What’s Your One Thing Today?

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Will here… Welcome back!

Okay, let's get real for a second...

You know that soul-crushing moment when you're five coffees deep, bouncing between seventeen browser tabs like a caffeinated pinball, desperately hoping ONE of them will magically solve your business problems?

Yeah. We've ALL been there.

Here's What Most People Think:

"If I just open one more tab... check one more email... scroll through one more article... THEN I'll find the answer."

Spoiler alert: Opening a new tab doesn't count as progress.

(Unless it's ChatGPT with our prompt loaded... but we'll get to that 😉)

The Brutal Truth Nobody Wants To Hear:

Working more hours won't make you more successful.

It's doing the OPPOSITE.

It's draining your energy, killing your edge, and turning you into one of those entrepreneurs who's "always busy" but never seems to move the needle.

But Here's What The Top 1% Do Differently:

They don't work harder. They don't hustle more.

Instead, they ask themselves ONE powerful question every single morning.

This question does three things:

• Sharpens focus like a laser

• Boosts clarity instantly

• Fuels unstoppable momentum for the entire day

Curious What That Question Is?

Good.

Because what I'm about to share with you could completely transform how you approach every single day...

Let's unpack it.

✨ Inside This Issue

• The Focus Trigger – That question elite entrepreneurs ask at sunrise.

• AI Power Prompt – In under 30 seconds, let AI find your one high-impact task.

• Pro Tip – A 15-minute ritual that launches your day like a rocket.

• Tool Spotlight – Todoist: from plan to done, without app overwhelm.

• AI Productivity Stack – Real tools saving solopreneurs 10–15 hrs/week.

• StartSmart Challenge – Use the Focus Trigger + earn a feature in next week’s issue.

🔑 Your Focus Trigger

Ready for this?

Here's the question that changes everything:

"What's the one thing I can do today to make everything else easier—or unnecessary?"

I know, I know. Sounds almost too simple, right?

But think of it as your personal mental compass. Here's what happens when you USE it:

✓ Decision fatigue? Gone. Your brain finally has ONE clear target to attack.

✓ Overwhelm? Vanishes. Everything else becomes background noise.

✓ End-of-day exhaustion? Replaced with that "I accomplished something meaningful" feeling.

Real Stories From Real People:

Take Elena, a strategy consultant who was drowning in client requests...

She asked herself the question one Tuesday morning and realized she needed to build ONE campaign that would handle 80% of her client questions automatically.

By noon, she'd launched it and was heading out for lunch.

"I launched my new page by lunch. Who knew focusing on the One Thing could be this freeing?" she told me later.

Or Ravi, a solo app developer who was trying to fix twelve different features at once...

The Focus Trigger helped him zoom in on ONE feature that mattered most.

Result? He doubled his daily signups within a week.

The Magic Isn't In The Question Itself...

It's in how it forces your brain to cut through all the noise and find what actually moves the needle.

🤖 AI Power Prompt: Your 30-Second Clarity Coach

Hey AI, here are my goals:
- Business Goal: [e.g. launch the email course]
- Active Projects: [list ongoing projects]
- Deadlines: [any due this week]

Which single task should I do today to make the biggest impact?

Drop this in ChatGPT, Gemini, or your AI of choice—bam: you get a high-leverage task, no overthinking required.

⚡ Pro Tip: 15-Minute Morning Momentum

Kick your day into gear:

It’s faster than making coffee—and more effective than that 5-minute scroll.

🛠️ Tool Spotlight: Todoist – Your Execution Partner 

You know that moment when you FINALLY figure out your One Thing for the day...

And then it just... disappears into the chaos of your brain?

Suddenly, you're back to checking emails and wondering where the heck your focus went.

Here's The Fix:

Your brilliant insights are competing with 47,000 other thoughts. Without a system to make your One Thing IMPOSSIBLE to ignore, it's just another good intention that gets buried.

Keep It Stupid Simple:

Step 1: Create a "Today's Focus" project

Step 2: Use Quick Add with the "P1" tag (jumps to the top)

Step 3: Set up ONE recurring task: "Define my One Thing"

Step 4: Knock it out—then conquer whatever's next

The Magic:

Studies show a clean, focused interface boosts completion by 30%. But the real power? When you stop trying to manage everything and start focusing on the ONE thing that matters most.

Todoist becomes your accountability partner—the one that won't let you forget what you promised yourself you'd do today.

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🤖 AI Productivity Stack – Your Digital Dream Team

Here's the thing about being a solopreneur...

You don't actually have to do EVERYTHING solo.

I know, I know. Revolutionary concept, right?

But seriously—while you're over there trying to be a one-person army, smart founders are quietly building their own digital dream teams.

These Tools Are Saving Solopreneurs 10-15 Hours Every Week:

Reclaim.ai – Auto-schedules your focus blocks around your actual life (because you're human, not a robot)

ChatGPT / Gemini – Your instant brainstorming buddy, copywriter, and strategic planner all rolled into one

Fathom – Joins your calls and greets you afterward with clean summaries and action items

Notion AI – Takes your messy notes and turns them into organized plans and polished copy

Fyxer / Lavender / Lindy – Write emails that actually convert (without sounding like a robot wrote them)

Motion.app / Clockwise – Optimizes your calendar even when meetings try to hijack your day

Here's The Beautiful Truth:

These tools don't replace you—they handle the stuff that drains your energy so you can focus on the work that actually moves your business forward.

Think of it as having a team of really efficient assistants who never need coffee breaks or ask for raises.

🔄 Interactive Poll

Tap your vote now—no boring checkboxes. Let’s see which side wins!

😄 Solopreneur Spotlight: Jordan’s Wake-Up Call

Meet Jordan, a digital nomad who thought he was living the dream...

Until he realized he was living a nightmare disguised as paradise.

Picture this: Rolling out of bed in gorgeous Bali, grabbing his laptop with big plans...

And immediately falling into a social media black hole for two hours straight. Every. Single. Morning.

The Brutal Reality:

By noon, Jordan felt like absolute garbage about himself. His work was piling up, and that voice in his head kept getting louder: "You're wasting your life, man."

He was living in paradise, but felt more trapped than when he had a cubicle job.

Then Something Finally Clicked...

Jordan started asking himself, "What's the ONE thing I can do today to make everything else easier or unnecessary?"

The answer: Code for 45 minutes on his main project. That's it.

The Transformation:

Instead of TikTok shame spirals, Jordan would knock out his coding session and be DONE before breakfast.

"I finally felt like I deserved to be here," he muttered to himself later.

Jordan transformed from feeling like an impostor to delivering features while enjoying coffee on a beach in Thailand.

That's what 45 minutes of intentional work can do for your soul.

🎯 StartSmart Challenge: This Week’s Mission

Alright, here's the deal...

Most people talk a big game about productivity, but when push comes to shove, they're still drowning in their endless to-do lists.

Not you. Not this week.

Here's Your Simple (But Powerful) Mission:

Step 1: Ask yourself that ONE magic question every single morning (You know the one... "What's the ONE thing I can do today that will make everything else easier or unnecessary?")

Step 2: Don't just think it—RECORD it. Pop that One Thing straight into Todoist. Make it real. Make it official.

Step 3: Block out focused time and tackle it FIRST before emails. Before social media. Before anything else tries to hijack your brain.

Step 4: Capture the proof. Screenshot your completed task or jot down your win. This isn't just for show—it's about building that success momentum.

Step 5: Share it by Sunday midnight. Don't be shy. Your breakthrough moment could be precisely what someone else needs to see.

Here's The Kicker:

We're featuring the best wins next week. And when thousands of people see YOUR success story... well, that's when things get interesting.

You might inspire someone to break out of their productivity prison, finally.

Ready to prove that focused action beats busy work every single time?

Let's see what you've got.

📩 That’s a Wrap!

Last week, we talked about working smarter, not harder.

This week? We're diving into something even MORE powerful...

Smarter minds.

Look, here's the brutal truth most solopreneurs won't admit:

You can have all the productivity hacks in the world, but if you're flying solo without the right people in your corner... you're basically trying to build a skyscraper with a plastic hammer.

Start Your Day With Intention—Before It Hijacks You

Every morning, you've got a choice. Either you control your day, or your day controls you.

Most people wake up and immediately check their phone, dive into emails, and wonder why they feel like they're constantly playing catch-up.

Sound familiar?

Here's What I Got For You:

I'm inviting you to join our StartSmart Exchange Community—a tight-knit group of solopreneurs who are done with the "figure it out alone" mentality.

This isn't some massive Facebook group where your brilliant insights get buried under cat memes.

We're talking about REAL masterminds. REAL breakthrough moments. REAL people who actually give a damn about your success.

Know Someone Stuck In The Grind?

Do them a solid and pass this along. Trust me—they'll thank you later when they're not pulling their hair out trying to solve everything by themselves.

Next Week's Teaser:

How do you make smart decisions under pressure without getting trapped in analysis paralysis?

(Hint: It's not what most "experts" are teaching...)

Think Big, Play Smart, Win BIG! 💥

— Coach Will

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