What's one thing anxiety, stress, overthinking or self-doubt is stopping you doing right now? Not next year. Not eventually. Right now. Sometimes identifying the real cost of a problem is the first step towards changing it.

One of the most important things I've learned since becoming an online entrepreneur is that the most important thing you can do to grow your business is to build relationships. Many of us (myself included) have rushed to promote our groups and services that we care so deeply about. And it only makes sense - we are excited about what we are doing! Today, I'd like to invite you to take a step back and introduce yourself to the group by answering the following questions: 1. Who are you personally? 2. Who are you professionally? 3. What is something you love doing outside of work? 4. What is something surprising about you? As you open up and make more connections, you will find that not only are people more interested in what you do, but they will also be more interested in helping you make connections with other people they know! 😉 After you introduce yourself, please scroll through the other introductions and add a comment to someone you have something in common with or would like to know more about. 😊 Please add your introduction in the comments below! ⬇️

If you're a business owner or entrepreneur getting people in the door but struggling to keep them connected or coming back, start here. Retention is not just about the first sale. It is about what happens after. Branded merch -- when done right can support customer retention when it gives people a useful reason to remember, return, re-engage, renew, or stay connected. - A client gift can mark a milestone. - A member product can make belonging feel more real. - A welcome product can help someone use what they just bought. - A referral gift can keep the relationship active. Why? Because a branded product supports the customer experience when it fits the moment after the transaction. Most businesses invest heavily in getting clients in the door. Almost none of them invest in what keeps them there. So before choosing a product, ask: What moment in your customer relationship is currently getting no attention after the sale closes? That is your retention opportunity. And that is where branded merch, client gifts, member products, and tangible brand products can do real work. Want help thinking this through before you spend money? Join my free community on how to Create Kickass Merch and Get Your Merch Made.

(Don’t want to read? Scroll to the bottom to watch my video on this) Let me tell you a story. I used to be a yes man. I used to be someone that would never decline anything that people wanted me to do. Because of that I undeniably made less results in my healing trauma journey and all of that but it was very difficult for me to learn how to say no. It's not an easy thing to do and I just want to say if you relate then read on because I'll tell you exactly how I overcame this, how I learned to say no. I learned to say no because I just realised something: If you say yes then you will be more like that person but if you're honest do you really want to be that person? Do you want to have a similar lifestyle and look to that person? Most of the time people would say: “No.” So that's one way to begin. The second way is developing courage. Now the thing with courage is that a lot of people think, "Oh that's just not feeling fear at all" but no, it's whenever you feel fear but you do it anyway. That's the whole point of it and that's how you be courageous. Practise this skill. The third thing is just stopping being a perfectionist. Now a lot of times people delay these uncomfortable conversations, like saying no to your parents to go to university or whatever, because they're perfectionists, in their mind they think they have to say the most excellent perfect way to explain this but in reality all they need to do is just blurt it out and just say it and that's it, that's all there is to it, it does not have to be perfect at all. The reason why this applies to mental health is that you will get a lot of opportunities to, I don't know, go to this holiday or whatever but maybe you just want to, I don't know, focus on your studies or your work for a season and you would be happier doing that. Well then this is the skill that you need for those moments when they arise, and there are tons of other excellent uses for it.

How they make decisions. What they value. What they're really chasing. And what they actually need. No guessing. Now picture having that the next time you're hiring someone or working out whether they're the right client for you, your courses, what you do. Most people guess what others are thinking. A few can actually read it. Want to see how it works? https://www.skool.com/behaviouralintelligencelab/about