love it raw, honest and deep when engaging with people. Curious to check out this community 😎💪

Curious to know, what are you guys recent wins? What are you working on at the moment ? My recent win is lowering my lead magnet ads cost per lead by 25%! I'm now at $1.9/lead (the concensus states that we should aim at < $2.5/lead.) Sure I can do better, but I only have a $5/day budget so that's already good. Working BTS on a tech project (still related to offers and clarity ofc), as well as workshops. More on that soon. What about you?

Hi, y'all. I've seen a trend in many a community, and I'm wondering what your opinion is. Basically, the community owner offers to give some kind of freebie and tells the members to post a comment with a specific word. Something to express interest. Yes Me [ insert item name here ] Then they DM the info to anyone who does it. Anyway, I figure that they're doing this in order to drive engagement because people will tend to like everyone else's comment. How do you feel about doing something like that? It strikes me as a cheap way to create engagement to work up the discovery ranks. Not a fan of that regardless of how effective it might be. I want actual engagement. 😋 Also, comment TIRAMISU if you want Sylvain to share his recipe!