Hey Reader, Iām in Greece now, but my heartās in NYC. Well, itās in Greece, too. I wrote this from the airport lounge on Tuesday night, so no details of the trip to share but I wanted to send you my post about 9/11. Itās a light update of the blog post I wrote in 2011, when I couldnāt believe it had been ten years. Now, itās an inconceivable quarter-century, and weāve got a generation of grown-ass adults who werenāt even born yet. Maybe youāre one of them. Iāve been seeing memories of that...
7 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Hey, remember 2018, when people practically had $2k ready in their fists for the moment a cart opened? No? Maybe you werenāt in āThe Spaceā back then. If not, lemme tell you: launching a course, program, what-have-you was like doing a lemonade pop-up in the desert. These days, nahsomuch. Between the trust recession, too many marketers offering the same thing in the same fāing AI-slop-y language (š¤®), and soaring prices on gas and sirloin tips, those fists are tight. Instead of big saucer eyes,...
8 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Yo - Iām off to Greece today. 9 nights in Crete, with 2 on each side in Athens. Canāt wait to be in the water. Also, eating Greek salad and taramasalata. Canāt get enough of that stuff. My mom is very supportive when Steven and I travel. At 89, she still goes on trips, but is probably done with any places like Greece, with all its cobblestones and hills. She uses a walker now. If you have any kind of mobility issues or are ever out and about with someone who does, you know: most of the world...
10 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Reader ā God, I hate speaking. Thatās what I think when Iām packing for an event where Iām going to be on stage. In that moment, I wonder why I do this to myself and why I donāt say no and what would it take to get the whole shebang canceled so I get out of it without the shame of pulling out. (Something Iād never actually do.) And then, when Iām up there, the audience laughing, nodding, and taking notes, Iām like, āI WANNA LIVE ONSTAGE! LETāS DO IT AGAIN!ā ā¦Even more so when itās over and...
13 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
A few months ago, Shrimp Club alum Sarah Aviram did something most people wouldn't be caught dead doing. Her new book was coming out, and she posted that it had a chance of hitting the USA Today bestseller list ā if enough people helped by buying and spreading the word. Why wouldnāt most of us do the same? Because we donāt want to be seen trying. Itās embarrassing. Thirsty. Vulnerable. What if Iām public about a big goal and then I donāt make it and the world sees me simultaneously fall on my...
18 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
Hey! If you know me and/or what day and month it is, you prob did a double take at the subject line. March? Is Kit glitching on Laura and sending out old emails? Or future emails? And doesnāt Laura loathe emails that start with āCan you believe itās already ____?ā No, Kit (my email service provider, where I build and communicate with my subscriber list) is behaving perfectly. I also donāt have any emails written that far ahead, or even a week out. I wish. And yes, Iāve begged everyone who...
19 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Yesterday morning, I saw the former president of the network where I used to write promos. Great guy. Used to be my bossās boss. He didnāt notice me. I almost said hi but it was pre-coffee, and I see him often in that exact spot, outside of Jackās Coffee. I felt too boring and uncaffeinated today to stop and chat. Weād just recently gone through all the āHowās your summer goingā and āWhoāve you seen or talked to latelyā and āI canāt wait for all these summer douchebags to leave Sag Harborā...
23 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 3 min read
Thereās a bro-y saying Iāve always hated, especially with respect to entrepreneurship and income: āYouāre the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.ā So ā what ā are you supposed to cut people out of your life who donāt have a proper webinar funnel set up? š Bye! Canāt hang witchu anymore ā your lack of steady, passive income is bringing down my average! Or can you keep that friend who doesnāt have a business, one whoās happy as a stay-at-home mom or in their dependable, unsexy...
25 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
Hey! Got book + TV recos for you. But first ā I know Iāve told you about last yearās July experiment, which this year became a tradition (and pretty much seeped into August): While I didnāt take the month-and-change off work, I took it off the clock. No appointments, no Zooms, no podcast interviews, no 1:1s for Shrimp Club, nothing scheduled. You might be saying, āUm, I think thatās called āvacation.āā No. Remember, I was still working. Still writing you these emails. Also, posting on social,...
28 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
Hey! This woman I know got fired from her job, and it couldnāt happen to a better person. No, this isnāt schadenfreude, Iām not celebrating someoneās downfall. (Though Iām not above it ā love me some petty!) Iām happy because the person who got sacked, Heather Campbell, is a 2-round Shrimp Club member who just posted a video about it on IG and LinkedIn, and check out the results: YES! YES, HEATHER! This is what I mean when I say tell your story. Telling your story, with your details, your...
30 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read