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You ever have those weeks that you literally blink and they are done?

That’s how this week felt. I NORMALLY write this on Thursdays to give sometime to polish and publish. But I blinked and it was mid day Thursday and I still hadn’t written this weeks email.
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So here we are 6:01am on Friday busting this out.
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Weeks like this are good though! What this is telling me is that I love what I’m doing.
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I used to feel the opposite as a cop. The days were loooonngggg. The weeks were loonnnnnggg. Everything about that felt like an eternity. Then the realization hit that not only were the days and weeks long, but In order to retire in that career, I had a minimum of 20 more years to go… Count me out.
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So NOW, I get to spend my day talking to other entrepreneurs, working with a role model of mine, being at home with my kids, and BASICALLY shutting most of my work down by mid afternoon. It feels like I’m retired without the money to ACTUALLY be retired… weird paradox.
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As I wrote that last sentence, I paused quite a bit and almost didn’t write it. My intention isn't to brag. There’s nothing to brag about. I was just bold enough to take a big leap and all of you get to watch to see if I stick the landing. I wrote that because I personally like reading about the journey and success of others.

It puts things in perspective for me. It makes it feel like “if they can do it, so can I.” It gives me something to shoot for. For example, I read THIS a little while ago and, man, those are goals. Cool thing is, I've followed this guys story for a while and he went from BROKE, to doing VERY well. He just stayed in the fight.

It’s SO important to hear what others are doing and conceptualize that IT IS POSSIBLE.
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Just by happenstance, I have now found myself in a position where I talk to at least a dozen entrepreneurs a week (minimum) that are making so much money doing things you wouldn’t have ever thought.

It’s incredibly eye opening to hear these origin stories and how most of them almost stumbled into making hundreds of thousands of dollars.

And because YOU are HERE, I want to share these stories with you. These are all top secret interviews to screen guests for Chris Koerner's Podcast, and some might not even air. You get the SUPER inside scoop here just because you decided to give me your email address ;)

Here are the top 5 favorite chats I’ve had recently:​
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* Note, I want to keep your attention and not write a novel of an email for you, so I’m going to give you the major TLDR of each*
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• I talked to a mom that started printing pictures and putting them on magnets. She sold them at local farmers markets and started getting some attention on social media after posting. Business picked up and she realized other moms could do this and make some extra money. She started selling magnet making kits and is not averaging $60k months with her biz

• I talked to a dude that started a laundry business in college for the campus. It blew up. Like $200k almost immediately since he charged for the year upfront. He left college went to corporate, hated it and realized he had already built something amazing. Started the laundry biz back up, scaled it, bought locations, franchised it and is now building the Zillow of franchising

• I talked to a guy that made a website for someone when he was 23 and the light bulb went off. He started taking on more clients and optimizing their business with websites, marketing, ads, anything that they needed. He started posting about it on TikTok and went viral. He had more clients than he could even imagine. From broke to 7k month, to 17k, to 22k, to 30,50,60 then $113k months. He's 30 and basically retired now

• I talked to a mom who started writing physical letters and selling a subscription. It was originally just to share the mission of her other business, but after gaining attention on social media, people fell in love with her letters. She’s making $40k/mo now just on the letters

• I talked to a guy that started selling his restaurant equipment to make sure his restaurant didn’t go under during covid. He made more money there than he did with the restaurant. The light build went off and he leaned into it. He scaled up his operation and has been reselling for 6 years. He just listed his business to sell so he can spend more time on the boat he owns in the Pacific Northwest

NONE of these people are any different from you and I. They aren’t super entrepreneurs. They didn’t have any experience that gave them a mildly unfair advantage, they honestly just stumbled their way into these things and it just clicked for them. YOU CAN DO THIS TOO.​
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I went on for longer than I thought I would and I hear the kids starting to wake up now, so I’m going to wrap this up for you.

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​QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment. The history of the world is simply the chronicle of what has happened because of the deeds of a small number of ordinary people who had extraordinary levels of commitment to making a difference.”
— Tony Robbins

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​Mystery Entrepreneur Link​
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This is a members only recording from the community I run. It is SO good though

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​AI Juice 🧃

Flo Crivello @Altimor Introducing Lindy Assistant, the ultimate AI assistant. It talks with you through iMessage, connects to 100s of apps, helps you with your meetings and emails, and proactively finds ways to save you time all day. Check out some examples of ways Lindy assistant helps below. 7:55 PM • Feb 10, 2026 60 Retweets 656 Likes Read 179 replies

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Until next time...

Stay in the fight,
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My best tweet this week:

Kevin Bell 🍩 @kevinasrx This is for every small creator out there that feels like they are spinning their wheels— Your metrics, as small as you might think they are, have HUGE impact! On YouTube I have 128 awesome subscribers. Crazy small number by any measure of subscribers BUT it’s equated to 12:46 AM • Feb 12, 2026 0 Retweets 9 Likes

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My favorite tweet this week:

Chris Koerner @mhp_guy Telling an employee "Thanks. I appreciate you" is 10x more impactful than "Thanks. I appreciate it." One is trite and one is lasting. 2:42 PM • Feb 12, 2026 2 Retweets 183 Likes Read 23 replies

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