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@stijnnoorman Fuck yes! 🙌

Don’t sell like you need them. Sell like they need you.

@ItsKieranDrew I do not get using ghostwriter as a creator. This is your core business function.

An interesting observation about the direction of the “creator economy”: I just had three calls with clients and potential clients. They all said something similar. We were discussing which creators they enjoyed, and each said that they had stopped following certain bigger accounts because they became boring. They either lacked depth… Or they were just repeating the same shit. Now, I know these accounts. They use ghostwriters and AI to create their content. What they forget: There is a difference between the number of impressions and making an impression. A brand is a vehicle for trust. Outsourcing your brand is idiotic because nobody ever falls in love with someone else’s ghostwriter. And attention isn't owed, it's earned. If you don't care when you write, people won't care when they read. It only takes a few weeks of superficial crap for someone to decide you're not worth their time anymore. The bad news is that many creators have fallen into this trap. They either have run out of energy or think that content is unimportant. Which is good news for you. The internet might feel like a sea of noise, but there will always be room for good players. You just need to put effort into your writing. I don’t mean the length of ideas… But sharing ideas that make people think and feel. Posting vulnerable stories and exciting challenges. The success of your business is directly related to the quality of your writing. Play the right game.

@AlexHormozi This also applies to creators who make you feel like shit for not doing it their way

Avoiding people who make it harder for you to achieve your goals is the highest form of self care.

Happy birthday from @bookingcom !

Would you have your kid’s birthday party at this dump?? Total misrepresentation. We used @bookingcom to book an apartment in central London. The apartment didn’t have reviews at the time but that didn’t bother me. (Full story in comments)

All and all, don’t use @bookingcom they don’t have your back at all. @Airbnb service is much better. Seriously, I don’t know what’s the point of using a platform like that when they don’t have your back.

Now, we’re out $1000 and we still need to book a different stay and make sure we have enough money left for the trip itself, especially since friends are coming to celebrate with my boy 🤦‍♀️

So naturally we contacted them and asked for a refund. Well, their customer service is completely useless. If I wanted someone to read the terms and conditions back to me, I could’ve asked AI

Now, we’re not a pretentious bunch. We would have been fine with a 4-5-6 star review. Noisy. The kettle doesn’t work. Whatever. But no heating in London at the end of October with 2 young children???

A week before our trip, we started preparing and opened the reservation to look at the exact address. That’s when we saw the new review: dirty, no heating, broken windows. 1 star review out of 10!!!

I’ve used @Airbnb to book properties without any reviews and always had a great time. To that end, there was a problem once, but their customer support contacted me immediately and paid for my hotel stay in full. But here…

@olance My God! I just reduced hours for a consulting client where it was back-to-back meetings too, and I'm telling you, I'm a new person! Not sure why companies don't get people need focus to get something done.

I recently moved back from management to an IC role, and wow—realized just now how exhausting back-to-back meetings can be! I’m back to a whole new level of focus and energy 🔥

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like. Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out. The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked. I'll let you decide how you feel about that. After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way. The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?! No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!". Can you even imagine how that must feel? The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck. I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances. So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved. So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C. They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home. So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget. She had to be rushed to the hospital. By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out. They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her. Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD! God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done. If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view. It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be. If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

@mericanaf7 @0liviajulianna It’s like that Shallow Hal movie

@0liviajulianna This is what a 30 year old Donald Trump voter looks like 🗳️❤️

This is what a 21 year old Joe Biden voter looks like 🗳️ 💙

@miawinner KFC Twister is the healthiest fast food I know.

If you HAD to eat fast food, on a road trip, which franchise would you choose?

Oh my GOD! 😂😂😂😂😂

@jk_rowling 😂😂😄

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