Your Business Won’t Grow Until You Do This

There was a time when I blamed everything.

Clients ghosting?
“They just don’t get it.”

Team dropping the ball?
“Why can’t they think like me?”

Launch didn’t hit goals?
“The algorithm hates me.”

And then I read something from Jocko Willink that hit me like a freight train:

Suddenly, the problem wasn’t them.
It was me.

Because I wasn’t leading.
I was managing chaos.
Expecting excellence without modeling it.
Giving vague directions, then getting mad when things didn’t go right.

After reading the book extreme ownership, my whole perspective changed.

That’s when I committed to the extreme ownership idea in ALL areas of my life.

I stopped pointing fingers.
I started taking the heat.
And something wild happened:

And not just my team but my whole life shifted.

My health. My relationships. Everything.

Because great things aren’t built on blame.

Try this for 30 days and watch what happens in your life.

⚡️ One-Minute Mindset Shift

Leadership = Ownership

You don’t need a fancy title.
You don’t need to have all the answers.
You just need to own everything in your world.

Ask yourself:

• “Where am I avoiding responsibility?”

• “Where can I be clearer, calmer, stronger for my team?”

• “If this fails—how can I own the solution instead of the blame?”

Your team will follow your energy.
Your tone.
Your actions.

Lead from the front, not from fear.

🛠️ Daily Hustl Hack

The “Lead Like a CEO” Checklist

Here’s how to lead with clarity and confidence—even if you’re a team of one right now:

1. Own the outcomes.
   Results rise or fall with you. Always.

2. Model the behavior.
   Don’t demand discipline—demonstrate it.

3. Set crystal-clear expectations.
   Confusion creates chaos. Clarity creates movement.

4. Give feedback often (and early).
   Most problems start as small ones that never got addressed.

5. Celebrate wins loudly.
   People repeat what gets recognized. Culture is built on energy.

Want your team to step up? Show them how it’s done.

🤘 Hustlr’s Toolbox

Tool of the Day: Loom

Leadership is communication. Loom lets you:

• Record quick updates

• Give clear direction

• Share vision with energy

Great leaders over-communicate—and this makes it frictionless.

💭 The Final Hustl Thought

You can’t outsource leadership.
You are the standard.

👉 Hit reply and tell me: What’s one leadership habit you’re leveling up this month?

Keep Hustl’ing,
Tony