A lot of business owners are not stuck because they don’t care. They’re stuck because they care so much about getting it right that they delay starting. That’s why this line from Leila was so good: Good things are worth doing badly. If you’ve been hesitating on: - the hard conversation - the first piece of content - the new process - the thing you know you need to do …this is worth reading. Dropping the full email below. [INTERNAL MEMO] Worth Doing Badly Team, I heard something yesterday that I have not been able to stop thinking about and absolutely LOVED. Good things are worth doing badly. Why do I think this is important for this group of leaders? There is a person on a team somewhere in this company who has been meaning to have a hard conversation with a direct report for 6 weeks. They have replayed it in their head 18330x and maybe even have a draft written in their phone notes, but every time they sit down to do it, something feels off about the timing, or the framing, or their own confidence and how the conversation will go - so they wait. While they wait, the problem compounds, the team member gets no feedback, and the leader carries that low grade anxiety from knowing you could be doing better and are not upholding your values. There is another person who was asked to present something to a group they never have before. They have been working on the deck for two weeks, and yet it only has 4 slides - they keep reworking slide four because they are not sure it’s PERFECT. The presentation is in four days and they have not rehearsed it once, because rehearsing it would showcase their inadequacies and they don't want to 'feel bad'. There is third person sitting on an idea that could genuinely REALLY improve how their department functions. They have not brought it up because they want to think it through more first and make sure it's not a dumb idea. They have been thinking it through for four months. I have been all 3 of those people at some point in my life and I’m sure you have too.

Alex sent a really good email today and a few lines in it hit. Mainly this: A lot of people think hard means something is wrong. A lot of times, hard just means you’re early. You’re paying known costs for unknown payoffs. You don’t fully know if you’re on the right path yet, you just know you have to keep going. That part is real. Especially in entrepreneurship. There are seasons where: - you doubt yourself - you question the decision - nobody is clapping - and it feels like you’re carrying all of it alone That doesn’t always mean you’re lost. Sometimes it means you’re in the exact part of the journey most people won’t survive. That’s the filter. That line about being “the single clap in an empty auditorium” was strong too. Because that’s really what it feels like sometimes. No big support. No huge applause. No outside validation. Just you choosing to keep going. That’s part of the path. Dropping the full email below because I think it’s worth reading. If you’re in a hard season right now, read it. Then keep moving. Onwards. The Actual Email: I don't know where you're at right now... But this is for anyone going through a hard time. You're going to lose sleep. Doubt yourself. Wonder if you made the right call and have no way to know for years. That's what “hard” actually feels like: Known costs with unknown payoffs with few milemarkers. You’re not sure if you're lost or on the right path. But here’s the good news: Hard means no one else will do it. Which means...Good...More for you. When you’re younger, "hard" feels like a warning to slow down, pivot, stop, etc. But once you understand what the path is actually supposed to look like, hard becomes a filter. Every wall you climb over is one more person selected out of the success pool. You survived this round of culling. What to actually do: Flip the script from "poor me" to "poor everyone else who has to try." The other thing nobody tells you about the early days: You're fighting a bear with a stick while someone further down the path is fighting a dragon with a nuclear bomb and six nations behind them.

A lot of people are still using AI like it can read their mind. It can’t. If you want better output, better advice, better direction, and better decision support… give it more context. One of the easiest ways to do that: Screenshot what you’re looking at. Your: - CRM - landing page - calendar - Notion board - funnel - email sequence - analytics - ad manager - sales pipeline - bio - classroom setup Whatever it is. If AI can actually see what you’re seeing, it can help you a lot better. That’s something I use all the time. Because instead of trying to explain: “Hey, my CRM is kind of messy and I’m not sure what to do…” I can just screenshot it and say: - what do you notice? - what’s unclear? - what should I fix first? - where’s the friction? - how would you organize this? That changes everything. Same with: - landing pages - ad results - content boards - follow-up flows - scheduling setups It’s one of the fastest ways to get more useful output because now the AI has actual visual context. Not just your rough explanation. A lot of times the gap in AI output isn’t the tool. It’s the input. And screenshots are one of the easiest ways to close that gap. So if you’re stuck on something and want better help from AI: stop trying to explain everything perfectly. Just screenshot the thing and let it look with you. Simple. High leverage. Very underused. Let’s build.

Entrepreneurship can get really lonely. Not in a dramatic way. Just in a real way. You’re carrying a lot.Making decisions all the time. Trying to see around corners. Trying to keep momentum. Trying not to overreact. Trying not to get stuck in your own head. And a lot of the time, it feels like it’s just you. That’s why I’ve been thinking a lot about how important it is to have the right people around you. I had my monthly mastermind call recently. There’s five of us total. All entrepreneurs.Some full-time. Some W-2 plus entrepreneurial on the side. We meet once a month and just talk through what’s going on. What we’re working on.Where we’re stuck.What we’re not seeing clearly How we can support each other. What lens we can offer that might help someone move. I met them through GrowthDay / Brendon Burchard’s world, and we’ve stayed close ever since. And every time we get on a call, I’m reminded how valuable it is to have people in your corner who: - actually get it - can challenge your thinking - can encourage you when you’re off - can help you see what you’re missing - can remind you you’re not the only one carrying a lot That kind of support matters. A lot. Because this journey is long. And if you don’t have the right people around you, it gets way easier to: - overthink - isolate - spiral - stay stuck longer than you need to Sounds cliché to say “surround yourself with the right people.” But it’s true. And honestly, the older I get, the more I realize it’s not just about being surrounded by “good people.” It’s about being around people who help you think better, stay grounded, and keep moving. That kind of accountability is a gift. That kind of support system can change a lot. If you have people like that in your life, don’t take it lightly. And if you don’t, I’d start being a lot more intentional about finding them. The road is hard enough. You don’t need to walk all of it alone. Let’s build.

[INTERNAL MEMO] Hey Team, Early on at Gym Launch, we brought on a new Operations Manager. She was not blowing things up like I had hoped (and prayed for lol) she was just… okay. Consistently okay. And I knew it but hoped it would turn around sooner than later. But worse than that .... other people on the team knew it too. They were coming to me with feedback about this person's questionable performance. People were flagging things constantly, nothing catastrophic but all areas of deficiency. And what did I do? Nothing. I didn't share the feedback back with the ops leader. I didn't tell the people giving me the feedback to go say it directly. I just… absorbed it. I nodded and said "yeah I'll keep an eye on it," and then sat on it. Weeks turned into months. And then I would tell myself “Well now its too late” Bullshit!!! By the time I finally had the conversation, it was too late for it to have an impact the way it should have. It didn't feel like coaching, it felt like a blindsided punch in the face. She was clearly upset and not because the feedback was wrong, but because I had watched her struggle, had heard from others that she was struggling, and said nothing. She literally said to me, "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" I felt like complete shit. Because the honest answer? I was protecting myself from discomfort, not protecting her. And I had also failed the people on the team who came to me … I taught them that flagging problems leads nowhere, so why bother?? That's when I realized: The kindest thing a leader can do is tell the truth fast. Silence is not kindness, it's cowardice. And that's what Sincere Candor actually means here. It's not a suggestion. It's a standard for everyone who has the privilege to lead here. If you suck at it - get better, fast, or your teams will pay for it. We tell the truth quickly and kindly..and we tell it with the intent to make things better, not to make ourselves feel superior, not to vent, and not to make the other person feel like shit. But because the people on our teams deserve to know where they stand so they can actually do something about it!