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🧩 Life's A Game

2x Founder | Brand Builder | Creator | Investor Featured in Forbes, Ad Week, Poosh, The Skinny Confidential Over 110,000 people follow Amanda to learn how to get the most out of life. Single mom x3 Teaching Productivity to emerging Leaders via Morning Brew

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🧩 Life's a Game: BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. 2 years of Life's a Game 🤯 + a BIG Announcement ↓ Hi Friend! Today is the 2nd birthday of this newsletter: 🧩Life’s a Game. I can't believe it. In June 2023 I hit send on a passion project. Since then, I’ve written over 100 newsletters. That’s roughly 200,000 words. We’ve added 80,000 people to this newsletter...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. Self-Care Burnout: When Wellness Becomes a Full-Time Job ↓ Quick Spin: Why self-care is starting to feel like another hustle culture The rules I now use to simplify my routine How to focus on what actually matters ♟️ MY TURN: I used to believe the answer to burnout was self care. But in an effort to pursue less...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. The Fear Line ↓ Quick Spin: When fear motivates us vs. paralyzes us Signs you are operating below the line How Brené Brown uses this line at work and home Want to increase your career luck in 2025? This is for you! 👇 ICYMI I taught my most comprehensive LinkedIn Masterclass ever. In this one hour session I...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. Are they Mirrors or Telescopes? ↓ Quick Spin: A vulnerable story about doing the work Why some people don't support our growth 4 Mirrors to check when building community 🧩 Thanks for keeping Life's a Game Free! A few months ago I decided to switch all my courses and community from Kajabi to Mighty Networks and...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. My Career Insurance ↓ Quick Spin: Social Media is borrowed land My 2 Strategies for ⬆️ ownership Bonus: a Loom Video showing you how I'm doing it! Social media can either distract you from your goals or help you achieve them. I'm excited to be partnering with Manychat on this newsletter and helping people learn...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. Why I Fake Deadlines 👀 ↓ Quick Spin: Putting the cart before the course The most dangerous phrase for success 3 Steps toward (actually) achieving that goal 🧩 Thanks for keeping Life's a Game Free!I know a lot of you probably work for yourselves or have a side gig, or maybe you’re starting your own company, and...

UPCOMING EVENTS May is a season of pushing before the summer hits! I'm hosting/joining 2 FREE webinars over the next month to help you level up your business and life: May 21st @ 12pm EST: Mastering LinkedIn in 2025 to grow your career luck - Register here May 22nd @ 2pm EST: Founder-led Marketing for Startups and Solopreneurs - Register here Whether you're just starting out or, like me, are ready to scale to the next level, I'm sharing everything I'm learning as I grow my business. Over the...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. Sucks? Build systems. ↓ Quick Spin: How Systems Keep me Sane My FAST System Creation process 5 Systems you can Steal today ♟️ MY TURN: In case you missed it, there has been a lot of controversy around Chappell Roan’s comment on the Call Her Daddy podcast about motherhood and how miserable all her parent friends...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. The Great Wait... ↓ Quick Spin: Story: The Chinese bamboo tree The Psychology of Quitting 3 Strategies I use to Keep Going ♟️ MY TURN: For the past two years I've been in a quieter season of life - growing roots and being a bit more silent (at least compared to my days as a VC backed startup founder traveling...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. The Reflection Pause + Why I'm Listening Less ↓ Quick Spin: The reflection pause The 3 Step Process to ⬆️ Reflection Pause ♟️ MY TURN: Listen up. We need to stop listening so much. (That irony was intentional) Story time…. When I was going through a big growth chapter and found myself repeating some old...