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Ali Kriegsman's avatar

Thank u! Also

Hoping to be more opinionated in 2026

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

ALI YES! I know I'm not just speaking for myself when I say: THE PEOPLE NEED ALL YOUR OPINIONS!!!

Imah Effiong's avatar

Just finished reading “show your work”. That book is a game changer. Thank you go the recommendation

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

That’s amazing! I actually brought it with me on vacation to thumb through again! What part resonated with you the most?

Imah Effiong's avatar

1. Find your "scenius" - Love this idea of finding your community to collaborate and amplify your work

2. People want the "How To" --- As I think about my substack, this is what I want to focus on.

3. Introduce yourself properly - Tell people you are an artist and what you are working on.

Lauren Dewey's avatar

I adore this. I’m wanting to bring some of this same energy to 2026 - I’ve focused for so many years helping entrepreneurs and organizations create educational programs that WORK, and I’ve been way too quiet about important a focus on quality should be.

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

Yes yes yes!! All of this. 1. Congrats on your work in successfully supporting entrepreneurs and orgs 2. Quality is so important. You probably have so many learnings insights that you can be promoting/sharing! Would love to read them.

Allison Stadd 🥁's avatar

You’re a legend. Cheers to another fabulous year! 🥂

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

Aww thank you!!! Happy holidays Allison! Cheers x100

Taiwo Keefe's avatar

Where’s ’open tabs’?!?

Also wahoo to a successful year!! Seeing your name on one of my fave substack earlier this year was such. Proud moment !

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

Thank you Taiwo! The @Platonic Love feature was a highlight!! Love them. And good question, I should’ve linked to it, here’s my Open Tabs archive: https://newsletter.workwithashleyr.com/t/open-tabs

Taiwo Keefe's avatar

Thanks for the link! Are these the ones you like to on your LinkedIn

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

No! Those (open tabs) are exclusive to substack :) but I do share a version of my Monday letters on LinkedIn after they’re published on Substack. I guess the key is that substack is my home base lol

Grace Van Vranken's avatar

Thank you, ASHLEY!!!

The Tribeca Stylist's avatar

Adore you so much Ashley!! Happy holidays! ❤️

Swabreen Bakr's avatar

This is so inspiring! Happy holidays!

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

Happy holidays Swabreen!!!

Krissy Arocho's avatar

HUGE congrats to you! So deeply inspired by you and I will be sat soaking up these learnings and scheming on how to apply them in 2026

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

Yessss scheme away!! Thank you Krissy - really excited for what next year brings too :)

Arzu Najjar's avatar

Congratulations on your 100th, Ashley, so inspiring!! Once again, an article full of amazing insights, I have too many “open tabs” after reading it! 🥂

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

Yesssss that makes me so happy, really glad my insights were useful. It was kind of surreal to look back at the year and unpack how things unfolded and what made it possible. Happy holidays Arzu!!

Shelbi Jones's avatar

Congratulations on 100 letters! Your advice is always spot-on and helpful. I have forwarded your thoughts to many friends. I like Kate, and I'm buying that Share Your Work book. Here’s to an even bigger 2026 for you, Ashley 💚

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

Thank you Shelbi!!! So glad to have met you this year. And thank you for supporting and forwarding my letters :)

Nali Sutipayakul's avatar

so inspiring Ashley! So glad to get your substack in my inbox. Congrats on an incredible year + the hard work you put into everything you do.

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

Thank you Nali! So happy to have you here. Happy holidays!

Kate Citron's avatar

You and Ailey are so cute!!!! I’m so impressed by you and learned a ton from this. Already bookmarked the newsletter about podcasting to read (might make this by 2026 goal) and am going to buy the Share Your Work book too.

Ashley Rudolph's avatar

Thank you Kate! I learn from you too. I’m always down to talk podcasts and share strategies too - I need to put guesting on podcasts back on my goals for 2026.