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The last 2 months have been eventful to say the least, back up & running in Paris. Reflecting on the last few months, the latest with my agency & the intention for the next month(s).

Speed has been very importantly lately, nice getting a moment to reflect on this last month, where the business is going and continue putting in the work, whatever shape that takes...

7 weeks living in Paris, juggling corporate & building a business... embrace the routine, stack days one by one

If not now, when?

Recently moved countries for a job opportunity, all the while juggling a business & finding my feet. A new routine, environment, same goals... Forcing my own hand to get out my comfort zone & get after it! If not now, when?

After taking the week off from corporate, I had a lot of extra time to focus on figuring out my business processes, where to focus my time and work more efficiently given my limitation of not being all in.

Consistent week with a clear idea on what to adjust for the upcoming week. Felt quite slow during the work week but glad I've chipped away and had a few things connect today (Sunday)...Set things up quite well to hit the ground running on Monday. Paying a lot more attention to Quality this week > Quantity (last week).

New Direction with the Podcast, documenting the journey of starting & running a Business! Aiming to record these podcasts every Sunday, recapping on the week & preparing for the week ahead. Step at a time with the big picture in mind is the theme, hoping this weekly podcast will help me clarify & re-calibrate as I go along!

Avery is the founder of 'Early Stage Founders'. A community helping new founders land their first client. Naturally, I had to ask how Avery began in this space and his journey into entrepreneurship. Overcoming a lot of financial pressure after his corporate role disappeared post acquisition, leading to a real sink or swim situation. I regularly speak with Avery on building my own business, glad I got to record this one!

Louis discusses his path in building a Newsletter Agency. As a recent agency owner, I had a tonne of questions on how he has sustainably built his business, systems, teams to operate without tasks falling through the cracks. He shares brilliant insights to how Orbit Marketing has grown, quite literally adopting the mentality of survival first! I took immense value from this conversation, "work at a pace that is sustainable forever" stuck with me, quite fitting as I'm currently reading Nassim Taleb's Antifragile book from his incerto series 👌.

Arash and I go a long way back! His wisdom and perspective has been very valuable to me throughout the years, especially when I had just left the hospital. Always great catching up and talking about all different aspects of life, from self-improvement through to parenthood. Great individual I include in my council when I need an opinion and perspective.