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[Brian @bdmfit50]

@josh_wilets You’re just about five months behind me.

[Brian @bdmfit50]

@JennSalerno310 Hey I went to college up there. Don’t be throwing your trash up there!

[Tom Cruise @TomCruise]

For the last 46 years, it has been my privilege to work alongside countless talented artists and crews to create these characters, stories, and films for you all.

I'm looking forward to seeing you at the movies! DIGGER. Only in theaters this October.

[𝙆am Brice @kambrice1tv]

Pete Alonso has been everything the Orioles could’ve hoped for.

Team leader in HR (18), RBI (52), Hits (74), SLG (.475) and OPS (.812).

Safe to say Baltimore won’t regret this signing.

[Brian @bdmfit50]

@JennSalerno310 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Brian @bdmfit50]

@JennSalerno310 That’s a Calendar shot right there!

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

She was 17, working as a Hooters waitress in Jacksonville, Florida, when the cooks walked out. She didn't know how to deep fry chicken tenders or fries. She went back to the kitchen and figured it out.

Two years later, Hooters asked her to fly to Australia to help open the first franchise there. She'd never been on a plane. She didn't have a passport.

She got the passport and went.

By 26, she was a vice president. She helped grow Hooters from 100 locations to over 500 in 33 countries and from $300 million to $1 billion in revenue. She never finished her undergraduate degree.

At 32, Cinnabon recruited her to be president. She was the youngest CEO to ever appear on Undercover Boss. Under her leadership, Cinnabon added 200 bakeries, expanded to 56 countries, and approached $1 billion in annual sales through partnerships with Taco Bell, Burger King, and grocery stores.

She grew up on a $10-a-week grocery budget. Three sisters. Single mom who left their alcoholic father when Kat was nine. The family survived on her mother's determination and multiple jobs.

"Every year on my birthday card, my mom writes: 'Don't forget where you came from, but don't you dare ever let it solely define you.'"

Kat was the first person in her family to attend college. She enrolled in an engineering program at the University of North Florida but dropped out to pursue her career at Hooters. She later earned her MBA from Georgia State University without a bachelor's degree, getting accepted through letters of recommendation from business leaders including Ted Turner.

After Cinnabon, she became Group President of Focus Brands (Cinnabon, Auntie Anne's, Moe's, Carvel, Schlotzsky's). Then in 2021, AG1 (formerly Athletic Greens) recruited her after the founder heard her on a podcast. She became President and COO, then CEO in 2024.

She's known for a practice she calls the "hotshot rule": every month, she asks herself, "If a hotshot took over my job today, what's the first thing they'd fix that I've been tolerating?"

Here's what Kat Cole's story makes me think about.

She said yes before she was ready. Every major career leap, from the kitchen walkout to Australia to Cinnabon to AG1, happened because she said yes to something she wasn't qualified for yet and then figured it out in real time. "Saying yes before you are ready is only half of it. You have to use your hustle muscle to close the gap."

Most people wait until they feel ready. They wait for the degree, the experience, the credentials, the confidence. Kat built one of the most impressive corporate careers of her generation by saying yes first and learning second. Every single time.

I think about that in my own work. I've never felt fully ready to start any of the businesses I've built. The readiness came after the commitment, not before it.

Kat Cole was a Hooters waitress at 17. Cooks walked out. She went to the kitchen and figured it out. Never been on a plane. Flew to Australia to open a franchise. VP at 26. Cinnabon president at 32. $10-a-week grocery budget growing up. First in her family to attend college. Dropped out. Got an MBA without a bachelor's. Now CEO of AG1.

"Saying yes before you are ready is only half of it. You have to use your hustle muscle to close the gap."

What are you waiting to feel ready for that you should just say yes to?

P.S. Building a 10-business portfolio (6 down). Documenting everything at nathanhirsch(dot)com/newsletter.

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

Dear professional baseball players,
ANY player in ANY professional LEAGUE who is FINED by their league for refusing to be FORCED to participate in WOKE LEFTIST AGENDAS, who refuses to wear ridiculous uniforms (or cleats), @TPUSA and I will PAY any and ALL of your Fines!
You signed a contract to play baseball, you didn’t sign a contract to go against your deeply held Christian religious beliefs.
Baseball is our National Pastime, not Drag queen story hour.

Sincerely yours,
Rob Schneider and Turning Point USA!

[It’sjustme @ItsjustmeandJC]

There we have it. JD chuckling it up on the view and Megyn Kelly, Rubio boldly calling out the hatred and evil fomenting on the woke right.
Lines appear to have been drawn. Rubio is the man.

[Brian @bdmfit50]

@nicksortor You’re a disgrace Trump.

[Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck]

Every single Christian organization, pastor, ex MLB player and current Christian player should be speaking up right now, and loudly. You hold the cards. @MLB needs us to survive. Christian America made them rich. If they aren’t forced into major concessions here, we deserve it.

[Brian @bdmfit50]

@SNY_Mets I’m old enough to remember seeing Mets fans rip Alonso. Can’t play D. Isn’t clutch. Not worth the money. When Cohen let Alonso leave I dumped the Mets for the first time in 55 years, but just as much because of the ignorant fans as it was because of Stearns.

[Brian @bdmfit50]

@HawleyMO All talk no action. I’m so done with the Republicans in office.

[Brian @bdmfit50]

@ClayTravis Talk talk talk. What will any member of Congress actually do about it?

[Wesley Hunt @WesleyHuntTX]

It’s amazing how quickly the gatekeepers of culture decide what’s acceptable.

In June, every logo becomes a rainbow. Every stadium, every jersey, every broadcast gets a political message.

But put a Bible verse on your cap? Suddenly that’s “controversial.”

Put an American slogan front and center? Suddenly that’s “divisive.”

The NFL had no problem painting political movements in the end zone. Major League Baseball has no problem turning every June into a month-long corporate activism campaign.

Yet the moment someone wants to celebrate faith, patriotism, or traditional values, we’re told those things don’t belong in sports.

Funny how the people preaching inclusion always seem to have a very specific list of viewpoints they’re willing to include.

If rainbow logos belong in sports, then so do Bible verses.

If political messages belong in sports, then so do messages celebrating faith, family, and country.

The double standard isn’t subtle anymore. EVERYONE sees it.

[Brian @bdmfit50]

@JennSalerno310 Don’t be a hater. Senga just needs some love and support.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Iran scores a goal in a World Cup match in LA. The stadium is full of Iranian fans. Imagine the Iran fan experience. You can’t even protest your own government in Iran yet the “great satan” country you’re at war with lets people cheer for your team freely.

[Brian @bdmfit50]

@RobSchneider @MLB Better yet, they should refuse to play at all.

[Brian @bdmfit50]

@JennSalerno310 🔥🔥🔥😮😮😮