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THE APPETIZER

Someone reminded me we just crossed the 100 days left in the year mark.
Which means (two finger emoji)  things:

1. Mariah Carey is currently defrosting……

2. You’ve got just enough time to either make this year one to remember,  or waste three more months pretending “next year” will be different.

The choice is yours. Plain and simple. Which one is it going to be?

As always, I hope you enjoy my sauce. 

- Patrick Frank

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Notion 3.0 Is officially here: Everything you need to know in one read: (LINK)

THE MAIN COURSE:

The 100-Day ROI Experiment 

There are less than 100 days left in the year. To some, that sounds scary. To others, it sounds like an opportunity.

The Scary Bucket Readers: If you are in the scary bucket, here is your chance to turn the last half of the year into one to remember. 

The Opportunity Bucket Readers: If you are in the opportunity group, this should be a way to get even more out of what you already have planned. 

Here’s the math: 100 days = 14 weeks = 2,400 hours.

• 100 days → 100 clean shots. Each one a chance to take a step forward, try something new, or finally do the thing you’ve been avoiding.
  

• 14 weeks → 14 cycles to measure progress. Enough time to build habits, track results, and actually see change stack up.
  

• 2,400 hours → 2,400 blocks of time you get to spend (or waste). Carve out just 1 hour a day and you’ve invested 100 hours into your future self before the ball drops.

Stack all of those up, and bingo you got yourself something tangible. 

Maybe you are working on a new business. Maybe you are trying to get in better shape. Whatever it is, don’t think that waiting until the new year is the right time, because the best time to start anything is today….

 I mean, what else are you going to do? Nothing?.....No thanks. 

Think back to the promises you made yourself at the beginning of this year. What have you accomplished, what have you ignored, and what are you making progress on?

And if you’re drawing a blank, no problem.

 In today’s main course, I’m breaking down how to stack small, compounding actions that will make the final lap of 2025 your strongest.

The Core Idea: Stack small actions. Get A Big Result. 

Think about it:

The Big Idea

ROI isn’t just about dollars. It’s about return on effort. And in 100 days effort can compound a lot. 

Here’s my personal playbook for the rest of the year that I can tell you from doing it myself…

 IT ACTUALLY WORKS.

• 1 text/day → 100 relationships warmed → Hint - Go into your photo memories. Send them to the people you have lost connection with. This is the ultimate relationship building hack. 

• 10 cold emails/conversations a day → 1000 conversations → I can guarantee that ONE will respond. It could unlock your next job, deal, or whatever you are looking for. 

• 100 Body weight movements a day → That's 10,000 reps and takes less than 10min. I do this everyday. It will change the way you look and feel. 

If you combine all of these actions, the actual time it takes to do it is about 1.5hrs out of your day. That's only 6% to have a 100x return. 

That’s the game: Consistent deposits that compound into real results that move your life forward. 

The Secret Sauce Menu

Momentum Builders

• 1 page of writing/day → 100 pages by New Year. That’s a book draft, newsletter backlog, or content library.

• Record a 60-second video/day → 100 pieces of content for social. (Consistency beats virality.)

• 1 uncomfortable ask/day → 100 doors knocked on. Most will stay closed, but you only need one to swing open.

Health + Energy

• Stretch for 5 minutes/day → 8+ hours of flexibility banked. Your back will thank you.

• Cold exposure or sauna 3x/week → 40+ sessions to reset your body and brain.

• 1 extra hour of sleep/night → 100 hours of sharper thinking stacked.

Relationships + Reputation

• 1 handwritten note/week → 14 people end the year remembering you differently.

• Shine the spotlight on someone else once a week (intro, repost, shout-out) → 14 people grateful you put them on.

• Reconnect with 1 “loose tie” a week (old coworker, classmate, partner) → 14 chances to restart dormant relationships.

Wealth + Skills

• Read 10 minutes/day → 1,000 minutes of sharper inputs. (That’s a full book or two.)

• Learn 1 new skill hack/week (AI tool, shortcut, system) → 14 added to your arsenal.

• Save/invest $10/day → $1,000 by New Year (without even thinking about it).

Closing Punch

Pick one. Pick as many as you want. The time it takes is less than you think. 

Stack it for 100 days.

Because when the ball drops, you’ll either be holding champagne… or holding proof that the last lap of the year was the one that set you on a whole new trajectory. 

And that is something to celebrate. 

DOMAIN DADDY

🍷 Domain Daddy: PersonifyWine.com

You ever drink a glass of wine and think, “This doesn’t feel like me”?

Enter PersonifyWine.com — where your personality finally gets bottled.

Why this domain slaps

• Everyone’s a Sommelier Now: Millennials and Gen Z love “personalized everything.” Coffee orders, Spotify Wrapped, AI horoscopes — why not wine?

• Zero to Winery in 60 Seconds: You answer a quick personality + taste quiz → the platform pushes a PO to wine makers → boom, your vibe is now a vintage.

• Branding = Built-in Flex: It even auto-generates a custom wine label logo based on your inputs. Imagine pulling up to a dinner party with your own face on the Merlot.

• Gift Market = Nuclear: Weddings, birthdays, corporate gifting — this doesn’t just print labels, it prints money.

Who should buy this?

• Vivino: You already let people rate wines. Time to let them become one.

• Wine.com: Why stop at selling wine when you can sell identities in a bottle?

• Any AI startup that wants to pivot from “prompt engineering” to “Cabernet engineering.”

Closing Punch

This isn’t just DTC wine — it’s DTC you.
And the first company that runs with it is gonna have the entire brunch crowd saying,
“Pour me… me.”

🧠 Your Action Plan:

💥 Pick one “dumb” idea you’ve been sitting on
🛠 Use my tech stack above — or steal my entire system inside Business In A Box
📦 Ship it within 14 days
🔥 Share it. Iterate it. Scale or scrap it.

That does it for the special editions of the sauce, next edition we will be back to the normal style. If you like this type of format better let me know and I can cook up some new editions that are catered to you! 

Stay Saucy,

- Patrick Frank