Hey Greenblasters!

Boy, what a year.

First of all, as a dad. It’s been crazy watching my daughter Ruhi go from this:

To this:

In the space of 1 year.

Insane. 🤯

And as for the Greenblast itself…

Here are some stats for 2024:

This tells me a few things.

1. I’m writing a decent amount

2. Only 44 out of 52 weeks though

3. And even though Beehiv thinks “3% growth” is “fast,” I disagree.

So, here’s my plan for this newsletter for 2025:

1. I’m only going to write when I have something to say.

I was inspired by Nathan Baugh, who has a brilliant newsletter called Worldbuilders, and says this is how he does it.

This year, I tried to use my weekly deadline of Thursday at 12 as a consistency building habit, but I wrote a lot when I didn’t have anything to say.

That habit was maybe good for me, not so good for you guys though.

I want to send you much more interesting and relevant stuff next year, which may means you hear from my slightly less often and more irregularly.

2. I’m going to focus on helping you get ON STAGE to build your business

That’s the goal of my new offer, the “Build Your Signature Talk” program that I’m launching early next year.

And as such, I want to focus my writing and thinking on this topic, namely things like:

• how do you get on stage?

• who can you speak to?

• should you charge at first, and how much?

• what do you talk about?

• what stories do you tell?

• how do you deal with stage fright?

• how do you keep the audience engaged?

• how can you make content that helps your business?

• and how do you make the most of every speaking opportunity to build your confidence, brand and client base?

If you’d like to learn more about the Signature Talk 1:1 coaching program, book a call here.

3. Keep being honest, vulnerable, and telling my story

That’s what I started this newsletter for:

A place to express myself, in a way that I can’t fully on LinkedIn.

Here is where I can get a little sillier, a little riskier, and a little deeper than feels comfortable on a social media business platform.

If you’re here for that, that’s not gonna change.

It’s how I believe you can build a business and a personal brand that will help you sleep at night, so I’m gonna practice what I preach in 2025.

THAT’S IT FOR 2024!

HAVE A HAPPY MUTHAFUCKIN HOLIDAYS, I LOVE YOU ALL!

Greenblast, and 2024… out 🚀