The last story from the Thursday Strategy Notes.
The last story from the Thursday Strategy Notes.
The biggest career shift for teachers in decades started in 2020—and it's accelerating.
More and more teachers are quietly building stable, independent businesses.
Not talking about the rare 6-figure language coach.
But people who used to doubt if anyone would ever pay them directly...
Now they're confidently making $2k, $3k, $4k/month—on their own terms.
That shift—from uncertainty to ownership—is life-changing.
I'm happy to be part of this movement. And happy to be part of your journey in some capacity.
I want to share my top two reasons why growing a coaching business is worth it.
What’s the alternative?
Really. What’s your long-term, better plan?
The Compound Effect.
In the first business course I ever joined, they recommended a book called The Slight Edge.
You don’t need to read it. I can tell you the core idea.
The book explains—in a thousand ways, through stories, science, mathematics, and whatnot—one simple concept:
👉 If you improve a little bit every day, your results grow exponentially over time.
That’s the power of the compound effect.
I already knew the concept through investing and geometric growth...
But I had never considered this:
Your productivity compounds.
Your skills compound.
Your influence compounds.
Your happiness compounds.
Everything is either spiraling up—or down.
My first posts used to take 5 hours to write.
My first live session? A 14-hour ordeal (no joke).
Now it’s easily 5–10x faster.
Imagine becoming 10x more productive in 20 different areas.
It’s possible to keep 10x-ing your productivity every year.
A few years later, you’re literally 1000x more productive.
That means your output is 1000x more effective.
If you can do in 1 day what takes others 7, you’re moving 7x faster.
Over 10 years, the difference is a lifetime of work.
Productivity is wildly, WILDLY, uneven.
The compound effect is also what I call the wow effect.
Because for a long time nothing seems to change...
Then suddenly, it looks like everything changed.
There are entire books trying to hammer this idea into people’s heads.
I’m not convinced I can explain it better—or even that anyone here needs the explanation.
But this is why I’m writing about it.
Every time I hear about the compound effect, I listen—like someone’s revealing a mystery.
It’s simple to understand…
And yet, there’s something the Neanderthal part of my brain doesn’t quite get.
But I feel that those who get it—and act on it—win everything.
I want to be reminded of that mystery every day.
Things do get better. Slowly, until it's a "wow".
Hope you enjoy it too.
