Making sales was SO HARD until I landed my first success story AKA testimonial. After that ONE success story from Sheela, it was so much easier to make sales because I was now seen as LEGIT! All I had to do was just ask my prospects: "Want to be like Sheela?" And that same success story from Sheela still helps me make sales today - nearly 5 years later! My suggestion if you're struggling to make sales: Find your Sheela! Work with someone for free and help them get a great result ASAP. Then ask them to shoot a quick testimonial using my fill-in-the-blank testimonial script. Want some help doing this? I got you. Recently I hosted a killer workshop called: "Testimonials Made Easy!" showing how you can get a bunch of kick ass testimonials in just a few hours. If you want the recording, just comment below with: "TESTIMONIALS!!" and I'll send it over to you as long as you promise to record an awesome success story for me once you hit your first $5,000! :) Best, Ted

Most people dealing with funding issues aren’t actually short on ideas or effort. What they’re missing is clarity. When funding feels stressful, it’s often because: - decisions are being made under pressure - there’s no clear system for what comes next - short-term fixes are quietly creating long-term problems Whether it’s education, a business, or a personal goal, funding becomes heavy when everything feels reactive instead of planned. The moment things start to change is usually when someone steps back and asks better questions—not when they chase more money. Curious to hear different perspectives here 👇What part of funding feels most overwhelming for you right now: finding options, making decisions, or knowing the long-term impact?

Welcome to Community Builders. You are now entering a hidden oasis on the internet for contentpreneurs who want to achieve financial freedom through building a profitable online community. Here's EXACTLY what to do first: Step 1: Introduce yourself below using this Copy/Paste Template: What's your nickname? Where you from? Biggest strength? Biggest weakness? Which content platform is your favourite? What do you want immediate help with inside of this community? Step 2: Invite a friend. The most successful members of this community have friends that keep them accountable and excited to continue growing and learning. Step 3: Read the best practices below. ------- Best practices in this community: • NO Cold DM's. Do not DM anyone pitching your services. You will be banned. • Try to level up quickly by commenting and posting your insights in the community. • Hit 'Like' 👍 on every helpful post or comment you see to help others level up. • When you write a post, break up your paragraphs into single sentences like I am doing now - this way more people will read what you write, and actually reply. • Make sure your profile picture is a photo of you. • Be cool. • If you ever get stuck, feel overwhelmed, are not sure what 'next step' to take, just ask the community. ------ Group Rules: 1) No Self Promotion (This will get you blocked, deleted and banned) 2) No Selling in the DM's (This will get you blocked, deleted and banned) 3) No Spamming the Community Feed (This will get you blocked, deleted and banned) 4) No making posts saying: "Comment below with ___ and I'll it to you!" or "Send me a DM with the word __ and I'll give it to you"

First of all If you know me too well, you know that my post is always long-form so if you have what i call "Tiktok Brain"....sorry but this is not for you because it's damn long But if you're a business owner or a freelancer who wants to make the most out of his/her biz then stay with me. because this is Gold (it took me about a week to put togerther) and there's no pitching here (haven't done that before) So I was on a call with a buddy of mine. A Skool creator sometime ago. He's got this whole funnel mapped out just like every business owner out there. Awareness stage. Interest stage. Consideration stage. Decision stage. Facebook ads driving traffic to a landing page. Lead magnet. Seven-day email sequence. Webinar. Application form. Sales call. backword Textbook customer journey. Been running it for four months. Spent $8,000 on ads. Booked 12 calls. Closed 2. I asked him one question. "What does someone who's ready to buy from you actually look like?" Silence. Then: "Uh, I guess someone who's been through the whole funnel?" That's the problem. He built a funnel based on where people START, not where they END UP. And that's backwards. Here's what nobody tells you guys about customer journeys. The traditional model says start at awareness and work your way down to the sale. Awareness. Interest. Desire. Action. Makes sense on paper. But in 2025/2026, consumers aren't driving a straight line anymore. They're buzzing, hopping, swiping, streaming, buying, pausing, searching, and sharing all at once. They don't move through stages. They jump around. They research on YouTube at 11pm, see your Instagram ad the next morning, forget about you for three weeks, then see a comment you left in a Skool community and suddenly they're in your DMs asking how to work with you. There is no journey. There's just a bunch of random touchpoints that either add up to trust or don't. And if you're building your funnel from the top down, you're guessing at what those touchpoints should be.

After diving into 100+ self-help books, I've noticed how many core lessons overlap. To save you time from reading a ton of books, I've condensed these lessons into a powerful "cliff notes" version, unveiling the key principles that can transform your life. However, "READING" is never ENOUGH as ACTION leads to TRANSFORMATION!! >> Get ready to level up with these 26 transformational rules! 💡 1. Start Ridiculously Small: Stop waiting for the perfect moment. Take one tiny action today. 🎯 "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Lao Tzu 2. Master Your Mindset: Growth mindset beats fixed mindset every time, just ask Carol Dweck! Your beliefs shape your reality. 🧠 3. Discipline Over Motivation: Motivation fades. Systems and habits stick. Build your willpower muscle daily.💪 4. Curate Your Circle: You become who you spend time with. Choose wisely. 👥 "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." - Jim Rohn 5. Protect Your Time: "No" is a complete sentence. Your calendar shows your real priorities.⏰ 6. Build Financial Literacy = freedom, not stuff: Spend less, invest early, live below your means.💰 7. Reframe Failure: Every setback is feedback. Resilience beats talent long-term.🔄 8. Prioritize Health: Sleep, movement, nutrition. Everything else builds on this foundation.🏃‍♀️ 9. Action Over Analysis: Reading won't change your life—applying will. 🎬 "Knowledge without action is useless." - Tony Robbins 10. Practice Gratitude: What you focus on expands. Start and end your day grateful.🙏 11. Stop People-Pleasing: Others are too busy judging themselves to judge you.🚫 12. Master Communication: Listen more. Ask better questions. Your words have power.🗣️ 13. Design Your Environment: Make good habits easy, bad habits hard.🔁 14. Observe Your Thoughts: You are not your thoughts. Watch them, don't obey them.🧘‍♂️ "Observe the fluctuation of mind, do not become it." -- paraphrase, Patanjali's Yoga Sutra 1.2 15. Work Smarter, Not Harder Focus on high-impact tasks. Eliminate busywork.⚡