The Mindful Creator | I talk about mindset, creativity, & content writing | Building The Mindful Creation Blueprint

I wasn’t supposed to be here.

Five and a half years ago, my life was going the other way...

I was: 

🔹Drinking every day
🔹Running from myself

And one night alcohol took my right eye in a freak accident

That was my wake-up call.

I had two choices: 

1. Keep spiraling downwards (and potentially die) 
2. Rebuild myself

I chose to rebuild.

I got sober. 

Which forced me to face the sides of myself I’d been running from. 

And in the process, I discovered something most people never realize...

Your identity shapes your whole reality. 

Who you believe you are determines what you're capable of creating. 

That lesson became the foundation of everything I do now.

When I started my consulting business...

I was in college studying audio engineering.

Just a normal guy who had to figure it out from scratch.

Since then... 

I built my consulting business to six figures organically on LinkedIn.

And I've watched my clients break through the same walls I had broken through in my own life.

Today, my mission is simple:

To help established leaders and creatives get to $20K/m by doing the inner work combined with the business work.

Because I know what it feels like to lose everything.

And I also know what it takes to build yourself back stronger.

Darion Rae

7 years ago I had my right eye removed after a drunk accident.

6 years ago I lost my job, my place, and my girlfriend because I was drinking everyday.

5 years ago I got sober and turned my life around.

Today I’ve generated almost half a million for myself and clients over the last 2 years using LinkedIn…

And I’m writing this from Medellin where I’ve been for the last 3 months working from my laptop. 

The road here wasn’t smooth (actually it was bumpier than anything)…

But now I get to:

🔹Travel the world
🔹Decide when I work and what I work on
🔹Make ‘internet money’ (as the kids would say)
🔹Pursue what I’m interested and curious about
🔹Find pleasure and happiness in the little things

All because I chose to bet on myself, start an online business even though it was scary, and not give up until I started winning. 

People love to tell you what you can and can’t do.

They also love to tell you that you can’t change. 

But you get to choose who you want to be. 

So show up every day as someone you’re proud of…

And make the story cool.

60+ 1:1 Clients Served | Helping solopreneurs build 6-figure service businesses on LinkedIn

Sales Navigator trying so hard to get me back it's even telling me Tony Robbins is a potential lead haha

One of my clients has a hard to deal with client of her own.

Here’s how we handled it…

She told me on a call that one of her clients keeps responding to her messages later than agreed upon and also pays her invoices late every month. 

So 2 weeks ago, I got her to send her client an email.

I won’t tell you what the email said exactly.

But let’s just say it demanded respect from her client in a polite way.

(Most solopreneurs are afraid to do this because they fear they’ll lose the client)

Here’s what happened next…

Her client apologized, signed up to an automated subscription (no more late invoices), and agreed to respond within 24 hours as their contract stated. 

She was shocked but obviously happy.

I told her…

You have to set expectations with your clients and then hold that standard.

If not… they’ll walk all over you.

I didn’t start in the online space with authority or expertise.

Nobody did.

You build sh*t offline, keep stacking proof.

Share your wins (and losses) publicly. 

Then and only then will your credibility and status start to rise.

People will doubt and judge you, but you need to keep delusional self-belief…

Because you can’t let not having a bunch of authority yet be the reason you don’t keep building.

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🔷 I created a 3-day mini course breaking down The LinkedIn Acquisition Triangle that I’ve used for me and my clients to generate almost half a million on LinkedIn.

You get instant access to it when you join my free Skool community, Identity & Income Breakers. Find us here: https://lnkd.in/dNFDt2yC

Be bold.

Speak your truths.

Being too agreeable and aiming for broad engagement stops you from sharing your own opinions on topics. 

This forces you into the same broad vanilla content that’s all over LinkedIn right now.

Do this right…

And you’ll magnetize your people.

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🔷 I created a 3-day mini course breaking down The LinkedIn Acquisition Triangle that I’ve used for me and my clients to generate almost half a million on LinkedIn.

You get instant access to it when you join my free Skool community, Identity & Income Breakers. Find us here: https://lnkd.in/dNFDt2yC

I hit my first $5K month with less than 5K followers. 

I also went on to hit my first $10K month with less than 7K followers. 

Proving to me once again the dirty little secret most LinkedIn gurus don’t want you to know (because you’d stop liking and commenting on their posts so much)

→ You want your dream clients to respect you more than they like you. 

You’ll grow slower.

You definitely won’t be ‘LinkedIn famous’.

But you’ll actually make money here.

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🔷 I created a training breaking down my LinkedIn Acquisition Triangle that I’ve used for me and my clients to generate almost half a million on LinkedIn.

It’s inside my free Skool community, Identity & Income Breakers. You can join here: https://lnkd.in/dNFDt2yC

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Meaning comes from progress.

When you're moving towards something you've decided is important to you...

Your mind has something to focus on.

This removes distractions and gives significance and meaning to your life.

I used to be an engagement junkie on LinkedIn 2.5 years ago.

Here’s what I mean…

I thought success on LinkedIn meant likes, comments, and impressions. 

So what I did was find top performing posts, then write them out by hand on a piece of paper. 

Then I would look at the structure, flow, and rhythm, and write my own post on a different topic following it to the letter (down to the same number of words per sentence). 

It got me engagement, but never any clients. 

At first I thought I was winning because my follower count was growing…

But after almost 5 months I still didn’t land a single client. I was frustrated. 

It wasn’t until I learned about targeted content that everything shifted for me.

I started writing to build trust and authority with the people I could help only (no more broad generic posts). 

2 months later I hit my first $5K month… then a few months after that my first $10K.

All from this one shift. 

Look if you’re here to get some LinkedIn fame and some likes, more power to you. We all have different goals. 

But if you’re here to actually magnetize and land clients (and currently aren’t)… 

Maybe it’s time to switch your approach.


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🔷PS. I’m doing a live deep dive into writing targeted content this Thursday inside my private Skool community.

I’ll be teaching the same strategy me and my clients have used to generate almost a half a million dollars on LinkedIn over the last 2 years. 

You can join us free here → https://lnkd.in/dNFDt2yC

I’ll be doing some Q&A + content audits for people who are live on the call… so don’t miss out.

2 years I ago I joined my first coaching program.

Here’s what surprises most people…

The guy who ran it didn’t have a huge following (around 10K subs).

When I found him on YouTube, he wasn’t famous.

And his videos weren’t high production, they were just him talking into the camera. 

But I still paid him $7K anyways. 

Here’s why…

I knew he could help me grow my coaching/consulting biz. 

He had the client proof. He had the authority. He had done it himself. 

And his content was relevant to where I was at and what I was struggling with. 

In other words, he knew his niche inside and out. 

Why does this matter to you? 

Because if you want to actually make money from LinkedIn…

The same rule applies. 

Stop trying to be LinkedIn famous and start aiming to be niche famous.

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🔷 I created a training breaking down The LinkedIn Acquisition Triangle that I’ve used for me and my clients to generate almost half a million on LinkedIn.

You get instant access to it when you join my free Skool community, Identity & Income Breakers. Find us here: https://lnkd.in/dNFDt2yC

The number 1 reason solopreneur’s content fails:

They focus on engagement, not relevance. 

🔹Chasing viral topics/trends
🔹Writing for everyone instead of who they help
🔹Checking how many likes they got before ‘who’ actually liked it

All this creates is empty numbers with no leads. 

Here's the switch I made:

Went deep on the person I help (their fears, frustrations, desires) → Created content for them (not just teaching, but leading from experience) → Wrote as if I was speaking to them 1:1 → Saw what they resonate most with (then did more of it) → Repeat

Stop trying to go viral and write for everyone (if you want to magnetize potential clients)

Start writing for the people you want to work with. 

Most content here looks this same, this is how you stand out from everyone else.

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🔷PS. I’m doing a deep dive tomorrow on how to write targeted content inside my free Skool community.

If you’re a solopreneur and your content isn’t attracting the right people (or anyone)… you have to be there. You can join us here → https://lnkd.in/dNFDt2yC

PPS. I’m doing a Q&A and real time content audits at the end for a few people who show up live… so don’t wait and sign up now.

After working with 60+ solopreneurs 1:1, 

Here’s the biggest mistake they all make on LinkedIn…

→ Trying to be liked by everyone

Instead of:

🔹Writing targeted content relevant to the people they help
🔹Standing up against their dream client's injustices and enemies
🔹Engaging with potential clients and building relationships with them

They:

🔹Write broad generic content to get empty engagement
🔹Never have bold stances or opinions on topics in their niche
🔹Spend their time on big creators’ posts hoping to get a response (and when they do it’s usually a VA)

The goal here isn’t just to magnetize your dream clients…

It’s also to repel people who aren’t. 

Authority with the right people > being liked by everyone

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🔷 I created a training breaking down The LinkedIn Acquisition Triangle that I’ve used for me and my clients to generate almost half a million on LinkedIn.

You get instant access to it when you join my free Skool community, Identity & Income Breakers. Find us here: https://lnkd.in/dNFDt2yC

The most powerful sales tool I own isn't a piece of software.

It’s relationships…

One of my clients followed me for 8 months before he decided to work with me.

Another one was on my email list for 3 months before she joined my program. 

The first coaching program I ever joined was from a guy I was following and consuming on YouTube for 5 months before I booked a call with him.

The point → Nurture more.

Everyone is going for a quick sale, a connect and pitch, cold outreach…

With no trust and no relationship. 

This is the wrong game. 

Instead… (I feel crazy for even saying these because it’s common sense)… get to know people. Get them to know you. Show them you care and understand them.

It’ll get you a lot more work than cold outreach, and your positioning will be 100X stronger. 

Nowadays with automation and spam rampant everywhere…

This is your competitive advantage.

“Over 1 million impressions! Can you believe it only led to 1 newsletter sign up and 0 dollars?!”

This is what the ghostwriting agency owner said to us on the writing team after a post went viral on Twitter. 

Here’s what’s shocking… this is not uncommon. Back when I was ghostwriting… 

I saw this a lot. 

Everyone aiming to get likes and impressions (the vanity metrics).

All which led to nearly no clients signed which means…

No money. 

This showed me firsthand why being respected online by your niche is FAR more important than being liked.

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🔷 If you're struggling to write content that feels aligned with you while still attracting your dream clients on LinkedIn...

I ran a workshop teaching my 6-figure content system & strategy.

Catch the free recording here:

https://lnkd.in/eUqPr7vK

Most solopreneurs approach content wrong. 

They write broad to get engagement, but struggle to magnetize clients. 

That same time you spend writing for likes and impressions you could be spending on building authority and influence. 

(The type of authority & influence that brings clients to you instead of you chasing them)

Because the longer you stay stuck in the engagement trap…

The longer you’ll struggle to consistently attract clients. 

One of the core pillars I teach my clients on how to magnetize is → targeted content. 

The goal is to write content that resonates with the right people (and repel the wrong people).

This is how you squeeze the most dollars out of the time you spend each week writing content. 

I made this shift myself just over 2 years ago…

And it led to my first $10K month from LinkedIn. 

My client Abby went from 0 clients to working with 5 just from writing targeted content. 

The trick is it has to be done right. 

Which is why this Thursday at 1PM CDT I’m doing a live deep dive on targeted content inside my private Skool group.  

I’m also going to do a Q&A at the end + some content audits for people who are there on the call. 

Just comment ‘TARGETED’ below and I’ll send you the calendar invite (it’s free to join).

🔷PS. I also put together a ‘targeted content’ checklist + a swipe file with examples from me and my clients for you to reference and use as frameworks.

Yours to keep if you show up live.

Collin L.

I Build High-Performing Email Systems For Busy Coaches & Solopreneurs, So They Can Increase Clientele & Drive Revenue On Autopilot

.Hey, I'm Collin.

I teach busy entrepreneurs and leaders how to reduce stress and mental fog that cost them time, money, and opportunities.

You know the feeling...

That moment before a big decision where your mind goes foggy. The endless loop of "what if" scenarios. That voice saying you're not ready, not good enough, or that you'll make the wrong choice.

I've been there too.

But here's what I discovered:

This isn't a character flaw. It's a nervous system issue. And it's fixable.

In fact, you can rewire your mind for calmness, clarity, and confidence... without years of therapy or "grinding harder." Just awareness, the right tools, and a willingness to change.

That's what you'll get here.

So, if this sounds interesting to you, shoot me a DM :)

LinkedIn Ghostwriter

Writing LinkedIn content to achieve my clients' desired outcomes. 

- Driving engagement
- Growing their following
- Building authority
- Landing clients for work

We build a specific plan, tailored to your social media brand. 

Most of my clients want to grow their brand and land clients. We do this in separate phases. 

Send me a DM to build your content plan and achieve your brand's goals!

Observation from 3.5 years of creative work:
(and burning out twice)

It's impossible to fulfil client work, write great content, or come up with unique ideas when your brain is barely hanging on. 

Sounds obvious, I know. 

But few people actually stop to consider how much fuel they have left within the tank of their own mind. 

- They wake up early. 
- Grind for hours daily. 
- Hustle harder and harder. 

You feel productive, satisfied, and perhaps even excited about all the hard work you're doing because some day, it'll pay off... right? 

Right?! 

Honestly, you don't know. 
So you put the blinders on. 

You keep pushing straight ahead with narrow vision, like an athletic horse during race time... just barreling ahead. 

Until one day, you crash. 

The work feels impossible. 

It's as if somebody dropped a 200-pound weighted blanket over your shoulders. 

This is burnout. 
It can take weeks to recover. 

While it’s great to push forward and do all the hard work today for a potentially better future, listen to your body. 

Play the long game.

Collin Lavigne

I Help High Performing Men Overcome Mental Blocks, Think Clearly & Sustain Peak Performance │ Flow State Training For Your Subconscious

You know exactly what you need to do.

But you just can't start because... well, self-sabotage.

We've all experienced this.

- You freeze
- You procrastinate
- You make a poor decision

Here's the thing...

You can be smart, capable, and want to succeed but still sabotage yourself. 

It happens because your brain wants to keep you safe.

And pushing beyond your comfort zones? Well, your subconscious mind perceives that as a threat.

This makes taking action feel impossible.

But what can you do?

How can you eliminate self-sabotage behaviors all together so that you keep making progress?

Stop fighting against it.

Become aware. Notice when it begins to happen in certain circumstances.

Use emotions as a signal that you need to focus on the task at hand.

Don't try to avoid it.
Don't try to fight it.

Lean into it.

I Help Busy Professionals Reduce Stress & Achieve Peak Mental Clarity │ Sustainable High-Performance Without Burnout.

So many of us are in a constant low-grade state of worry, overwhelm, and anxiety from morning until night.

This is chronic stress.

Oftentimes, it starts with one incident. 

But then one thing leads to another, until you’ve got a mountain of things to worry about.

You can’t control the world around you. 
You can control how you react to it.

It starts with the inner work.

The top 1% of elite performers deal with high-pressure situations way differently than others. 

How? 

- They take action despite their emotions. 
- They train their nervous system to handle it. 
- They treat it as proof they’re playing at the right level. 

It’s not complicated. 

But it takes a willingness to embrace pressure with open arms instead of running away like a dog with a tail between its legs. 

At the highest levels, pressure is the filter. 

It separates the majority with those who genuinely deserve to be there. 

Only the prepared remain.

You don't have a discipline problem.

What you have is a nervous system that's been running on high alert for so long it's forgotten what calm feels like.

Here's the thing:

You try thinking your way out of it.
But in reality, this is a "body-level" problem.

So that doesn't work.

Trying to think your way out of it is like trying to fix a WiFi issue by typing faster.

What happens:

The harder you push, the more your prefrontal cortex goes offline (which leads to brain fog and poor decisions).

It's not a character flaw.
It's neuroscience.

Your brain under chronic stress literally cannot perform the way you need it to.

So the answer isn't more discipline, hustling, or willpower.

But rather...

It's understanding what's actually happening, and working with your brain instead of against it.

Most high performers never learn this.

They just grind harder and wonder why they keep feeling more exhausted.
You can choose differently.

. . .

What's your experience with this?

Drop a comment to let me know where you're at.

Your identity is running on old software.

And this is holding you back. Because it was programmed YEARS ago when you were a little kid, before you could think for yourself.

For many of us, this led to:

- Narrow perspectives
- Limiting beliefs
- Self doubt

None of these serve you.

So how can you "rewrite" these programs? How can you change deeply held ideas and beliefs?

Here's my approach.

You don't need more time. You need to stop wasting it.

Here's the thing:

Most people feel like they don't have enough time in the day to do all the important things they want to.

But honestly?

There's enough time. You're just wasting it doing low-leverage work or distracting yourself.

Cut that out.

Life's short.

Spending even just 30 minutes daily on something that's difficult and exciting can change your life.

I break down exactly how to start in my latest video: https://lnkd.in/eCSgCJns

Decision paralysis destroys dreams.

But why does this happen? 

And what can we do to overcome this pattern of overthinking that keeps us stuck?

I Help Busy Entrepreneurs Reduce Stress & Achieve Peak Mental Clarity │ Sustainable High-Performance Without Burnout.

Tactical stress is like rocket fuel for rapid progress. 

But the problem: 

Life itself is so comfortable that voluntarily exposing yourself to stressful situations seems completely insane. 

Why wake up at 5am to build your business when you can lie under the covers and snooze for a few more hours? 

Why eat more protein to fuel a stronger body when you can pick up cheap fast food at the local gas station? 

It's a paradox. 

We have endless easy options. 

Our day-to-day lives can be so much more comfortable in the moment if we choose to.

But here's the thing:

The quick and easy choice leads to a worse future. 

Making the "hard" choice today ultimately propels you forward, like a rocket ship launching beyond the atmosphere. 

You're the ship. 

Tactical stress is your fuel. 

It's time to fly.

Stop trying to force new habits. 

It feels useful, but they never stick long-term because if you're building on a broken foundation.

Here's what I mean: 

Behavior change rarely sticks. That's because they're just the surface of something much deeper...

Your identity.

If you don't make changes to yourself at the identity level, then you'll eventually fall back into your old ways.

This is why most diets fail.
This is why most resolutions fail.

It's not that the person lacks willpower, discipline, intelligence to keep "pushing through" the struggle.

But in reality: 

It's because they're trying to change behavior without changing themselves. 

So, start making identity-based statements.

Don't say, "I need to stop procrastinating."

Say, "I am somebody who gets things done."

This goes a long way.

Stress is a "bad" thing, right?

Well, not exactly.

Here's what I mean:

When most people think of stress, they think of a racing heartbeat, feeling overwhelmed, and not knowing what to do.

That's bad stress.

But there's another kind.

It's one you can use to your advantage to help you focus intently, create momentum, and achieve more.

It's Tactical Stress.

A few examples:

- Setting tight but manageable deadlines
- Doing things outside your comfort zone
- Leaning into that angst before taking action

This is controlled pressure.
This is growth fuel.

When you can use this in your everyday life on meaningful tasks, you can propel forward much faster and further than imagined.

If you avoid this kind of stress, you stagnate.
You feel stuck in place.

Now, don't overwhelm yourself.

But find your edge and create Tactical Stress in ways that actually serve you.

Your potential is on the other side.

Focus is a skill, not a genetic advantage.

Yet so many people struggle with it.
Here's why this happens:

We're so overly stimulated with messages, emails, and other notifications that our attention is constantly scattered.

Every notification sound you hear creates the same stress response your brain uses for actual emergencies.

As a result...

It's why you feel so compelled to quickly check who it's from or what it's about, despite whatever you were doing before.

This shatters your focus.

Switching from one task to another creates a "cognitive lag" where you have a hard time thinking clearly.

Avoid this.

If you're serious about improving focus.

- Batch your communication
- Time block deep work
- Protect your attention

Doing this immediately puts you ahead of 95% of people in terms of your ability to lock in.

Focus like your life depends on it.

Quickest way to reduce your mental tension: 

Close loops. 
Here's how it works:

The Zeigarnik Effect states that your mind remembers unfinished tasks more vividly than finished ones. 

Here's why it's a problem: 

Unfinished tasks signal a potential threat or loss to your subconscious mind, which doesn't understand logic. 

So your working memory weakens, and more cortisol is released, which creates ongoing low-grade stress. 

Nobody wants to live like this.

Close loops or live in tension.

It's that simple.

Most people think confidence is all about your skills, experience, or the situation you're in.

But in reality?

That's just a small part of it. Here's what confidence really boils down to, and how you can improve your own today.

Your unconscious mind runs your life.

It can process millions, maybe even billions, of information bits every second.

And it largely influences:

- Thoughts
- Emotions
- Reactions

But few people ever take the time to actually investigate aspects of their unconscious mind.

Instead, they allow it to direct their life, and they call it fate.

You have more control than you think.

You can understand what's happening beneath the surface of your conscious awareness and gain clarity on these unconscious behaviors.

Some great ways to start:

- Self hypnosis
- Deep meditation
- Writing without constraints

The question isn't whether or not you can understand these unconscious aspects of yourself.

But will you?

What if I told you there's something you can do for two minutes every day that'll completely rewire your brain?

It's not brushing your teeth. (Though that does help.)

It's visualization.

Yes, it seems weird. I thought it was "woo woo" nonsense too, until I tried it.

The process is simple:

Sit down.
Close your eyes.
Take a few deep breaths.

And once you get into that calm, meditative space, envision yourself doing something you want to achieve.

Don't watch it like a movie.

But actually see things through your own eyes and feel the associated emotions you'd get while doing that.

Here's the science of why this works:

When you visualize something, the same neural pathways activate as when you actually do it.

Your brain can't tell the difference.
The neurons fire the same way.

So when doing visualization, you're priming your mind to accomplish the thing before you even start.

5 minutes, that's all it takes.

Your imagination is powerful. Use it to your advantage.

I Help High Performers Overcome Mental Blocks, Think Clearly & Sustain Peak Performance │ Flow State Training For Your Subconscious

Most people think anxiety is always a bad thing. 

But that's false.

You can use anxiety as a "signal" that helps in many areas of your life.

The challenge:

It requires you to do the inner work beforehand, so you can become aware of how to best use anxiety to your advantage.

Here's how to start.

You avoid hard things.

Not because you're lazy. But because your brain wants to keep you safe and thinks "discomfort = threat."

Just keep in mind:

Every time you push through something difficult, you're teaching your nervous system that discomfort isn't danger. It's growth.

And if you do this enough times?

Your brain starts to crave that resistance because it knows this means you're making progress.

This is because you've flipped the script on your reward system.

Look, we've been conditioned for immediate gratification.

Scroll. Dopamine.
Scroll. Dopamine.

But the people who operate at peak performance have retrained their brains to think the opposite.

They embrace the friction.

And this here is the key to performing at your best.

Most people are employees within their own lives.

They show up, work hard, and hope things magically improve...

But here's what happens:

Nothing changes.
Despite their effort.

It's because they're always REACTING to life rather than consciously CREATING their life.

How does this happen?

We get so caught up in day-to-day responsibilities that we never take time to reflect on our situation.

You need to step back.

Without regular check-ins with yourself, you're like a company with no strategy.

You're simply reacting to chaos.

And slowly but surely...
This creates lots of stress.

Until one day, something happens that makes it all explode (doing something you shouldn't, burnout, etc.).

Either way, it's not good.

When you don't step back to gain clarity, it's easy to lose control and start reacting to everything.

Don't let it get to this point.
Step back from the noise.

Start acting like the CEO of your life. Figure out what's working and what's not.

That's how you lead your life instead of just surviving through it.

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