Let me tell you about 2 weird DMs I got.

First one - a stranger slid into my DMs yesterday:

I’m ngl, I wasn’t even upset or annoyed.

I was just honestly flabbergasted by his audacity.

Maybe even admired it.

Because what would my life be like if I had the confidence of this guy?

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I kept trying to rebrand so many times - focusing more on business/content creation coaching rather than just productivity and life tracking.

I even wrote an article (4 months ago) to convince myself to commit to the rebrand.

But there was always something stopping me…

I was scared.

I’d spend hours agonizing over what other people would think - whether I’d lose out on followers, subscribers, views, etc.

But did this guy lose any sleep wondering whether his DM to me was “too much?”

Probably not…

I can only imagine how many people I could’ve helped and how many other life-changing businesses I could’ve impacted if I had more audacity…

This guy wouldn’t stop messaging me for almost a year:

He kept spamming my inbox with reels about animals (altho I don’t think he realizes I’ve seen worse in documentaries 😅).

He only stopped when I said this:

Turns out, having the audacity to ask for money kinda made it a win-win situation for me:

I either stop getting these weird DMs, or I get paid.

If I applied this same energy to my business, I would’ve:

If I truly knew what I wanted and was unashamed to ask for it from the universe…where would I be now?

Probably a good thing to journal about…

Til next time,

Jennifer