A note from June

Hi all,

This week I've been spending a lot of time thinking about what would have happened if I hadn't built the muscle to get comfortable with being a walking contradiction. Hear me out, because after speaking to many of you this week, it turns out that a lot of you are feeling this way too.

You wanted the status of the big corporate career, but you also realised it was essentially golden handcuffs. You spent years climbing the ladder only to realise that ladder wasn't designed for you. You love structure but also freedom. You want the work to be serious yet meaningful. You want to be seen to get really good at something, but your brain gets better the more you do new things. You want to be taken seriously in one room without having to hide who you are in another.

I see you and I feel this so deeply.

The conversation that really hit home was with a MyPholyo customer who said exactly what I was saying a few years ago: if I show up as this version of me, how will the clients from my other hat feel about it? It's such a fair question, and one that took me a long time to master. In the end, I realised it's really not a problem for you to solve at all, because you can't control how people choose to perceive you. All you can do is let your work speak for itself.

Think of it this way. Bill Gates wouldn't apologise to Microsoft customers, or even feel bad, because he was setting up something new. He would talk about both with equal gusto. So why shouldn't you? Your different hats are not contradictions to resolve. They are your portfolio.

So I want all of you to get into the app today. Let me know if you don't already have it. Add those income streams you are targeting and start making the moves that compound, so you can start claiming the money you are leaving on the table. That may mean Moxie telling you to post about it on LinkedIn. It may mean dropping something you're doing to make more time for the things that compound. It may mean finally putting a number against an income stream you've been thinking about for months.

Whatever it is, make the move. Excited to hear how you are closing your income gap.

See you at the Playground,

June x

Have you mapped your Pholyo?

MyPholyo helps you map your income streams, shows you where you are charging less than people doing the same work, and gives you the next steps to close the gap and reach your income goal.

Here is what the maps are telling us so far. 85% of people who have completed the MyPholyo Mapper are underpricing at least one income stream. The stream people say is most underpriced is speaking, hosting and facilitation, which barely registers as a source of income for the same people.

Most of you are running two or three streams, and a third are aiming for £100,000 to £250,000 a year across them. At that scale, one underpriced stream is a five-figure gap, and it takes a few minutes in the Mapper to find out which one it is.

Get your tickets

On Thursday 5 November, we are making the whole of MyPholyo physical. Mark Evans, ex Direct Line Group, joins us with other guests on a soon-to-be-announced panel, Susan Mackie is running a mindset workshop, Nurole are recording an episode of Enter the Boardroom live in the room, and every guest leaves with Lovable credits to keep building.

Map your Pholyo at the door and benchmark your rate in a room built for exactly that. Put a real question to Moxie and watch it work, and get your story filmed properly. There are one hundred seats.

June in Forbes

June was featured in Forbes this month, in a piece with Tanqueray called The Power of No, on what it takes to say no to the wrong things so you can say yes to a portfolio built on your own terms.

"Traditionally, we've been taught that you have one job, you're one thing always, and just diminish the rest. And I say no."

​Read the piece in Forbes​

A final call for supertesters

We are looking for the last few people to test the new MyPholyo experience. It takes fifteen minutes, from your laptop, with nothing to download. You walk through the site and say what you think as you go. Honest reactions only, please.

As a thank you, we will send you a £25 voucher once you have completed the session.

Reply to this email and we will send you the link.

News from portfolio careers

The 2026 State of Fractional Work report, published this week, found that most fractional leaders now work with two or three clients at a time, and that hourly pricing still dominates how they charge. The market is moving towards portfolio careers, and pricing is where most people are still leaving money behind.

Until next week,

The MyPholyo team

P.S. June's letter above is the one to forward to the friend who keeps apologising for having more than one hat.

Non-linear is the new normal.