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Josh Holladay

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Hey Community,

"Coach Josh" here (your unofficial community cheerleader.)

Well, thought I'd send an update to you and get some ENERGY ROCKIN'!!!

You ready?!

(Uh... yeah!!!)

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I got an AIS+ shirt in the mail yesterday and wanted to show it off. :) How do I look?! Snazzy?! No. "Just Josh here" is more like it. ;) It was so fun getting this in the mail. I love this community. (Would like to be more active, tbh) But, hey. We do what we can. ***A word to
@Nate Herk
here I'd like to write. (a lil' note, just be a wall flower for a moment)

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Dear Nate,

Thank you... for the shirt, community, content, genuine love and care, and leadership in the AI space.

Thank you for the belief you have in us, the way you are paving the way for all of us to succeed, and the many things you've got "up your sleeve" to help this world continue to perpetuate into the AI Era with success and foresight.

Genuinely, thank you for all you do.

Keep it up.

—Josh

"Be Bold. Be Brilliant. Be Undeniable."

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2. Hey, I just closed a $5K deal that went from a $4.5K audit into a $5K implementation. I'll admit, a little under par on the price but, hey, we are rocking it still. And, I'm hiring someone to help me fulfill which is my very "not so best for my zone of genius" part. So, yup. Making it happen for that one and I'm excited.

3. I proposed a $28K deal and got shot down. So, things aren't always the best but what I learned from that was...

make sure you create the ROI picture clearly
start smaller
or offer small, medium, and large engagements,
or do consulting hours like 3-5 blocks of hours.
(I could have done better but, at the same time, not the perfect client.)

4. Little side note on working out. Since December 3, 2025 I've been going to the gym and working out for 6 months now (hit the 6 month mark on June 3, 2026). Something I've never, ever, ever done before. I'm also signed up to run a 5K mid July and just got my road bike tubes from Amazon to get my road bike back up and "riding" as it's been sitting for, like, 3 years. Working out, taking care of your body, taking care of everything you own, your domain, your stewardships JUST 1% BETTER EACH DAY, is huge. Working out at the gym has changed my life and I would highly recommend some kind of "I take care of the body I was given" life "level up!"

5. Another note on a feeling I had today. So, I've had a client for 7 months on a maintenance contract. I was overwhelmed a little bit with figuring out where we were at on things and what the data was behind his site. I, however, spent some time, blocking off time in my calendar, to devote attention to getting his account and things known and clear to me again. And, I went from, overwhelmed, to, very clear on where he was at, which, I heard a little voice say to me (my own voice), "You see, with a little time and focus, you can do anything you invest effort, energy and your mental focus into." That felt amazing! The fact is, what "they can do" you can do too. It just might look a little different for each of us getting there. So, DON'T GIVE UP. JUST KEEP TRYING. Starting can be the hardest part. Momentum is an output, not an input.

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FINAL THOUGHTS: Top 5 Things I've learned this week.

Living in the present, the NOW is the most (and only) place we can ever live. Not worrying about the past. Not dreaming and living in the future. Just being present. That's where power is. This is where we find our true self. Stop. Breath. Pause. Smile. And wait for that feeling of "I'm centered" to come in. Then, make decisions based on what is feeling right. What is flowing. What your intuition is telling you.

Quick Story: Sarah Blakely, Spanx company founder, was part of an interview with the "School of Hard Knocks" guy. (I watched this yesterday.) From her interview with "James" I think is his name, I walked away with three conclusions.

#1 - THINK LONG TERM. COMMIT TO WINNING BEFORE YOU JUMP TO SOMETHING ELSE: She sold fax machines door to door for... not 3 months, not 9 months, not 1 year, not 3 years... not even for 5 years... but for 7 CRAZY "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" YEARS!!!!!!!! Think about that! How long have you been selling AI? How long have you been trying?! How long have you been chasing or doing?! Will, you be committed? You will eventually figure it out and succeed. It works best when you are honest about your financial runway and you work long enough and don't quit to see results.

#2 - GET INTUITION BACK IN THE GAME AGAIN: Sarah said she followed her intuition the most when everyone told her no. IN-TU-I-TION. What is that? Well, it's spiritual. (But, in case you haven't figured it out yet, business, everything, boils down to the spiritual.) It's the gut feeling. It's pausing often. Could mean prayer, scripture reading. It's letting things flow, to see what happens next. Think about that. Don't be afraid. Be faithful and believing. Believe most in yourself.

#3 - STEALTH IN SILENCE: Sarah said she didn't let anyone know that she was revamping women's under garments for a full year. Meaning, she kept her business developments silent and secret and under wraps. Now, you don't have to do that. But, what if you just worked and prayed, and worked, and studied, and kept up revneue generating activities for months without really needing to talk to anyone "BUT US HERE IN YOUR SUPER COOL COMMUNITY?!" You know, just stay focused and believe in what you are doing. Think about where you want to be on this front.

2. Learn daily: I ordered three books on Saturday and started reading all three this week

Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind (T. Harv Eker)
A Happy Pocket Full of Money (David Cameron Gikandi)

Cost me about $40 on Amazon. WOW! NO, REALLY. WOW! These books are actually changing my life this week. Changing my life!!! Fact: wealthy people read books every day. You want to do what the successful people do? Read. Einstein said: "You can't solve a problem with the same level of thinking that you created it with." (paraphrased). So, I opened up these books and found that my thinking, yeah, totally requires more work because, I'm struggling too, like many of you out there.

3. Study the successful and do what they do. These three books, especially the 17 secrets of the millionaire mind book contents, HUGE!!! Find a way to start learning how successful people really do think and act.

4. Thinking. Thought. Intentional Mind Management... HUGE. Watch your thoughts. Learn how to be actively monitoring and training your mind. This... is the greatest work you will ever do.

5. Them. Not. You. --- So, I like being human and vulnerable. And, here's something about ME that I know and am aware of and want to continually work on. THINKING ABOUT OTHERS AND DOING THINGS FOR OTHERS. Most of the time I'm worried about money. Money. Money. Money. And, it's not working. Nope. It doesn't work. Money is (as it goes deep in the "A Happy Pocket Full of Money" really just the physical form of what we get when we create TANGIBLE VALUE for others. So, I'm going to give myself a challenge to be A GIVER, NOT A TAKER, for 30 days straight. Now, this will require some kind of manifesto printed out and taped to my forehead. But, if that's what it takes, then I'm okay with that. (recently had one penny in each shoe for weeks just for me to remember, "Serve others. Give. Share."

And, you and I can change the "take" energy to "give" energy. You bet things will change for us and those we serve.

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FINAL, FINAL THOUGHTS:

You can do this.

You really can.

However, there are some LAWS YOU CANNOT INGORE. Here's one LAW 👇👇👇

Time, cannot be the thing you try to control. Because, we don't know how long it will take to make a sale. We don't know how long it will take to talk in such a way that people trust us to build an "AI thing" and get paid for it.

What we can control is:

our actions

our knowledge
our speed
our thoughts
our belief
OUR SYSTEM BUILDING
our outputs
who we surround ourselves with
how we spend our time
how honest we are about ourselves and our situation
the purity in our hearts
our consistency
our internal vibrational pull toward what we attract, and not chase

Here's to the dreamers,

(Yes, YOU. And, me too.)

—Josh

"Be Bold. Be Brilliant. Be Undeniable."

P.S. I'm starting up a newsletter and wanted to know if anyone would be interested?! Along with your awesome comments, type "newsletter" below (hoping Nate would be okay with mentioning something like that), which is truly my life dream, to write and help and inspire!!!

Now, go and do something about how you felt reading this post today!!! :)

P.P.S. And, here's my affiliate link to join the AIS+ community. No really, it's worth it!

https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society-plus/about?ref=95794bc1c86b4c5793516481f521b71a

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👕 AIS T-Shirt. $5K Sale. Future hope. ( 🚴‍♂️ "WE" can do anything. 🏋️ )