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Too generic and your spells bounce right off.My conversation with Drewbie Wilson made it into his new book, LessonsFrom ...
11/05/2026

Too generic and your spells bounce right off.

My conversation with Drewbie Wilson made it into his new book, Lessons
From The Boiler Room, Volume Three, out now.

"If you are not absolutely clear on what you’re selling, the seed of
your business, then you’re too generic. Your spells are going to
bounce right off of that customer."

Honored to be in there with 32 other people who sell for a living.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNPFD99Q

Want to know more about Gamify Business then visit my website : https://gamifybusiness.com/

11/04/2026

"You don't want to appeal to everyone, because when you appeal to everyone, you gray out. You forget who you are. I've been asked onto 'general' podcasts, and I'm like — that won't help me, because that audience just wants to be entertained. They're not looking to buy anything or looking for my expertise. If I just want to crack some jokes on a fun podcast, sure. But that's different."

Here's the trap: we think reaching everyone is the safe move. It's actually the invisible one. The harder you try to be for everyone, the more you sand off the specific, sharp, slightly weird things that made you you — until you're grey, forgettable, and indistinguishable from everyone else doing something similar.

Specific isn't limiting. It's the whole point. The person who tries to appeal to everyone gets remembered by no one. The person who's unmistakably for someone gets chosen.

Pick your someone. Let the rest gray out.

More on this: gamifybusiness.com Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxBvdt1iXRs

Business is an adventure. Don't be an NPC.

Meet THE PROCRASTINATION OOZE (Threat: 2/5)A warm, golden blob that smells like your favourite comfort and oozes slowly ...
11/02/2026

Meet THE PROCRASTINATION OOZE (Threat: 2/5)

A warm, golden blob that smells like your favourite comfort and oozes slowly over whatever you should be doing.

It never attacks. It just makes everything else seem cosier.

What’s the Ooze sitting on for you this week?

10/30/2026

"Have you heard of the 5/7ths rule? We work 5 days for the 2 at the end. Why are we wasting five-sevenths of our lives just for those 2 days? Which is really only one — because by Sunday you're already dreading Monday. I live 7 out of 7 days. I love my job. I love what I do. There's work involved, but I want to have that fun."

Sit with the math for a second. We trade five days we endure for two days we enjoy — and spend half of those bracing for the return. That's not a schedule. That's a countdown.

I'm not saying hustle 24/7, or that work should never feel like work. I'm saying if you have to escape your own life five days a week just to tolerate it, the goal was never a better weekend. It was a life you don't need a weekend from.

Build the 7-out-of-7 version. It's possible — and it starts with making the work something you'd actually choose.

More on this: gamifybusiness.com Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxBvdt1iXRs

Business is an adventure. Don't be an NPC.

Motivation is a tourist. Momentum lives here.Motivation shows up when it feels like it — and leaves the second things ge...
10/29/2026

Motivation is a tourist. Momentum lives here.

Motivation shows up when it feels like it — and leaves the second things get hard. That's why waiting for it is a trap.

Momentum is different. You don't feel your way into it. You build it: one small rep, then another, until moving is easier than stopping.

Don't wait to feel ready. Do the next small thing. Momentum moves in.

More: gamifybusiness.com

Business is an adventure. Don't be an NPC.

10/28/2026

"Social media has ruined us — this idea that everything we do has to go viral and reach millions. But likes aren't dollars. They're just a fleeting thumbs-up; they don't mean anything unless you're farming likes. You really don't need millions of people to love you. You need 100 consistent fans who want to support you. Have that consistently throughout your career and you'll never starve — you'll have consistent income doing the thing you love."

Let that reset your whole relationship with the numbers. We've been trained to measure ourselves by reach — followers, views, that dopamine hit when something pops. But reach is rented, and a like has never once paid an invoice.

One hundred people who genuinely want you to win — who buy what you make, come back, and bring a friend — is a career. Chasing millions of strangers who tap a heart and scroll on is a treadmill.

Stop farming likes. Start finding your 100.

More on this: gamifybusiness.com Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxBvdt1iXRs

Business is an adventure. Don't be an NPC.

Discounting is a confidence problem wearing a price tag."I can probably come down a bit." "I know it's a lot, but…" "Let...
10/27/2026

Discounting is a confidence problem wearing a price tag.

"I can probably come down a bit." "I know it's a lot, but…" "Let me see what I can do." We think we're being flexible. What the buyer actually hears is: even I don't think it's worth that.

The second you flinch on your own price, you hand the other person permission to doubt it too. The number was never the problem. The apology attached to it was.

You don't need a lower price. You need to say your real one — out loud, with a full stop after it.

More on this: gamifybusiness.com/ghost

Business is an adventure. Don't be an NPC.

💀 Meet THE PERFECTIONIST LICH (Threat: 4/5)A tiny skeletal scholar who whispers “one more tweak…” while dangling a glowi...
10/26/2026

💀 Meet THE PERFECTIONIST LICH (Threat: 4/5)

A tiny skeletal scholar who whispers “one more tweak…” while dangling a glowing chest that promises the perfect version of your work.

Spoiler: the chest is empty. It always was.

Finished beats flawless. What project has the Lich got you stuck on? 👇

The lowest price doesn't win you the best clients. It wins you the worst ones.Here's the pattern I've watched play out o...
10/23/2026

The lowest price doesn't win you the best clients. It wins you the worst ones.

Here's the pattern I've watched play out over and over: you drop your price to land more work. And you do land more work — just not the work you wanted. Low prices attract low-commitment clients: the ones who haggle over every invoice, blow past every boundary, and treat your time like it's free. Then you're too buried surviving them to attract the clients who'd actually value you.

Your price isn't just a number. It's a filter. It quietly selects who shows up.

Raise it, and watch who leaves — and who finally arrives.

More on this: gamifybusiness.com

Business is an adventure. Don't be an NPC.

10/21/2026

My ideal client? A creative entrepreneur who’s ready to turn what they’re building into something more structured, focused, and sustainable.

I work best with creative business owners who have between 1 and 10 people in the business, including themselves, and are usually somewhere within their first 1–5 years.

That said, you might already have an established business and still feel like you’re figuring things out as you go. If that sounds familiar, you’re probably my kind of client too.

You don’t need to have everything perfectly mapped out. You just need to know that you want to move forward and could use the right support to help you get there.

See full episode at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybcx1IrZSYg

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