I’ve got a crazy goal for July:
1000 Followers!
I’ve had two +20 follower days.
And I’m betting I can have more.
Here’s the plan:
→ 2 posts / day
→ 100 quality comments / day
→ 20 DMs / day
I’m committed.
What’s your goal for July?
Anyone ever been driving;
Then realize you checked out 5 miles ago.
𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒!
It's kind of amazing that our bodies can do that.
But what if it's your life?
And you feel like you checked out 10 years ago?
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝
I’m already wearing down.
My 9-5 was a lot this week.
150 new followers is awesome!
But it took a lot of work.
Time to go ride a horse.
Go swimming with my kids.
Remind myself why I’m here.
I’m having a great morning.
I Woke up to:
→ 5 new friends
→ 15 DMs
→ 20 comments
The best part?
I slept in!
And 𝕏 kept going.
I can’t wait to engage.
Good m̵o̵r̵n̵i̵n̵g̵ afternoon friends!
I suck at sticking with it.
I’ve tried to post consistently before.
But I’ve always given up.
Today marks 60 straight days.
The only reason I’ve made it:
Coaching and Community.
I was trying to take a shortcut.
ChatGPT generated BS.
→ No replies
→ No comments
→ Low impressions
Then I changed one thing.
𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒.
Now, in less than 28 days:
→ 90,000 Impressions
→ 2,000 Replies
→ 3,500 Likes
Most importantly 200 new
I didn't want to sell.
So I refused to do it.
Now I've closed million-dollar deals!
Here's what I came to terms with:
Refusing to sell is fear in disguise.
I’m building on X,
To escape my 9-5.
But escape isn’t all construction.
It's demolition as well.
I need to destroy my:
↳ Spending habits
↳ Unhealthy debt
↳ Eating habits
↳ Doubting mindset
There’s more to destroy than needs built!
Even if I build, even if I escape.
My first deal was $300K.
↳ Will the customer laugh at me?
Then came a $1M deal.
↳ I still think it's too much.
Next came an $8M deal.
↳ I was confident in the offer.
As consumers we fear large costs.
So we fear charging more.
Shift your mindset.
If the value justifies
𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥!
I’ll suck at it.
↳ I wont close any deals.
↳ I wont earn any commission.
↳ I'm just a programmer.
That was me 3 years ago.
𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔.
Now:
↳ I’ve closed three $20M+ deals.
↳ I’ve made 7 figures in
I don’t want complete freedom.
I am happy to be burdened.
But only by the things I love.
I want freedom from:
→ My golden handcuffs.
→ My 9 to 5.
→ My debt.
I don’t want free time.
I want family time.
I want to spend my time:
→ Where I want.
→ With whom I want.
→
I’m looking to make a trade!
Are you:
→ Growing too slow?
→ Unsure how to meet your goals?
I’m looking for 8 people for a value swap.
I want to:
→ Understand your problems.
→ Offer some sales advice.
No catch and no cost
Just part of planning my escape.
First 300 followers: 14 years.
The next 100? 7 days!
Thanks to you all!
I used Twitter as a social tool.
→ Followed friends.
→ Followed brands.
I use 𝕏 as a networking tool.
→ Making friends.
→ Building my brand.
1000 or bust in July.
Yesterday sucked.
I drove 8 hours.
For a 4-hour meeting.
All for my 9-5.
It had physical impacts:
↳ My back was sore.
↳ My eyes were dry.
It impacted my family:
↳ Missed a swim session.
↳ Couldn’t cook dinner.
I have to escape.
When I got home I:
❥ Gave everyone a
My posts used to get 0 views.
No matter what I tried.
Now?
I have single posts with 6k+ views.
What changed?
I started being me.
I started sharing my lessons.
This 6k post is a great example.
It blended authority and authenticity.
Now to make it keep happening!
I've sold $100M+ in the last 3 years.
I need to correct bad advice.
"The best way to sell,
is to not sell at all."
Is bullsh*t.
We’re all selling something.
𝐴𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝.
Want to feel good about selling?
Then do it honorably.
I didn’t quit a dead-end job.
→ I didn’t believe I could find a better one.
I didn’t leave a failed marriage.
→ I didn’t believe I could find someone else.
I didn’t start a business.
→ I didn’t believe I could offer value.
Now?
✦ Found a higher-pay job in 30 days.
✦
I was in a victim loop.
For a decade.
Failed marriage. Unfulfilling career.
I was resentful. I felt cheated.
My mindset trapped me, but I escaped.
I took responsibility, then took action.
Hit 100? Horses get carrots
Hit 200? Horses get carrots
Hit 400? Horses get carrots
Hit 500? Horses are going to get carrots.
But for each of these milestones:
I get time with my horses.
I'm the winner!
I had a rough week.
My 9-5 was overwhelming.
People wouldn’t leave me alone.
But I still grew 100+ followers.
How did I manage it?
→ Worked longer
→ Focused more
→ Played less
I had plenty of time.
I just had to work harder.
I wish I was on island time right now!
But I’m not, instead:
I’m grinding for growth.
Because I know that more
↳ Work Time
↳ Build Time
↳ Networking Time
Leads to more island time!
My weekends are full of wonder.
Some I’m deep in nature.
Exploring the world on horseback.
Others I’m sitting by the pool.
Watching my world splash and swim.
Beautifully blended and blessed.
I wish the same for you.
I just hit 250 followers!
I was trying to decide on something special to do.
@johnnyxwang
has Ice Cream 🍦
@Joshiepasta
has pasta 🍝
@VilmanPeralta
has cookies 🍪
Well, you know what I have...
I have Sharks with laser beams.
Nope, that's not quite right, I have horses 🐴
I’m doing a giveaway!
The prize?
A decade of your life.
Here’s all you need to know.
Don’t stay unhappy too long.
Don’t accept it as, “the way it is”
Make a change.
Make a drastic change.
I learned this the hard way.
Your happiness is on you.
My bad habits vanished:
→ Losing days to games.
→ Camping on the toilet.
→ Binging Netflix shows.
How?
𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
I’ve been too busy:
→ Closing in on 400 followers.
→ Writing 2+ posts / day.
→ Booking calls.
You don’t need an ice bath.
𝐘𝐨𝐮
I'm working on a freebie!
Working title:
𝟐𝟎 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲.
What’s the
#1
sales mistake you’ve seen?
I’ll reply with what # it is in my list.
I was ashamed.
When I put on my hat.
I was scared what people would think.
𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐲.
𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬.
Sound familiar?
We all have a hat we want to put on.
↳ I'm not a writer.
↳ I'm not an entrepreneur.
↳ I’m not an artist.
I struggle to do hard things.
It’s not a skill I’ve exercised.
I’m doing them now.
But I still fight the voice in my head.
That says it’s only a matter of time.
My life was boring.
I would make up stories.
I wanted it to be more exciting.
§
So, I built an exciting life:
↳ Climbed the corporate ladder.
↳ Took expensive vacations.
↳ Drove fancy cars.
§
I love the experiences I've collected.
But not all the responsibilities.
I
I had to step away!
A friend had to move houses.
Very last minute.
So I did what friends do.
I dropped everything to help.
I tried to stay engaged:
→ commenting
→ one post per day
→ minimal DMs
I was worried what I’d come back to.
Afraid I would lose momentum.
But I
I am a dad to 3 beautiful kids.
And our wonderful little family is what motivates me every day.
It motivates me to provide for everyone.
It motivates me to better myself.
It motivates me to take more control of my time.
I'm here on 𝕏 because I'm a father.
Happy Father's Day
I’m here for business.
But I’m scared I'll fail.
I sell to the Fortune 25.
I’ve got this... right?
My billion-dollar customers love what I offer.
𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚.
It’s universally appealing.
One of my favorite quotes of all time:
“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠”
Often attributed to Lewis Pugh.
Ships require water to be moving over the rudder in order to steer.
No movement, no steering.
That’s why I’m here in X.
To get
I close 10M+ deals in my 9-5.
Here are 3 questions...
Questions the customer must be able to answer
If they can answer these questions 💰💰💰💰
Why buy anything?
Why buy from me?
Why buy now?
It's so easy to get caught up asking the wrong questions.
❌ How can I help you?
@dickiebush
Loving the community of this cohort already!
I'm Caleb based in the Louisville, KY area.
I'm writing on maximizing the value of your data and AI projects!
Just a few days in and it's easy to see that the best part of this course is going to be the community! Second only to the
I got fired and I was in trouble.
→ Bills to pay
→ Mouths to feed
→ Horses to ride
𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑙𝑒.
I phoned a friend.
“Hey, I need a job.”
“Have you thought about sales?”
Sales? No. I don’t do sales.
I’m a data guy.
But I was desperate!
So I took
I signed my first "client”
I just call him a friend.
But I can help him.
He wanted a coach.
To escape consulting.
𝐼 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒.
Then he said, "let's do this."
Now I work for him.
I wanted to spend the money on:
⇢ Gadgets
⇢ Gizmos
⇢
I’ve been a user of Blogstatic for some time and love the affordable pricing and powerful features.
But the best part is
@valsopi
who to me is a
#buildinpublic
hero!
If you’ve got a Product Hunt account he’s definitely worth supporting!
🔥 a HUGE DAY at
@blogstatic
HQ 🔥
I still get the jitters when launching on
@ProductHunt
🚀🚀🚀
✊ The last launch in 2022 made it to
#6
✊
🍀 Hoping for the Top
#5
this time around 🍀
🤗 Would love your support in any way you can 🤗
I got flipped off.
By my impressions graph.
Do you see it?
I could look at this week and think:
Damn, I ended down.
Or I could smile at the chart
and think of the wins:
‣ 44 New Friends
‣ 392 Conversations
𝐸𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒.
𝑊𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔
I was terrified on my first sales deal.
$200,000.00
That was a big number to put in front of my customer.
I triple checked everything to make sure it was right.
Then I asked my partner,
"Is it too much?"
She reframed sales for me:
"𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲
I know a shortcut.
It works for me.
It can work for you.
You may have used it before.
Here it is.
The fastest way to go,
absolutely nowhere:
Look for shortcuts.
Sorry to disappoint,
shortcuts aren’t the answer.
Want to get there faster?
Do these four things:
↳Work
I am having a great couple of days on X!
My horses are going to be fat.
They thank you and so do I!
I’ve had higher engagement, a bunch of new friends, and great conversations.
Thanks
@johnnyxwang
for all of your input.
The secret: be real, be vulnerable, engage, and
@dickiebush
On your next drive in the car by yourself...
Connect to Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.
Open the ChatGPT app
Click the headphones in the bottom right to stat a voice session.
Then just speak what's on your mind.
ChatGPT will give some feedback and ask some follow-up
Are you comfortable in golden handcuffs?
The problem is, they don't belong to you.
If you're wearing them:
Your time belongs to someone else.
Do you know how they afford golden handcuffs?
Because you're making them so much money.
Don't get me wrong, I too love my golden
I want to learn.
I want to write,
on X.
Everyone says,
write like you talk.
Well, I can't.
Because I don't.
Talk like,
This.
𝐄v𝐞r!
* Rant over *
Thanks for putting up with me
@johnnyxwang
I promise I'm not a pain in the ass on purpose.
I know AI.
But unlike many I'm not all about the tech.
I understand vectors, parameters, tokens, etc.
But to be honest I really don't care too much about that "stuff".
What I care about:
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞.
And you.
I understand how to use it in my
I want Freedom. I want to escape.
But the mountain is high and the pit is deep.
𝑴𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈:
↳ Worked for big companies like Caterpiller and Toyota
↳ Worked my way up to a consistent $400K+/Year
↳ Led and worked along side amazing
5 Questions to gauge your success as an entreprenuer
Answer them well, you're going places!
Let's see how you do:
Q1: What do you do?
Q2: What makes you credible?
Q3: How do you make your money?
Q4: Are you known, liked, and trusted by others?
Q5: Who or what else can you
@thejustinwelsh
I understand the sentiment.
Was trying to poke at it a little deeper because in my mind evolution is something that happens without a whole lot of conscious thought and it happens slowly over time.
It's almost like we have to adapt long enough to evolve?
I hate salesmen.
Everyone hates being sold to.
Including me!
Don’t hate me.
I’m a salesman.
I close million dollar deals.
Even more impressive:
My customers love me.
They don’t call be a salesmen.
They call me a partner.
Instead of using:
↝ High pressure.
↝ Pesky
I'm just getting started writing on X and found two links I will need to keep handy:
A wikipedia article where I can copy/paste a bunch of arrows:
A tool for making text bold/italitcs/etc:
What else do I need to know about?
The path to freedom looks different for everyone.
For some it's a mountain they must summit.
For others it's a pit they have to climb out of.
For me, it's both.
I'm sure I'm not alone.
My pit is debt, not sure I can name my mountain just yet.
How about you?
Your Co-Workers are your customers!
3 things to make your interactions with them more impactful:
1) Know their name, their kids name, their dogs name
2) Know what they do, not just their title
3) Know who their boss is
These 3 things help strengthen empathy for your customers!
This is what escaping looks like to me.
Sitting on a horse, deep in the woods.
After many miles on the trail I can feel his weariness. After a rain I can smell the forest. There is a never ending chorus of sounds.
But escaping like this takes time.
And my 9-5, which in many
#OpenSource
& innovation at
#RasaDevSummit
:
@calebmkeller
from Samtec Smart Platform Group will be speaking about Articulate - a full-featured bot framework, based on Rasa, that helps build Natural Language Agents (
#NLA
) effortlessly.
“You are already standing on a mountain of value. Your story is valuable, your experience is unique, and you are highly valuable — just as you are!”
From Key Person of Influence by
@DanielPriestley
This one quote got me moving.
The business prefers raw data in Excel over asking for help.
The data team will send them to the backlog, ask them technical questions they don't know, spend 6 months developing something "the right way," and still miss the mark.
Can you blame them for doing it "the wrong way"?
@meghaseowriter
Books, YouTube, and mentors/coaches.
All for different reason and at different times and places.
Books for when I have a quiet moment without distractions (kids).
YouTube for in the car, shower, anywhere where I can't be reading.
Mentors for accountability and conversation.
If only I could do as many loads of laundry in a day
As I do comments and replies X!
Sorry, had to take a moment to get real.
Pretty certain my girls each wore 16 outfits... yesterday.
@Codie_Sanchez
Consistently doing hard things is a skill unto itself!
One I didn’t start developing until I had kids! And even then it wasn’t voluntary 😂
Delivering value starts with understanding.
Understand your customer and what their pains are.
Then deliver a solution to address one or more of those pains.
You have delivered value, congrats!
@davidlovejoyx
I started my X journey at 38 (about 2 weeks ago).
I started a new relationship after 12 years of marriage at 33.
Start a new job in a new line of work after 12 years as an engineer at 35.
I embody this!