05/15/25 - Wakie Wakie 4:44

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Mark Evans DM
May 15, 2025

Welcome to Your 444 Newsletter!

Where instinct beats logic and protecting your peace comes before protecting your profit.

Today’s topic?
That weird gut feeling you keep ignoring.

You know the one.
The call with the partner that didn’t feel right.
The deal that looked great on paper but felt off.
The team member you’ve been making excuses for.

Your gut already knew. You just didn’t move fast enough.

No, it’s not paranoia.
No, it’s not being “too emotional.”
It’s awareness.

And every time you ignore it, it costs you time, money, and mental space.

Read Magician vs Mule
It’ll remind you how to protect your energy, move with confidence, and stop justifying things that don’t sit right.

4 Thoughts to Reflect On

  1. Your gut isn’t the problem. Your delay is.
    That first signal you ignored was the warning.

  2. Slow exits always lead to bigger damage.
    The longer you stay, the worse it gets. Always.

  3. Peace is underrated.
    When you lose it, everything else starts slipping too.

  4. No deal is worth your sanity.
    If it costs you your sleep, your joy, or your freedom, it’s not a deal.

4 Lessons I’ve Learned

  1. Every bad partnership started with me ignoring my gut.
    Every single one.

  2. The best decisions I ever made didn’t come from spreadsheets.
    They came from listening to that internal signal.

  3. You can’t scale what you don’t trust.
    That includes your people and your instincts.

  4. Cutting fast is a skill.
    You get better at it when you stop needing to be liked.

4 Challenges for You This Week

  1. Write down the one situation you know you need to cut.
    You’ve been avoiding it. Stop.

  2. Audit your energy after every meeting.
    Did you leave drained or focused?

  3. Say no quicker this week.
    If your gut says no, honor it. That’s the muscle we’re building.

  4. Get Magician vs Mule
    You’ll see how trusting yourself is the move that unlocks everything..

"When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.”
— Maya Angelou

Your gut has never lied to you.

It’s just waiting on you to listen.

Stop second-guessing. Start moving quicker.
That peace you keep craving starts with cutting the thing you already know isn’t right.

Trust your instincts. Protect your peace. Make the cut.
Mark Evans DM