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Bill Widmer

6d •

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The only skill that matters

Funny… I moved into my new home yesterday. This morning, as I was unpacking my office to get ready for the work day, I stumbled upon an old box of books from many years ago. I used to be a very avid reader, and with this new home I figured what the hell… I want to pick up my reading habit and shift into the identity of a reader again. So I open one of my many boxes of books to see what I had inside. The very first book? The only skill that matters by Jonathan Levi. A book about learning to become a “super learner”. Speed reading. Memory enhancements. Learning how to learn. Funny how the universe works like that sometimes. I don’t think there’s a single book in my entire collection that makes more sense for me to read first than this one.

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Amrita Prakaashana

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🤝 Introductions

Sparks, Spreadsheets & Second Businesses

Who are you and what do you do? Hey there! I’m Amrita 👋🏽 By day, I’m a Well-Being & Belonging Leader in healthcare. On purpose, I’m a career and life transitions coach supporting people through growth, reinvention, and building what’s next. And for fun (and probably dopamine), I’m a metal artist. Yes… sparks, color, and spreadsheets. We contain multitudes. Why were you interested in joining this group? I’m relatively new to Skool and currently building my second business - which means I’m juggling big vision, big feelings, and approximately 95 open tabs. I joined to connect with other ADHD founders who get it - the creativity, the intensity, the overwhelm, and the brilliance. I’m especially interested in building something sustainable without losing the spark. Excited to learn, contribute, and grow alongside you all. 💜 What’s your biggest challenge right now? In true ADHD style - having 35 brilliant ideas before noon and being personally offended I can’t execute all of them by 6pm. 🙃 Time blindness has me thinking I can fit a week’s worth of work into a Tuesday. I’m supported by amazing people, but the real growth edge is prioritizing, focusing, and doing less - better. Apparently restraint is part of entrepreneurship. Who knew?

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How many of you work in 'normal' 9-5 working hours? Does that mean that when the clock hits 5pm your brain switches off and all creativity stops? We live in a world where productivity is defined by how much time and energy to put into something, even if it means you're burning out. This is where ADHD really shines as a super power. Many of us work in irregular times-I personally get sparks of creativity just as I start preparing for bed. Why is that? Because my brain has less pressure and distractions as the night slowly quiets. It has taken a while for me to unlearn that when these boosts of creativity hit, I must follow them. It's in fact the energy that I was pushing the whole day that now has the space to speak and be heard. Don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean getting out of bed and 'burning the midnight oil', your body and brain still need the rest. But just like Rick Rubin says, use the energy whenever it comes and follow it until you feel satisfied. You can dive into the details behind the creativity in your 'normal' work day, but don't force yourself to sleep when you're getting fuelled with great ideas before bed. There is so much more I can say on this, but let's use the comments to discuss further x

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I've always struggled working out how much to charge. If you listen to the 'Gurus' they will almost always tell you got to go high / premium pricing. 10 years ago it was about going low, all about volume and scaling. Profit was rarely mentioned as funding / finance was cheap. Anyways I have never been one to listen to others. I learned long ago that you can never assume anything. You should let the customer inform your decisions. When I first started my current business I went low. It was a good strategy, I gained market share pretty quick. But I soon hit a wall. Because as you grow you need to hire help / staff / contractors etc. So then I doubled my price. My conversion didn't drop. Clearly I was too cheap before. I then added a new VIP pricing plan where clients could have an account managed / done for you serviced based plan. This was awesome the cash flow boost was instant. However all of a sudden we created a monster. At this higher plan, clients were demanding more access to us, phone, chat, zoom meetings etc. I maxed out pretty quick. I killed that plan aside from a couple of clients that were 'low maintenance'. To cut a long story sort the plan I ended up with was $99.95 monthly and it's self serve, you can't phone, text me or our staff. Only email support. So be careful when listening to bros on the interwebs who tell you to always go high. You might just end up with a Job. Unless it's an amazing product that you can deliver at scale, it could end up being a noose around your neck. Which will cause breathing problems resulting in you wearing nose strips for the rest of you life. (it's a thing). It's about finding the sweat spot where you are profitable and can deliver at scale without things breaking. $99.95 was our sweet spot. Anything under $100 / mth customers don't expect too much of us. And that frees us up to take on more clients / scale. Oh and I added one little extra tweak. If you do over $10,000 orders through our system will charge a 1% processing fee. This ment we were actually getting paid more than we were via our VIP plan, but it was more equitable as it was linked to our performance. The more money we brought in the more we got paid. #Win / Win.

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