05/14/25 - Wakie Wakie 4:44

Welcome to Your 444 Newsletter!

Where clarity, honesty, and momentum collide.

Today’s topic?
The one question that unlocks your next move in business.

What’s the real reason you’re stuck right now?

Not the fluffy excuse you give yourself.
Not the surface-level answer you told your team.
But the real reason.

Is it your lack of funding?
A bad hire you haven’t fired yet?
An operations mess you don’t want to admit?
Or maybe you're just winging it without a real growth plan?

Be honest with yourself.

Because no one’s coming to save your business.
But someone can help, if you’re willing to ask.

🟢 Hit reply to this email with your #1 growth bottleneck.
Tell me what's stopping you. I’ll read every message personally, and if I believe I can help you... you’ll hear from me.

4 Thoughts to Reflect On

1. Most people don’t need more ideas. They need more clarity.
   Without it, you end up spinning your wheels on the wrong problems.

2. Avoidance is expensive.
   Every day you delay solving the problem costs you money, energy, and peace of mind.

3. You already know what’s broken.
   You’ve just been hoping it’ll fix itself. It won’t.

4. Honesty is leverage.
   Once you admit the truth, you can finally build the plan to solve it.

4 Lessons I’ve Learned

1. Growth gets easier when you stop trying to do it alone.
   Community speeds up solutions. And no, your buddy from high school doesn’t count.

2. Fear of being judged keeps most entrepreneurs stuck.
   But being broke and burnt out is worse.

3. Most problems are systems problems.
   Fix your structure and your stress level goes down too.

4. Smart questions lead to smart support.
   The better you define the problem, the faster someone can help you solve it.

4 Challenges for You This Week

1. Write down your biggest business bottleneck in one sentence.
   If you can't explain the problem clearly, you can't solve it.

2. Share that problem with someone who has solved it before.
   They might see the blind spot you're missing.

3. Ask yourself what this problem is really costing you.
   In time, money, energy, and freedom.

4. Hit reply
   Tell me your growth bottleneck. If I can help, you’ll hear from me.

Most people don’t grow because they’re too scared to admit where they’re stuck.
But awareness is the first step to winning.

Be honest. Be bold. And if you’re ready to grow, ask for backup.

Let’s solve what’s really holding you back,
Mark Evans DM