Notion! Notion is an infinitely customizable blank canvas of ultimate power. 

Notion's greatest advantage is also it's biggest weakness. That's where I come in.

As the GTM Lead @ Optemization, I specialize in helping companies in hyper growth mode scale effectively without letting their workspace become a "dumping ground" for scattered info, links, meetings notes, and outdated docs that no one can trust. 

Optemization is an Ops Design consultancy focused specifically on the adoption of Notion. 

That could mean large migrations onto Notion, improving current workflows, creating custom automations and integrations, or auditing what you're currently working with.

If you've made it this far and want to learn more, here's some resources that can help:

Notion's Eleven - A free online course exploring the fundamentals of building an effective Notion workspace for teams of all sizes:

https://optemizations.notion.site/Welcome-to-Notion-s-Eleven-317a0fd26bf24d0295504e4cab1eba83

AND, my last offer is if you ever want to about anything related to Notion, I'm your guy 😎 

Lastly the fun part. My Special Skills and Fun Facts include:

🏆 3x Cornhole Champion 🏆 
🏅 3x Dodgeball Champion 🏅 
👨‍🍳 Former Food Cart Owner 👨‍🍳 
🥩 Steak Off Champion 🥩 
🐔 Notoriously known as “The Chicken Man” 🐔

Skyler Birk-Stachon

Maybe the LinkedIn DMs aren't so bad after all...

Your new favorite Notion and Pickleball guy | I scale your company’s Notion usage and host epic Pickleball Tournaments (or both!)

Baby it’s colddd outside.

But this surprise gift was the warmest thing I’ve seen all week!

Thanks so much Apollo.io, you're the best!!! 🫶

Incredibly unexpected but I appreciate you thinking of me!

Best gift box to pair with my Apollo pickleball paddle.

And they gave me a year's subscription to Calm which I already use daily.

Incredible!

Love when companies go the extra mile.

If you threw me back into time and I wanted to break into sales...

Here's what I would do:

Be a literal sponge to absorb and learn as much as humanly possible.

Here's the books I would read:

→ Never split the difference - Chris Voss
→ How to win friends and influence people - Dale Carnegie 
→ Gap selling - Keenan
→ The challenger sale - Matthew Dixon
→ Atomic habits - James Clear

Here are the LI sales creators I would follow:

→ Brian LaManna - All around 🐐 of everything sales and quota killer
→ Chris Orlob - Without Pclub I wouldn't be where I am today
→ Lauren Goodell - Everything you need to know about using AI in sales
→ Giulio Segantini - Your cold calling 🐐 
→ Morgan J Ingram - The Pipeline and Sales Nav Jedi
→ Troy Munson - Actionable tactics and software you should use
→ Julia Carter - Occasionally funny, usually useful 

Here is the course I would invest in

pclub.io - Literally unreal how much value is packed into it for the price

I'm currently a one man sales team who had never sold B2B before, there's no way I'd be where I am today if I hadn't bought it 

I would practice rejection therapy

Leverage AI to practice, you can cold call AI bots that are pretty damn good

When you start in sales, you're going to get your teeth kicked in 
**(that's just the reality, sorry not sorry) 

You're going to suck at it
**(cause of course you are, you've never done it would be unreasonable for you to not suck at it, but it'll get better over time)

But if you have the right mindset, are a coachable sponge and work hard...

You'll be just fine :)

10 Notion hills I will die on

#1 98% of companies use Notion wrong

#2 You can’t use Notion AI if your workspace is a dumping ground

#3 You need to stop letting your employees create random pages

#4 The reason you’re not getting the most out of Notion is that you haven’t properly invested into it

#5 I love Notion but 90% of Notion’s fancy features don’t actually matter to your employees

#6 You don’t have a Notion problem, you have an adoption problem

#7 Your company has a tool culture problem if you don’t have a unified way of working in Notion

#8 If you didn’t architect Notion correctly from the start you probably hate it now

#9 If your company isn’t database driven you’re using Notion wrong

#10 You’d be a fool not to be on a business or enterprise plan 

**cat is unrelated, he is simply just a goober

Next-Generation Leadership Consulting for Agencies | Save up to 30% in Operational Costs | Implement a Strong Vision in Under 3 Months | Founder @ REMODE |

REMODE has empowered 40+ e-commerce agency and brand founders to break free from the daily grind and regain control of their business.✅ Are you ready to focus ON your business and stop sweating the small stuff?✅ Is your goal to have an organization that runs smoothly without your constant involvement?✅ Do you want to achieve this fast but feel stuck on where to start?With REMODE, you’ll build an autonomous organization and unlock powerful leadership—faster than you ever thought possible.Does any of the following sound familiar?❌ Your team’s execution feels painfully slow, leaving you frustrated.❌ You feel chained to your business, knowing that time off means everything falls apart.❌ You lack confidence in your leaders to run the business for you.❌ You have sleepless nights worrying about missed growth opportunities because of the chaos.Here’s what collaborating with us will offer you:→ crystal-clear clarity→ unstoppable motivation→ sky-high engagement→ a self-reliant team→ streamlined, profitable operations→ freedom to focus on your long-term vision.Ready to break free from the daily grind and step back into the role of visionary entrepreneur? Let’s talk—send me a Direct Message.Your transformation is closer than you think—let’s make it happen.

Leon van der Laan

After every dark period comes one of light.

I’ve been paying for my Skool community for over a year. Never put to work. A money leak.

Over-analyzing and some very real personal challenges in 2025. A few demons took away my focus. I was stuck, lost.

And yeah, I was the bottleneck in my own launch. True story (kinda ironic for a coach who works with bottlenecks, huh).

But today, the silence ends.

Here's why:

Over the last few years, I’ve worked with two dozen 7-8-figure agencies and brands. 

We designed clear goals, implemented frameworks, and tight KPI systems. Solid stuff. All killing it.

But I noticed a pattern:

Even with the best systems in the world, success depends on whether leadership is ready. 

Especially the middle managers. The lieutenants.

The quality of your lieutenants determines if your goals actually become reality. Or if they stay spreadsheets. 

Dreams.

That’s why I’m launching The Conscious Leader.

While I continue my 1:1 high-performance coaching for founders via REMODE, this community is the "Lab" for your leadership team.

Starting today, I am committing to:

✅ Daily Strategic Support.
I’ll answer every leadership challenge or operational bottleneck with personalized 1:1 Loom videos.

✅ 2x Weekly Hot Seats:
60-minute live hot-seat group coaching sessions where we solve real problems.

✅ Bespoke Classroom:
Modules built from the real-world challenges your leaders face.

The result?

You regain your time, freedom, and focus.

Better-aligned leadership always leads to better business results.

I’m looking for the "Next 10".

Read the comments if you want to know what that means.

Leadership Coach in DTC Ecom | +10 years in Ecom | Helping DTC brands scale to 8-figures with the REMODE Framework™

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