Yesterday, I met up with Goose and Evelyn and a bunch of other Skoolers at the Oktoberfest. Before we hosted a mastermind in Munich to discuss highly engaged communities. We didn’t just cover the core 3 essentials of every community, but also the 3 most important traits for every community owner. In the video below, I synthesized everything into actionable tasks and included a 7th which helps you grow your community on autopilot. Next week we are going to cover how we got the star. Huge shoutout to @Sofiya Pierce again for coming up with the strategy. Add it to your calendar here. What do you think are the top 7 secrets? Find out by watching the video below.

I have been networking since I was age 5. My Dad was a bank manager and we moved around a lot! When you are the new kid in school over and over, you learn very quickly how to turn strangers into friends. So I learnt fast! Six schools later, and by the age of 18, I found myself easily able to do this (embarrassing early school pics attached!). From my perspective, 'The Game' in its simplest form is simply about turning strangers into friends. I've been networking in business for over 20 years. When I first met @Lukas Schmidt it was like finding the mirror of me. He has a deep understanding of community, relationships, and connections. So I am grateful to be here, in this community, and to have already learned so much from him. I am sure that many of you have already formed great friendships with people here on Skool who were once complete strangers, with an online profile. As you read through this post, be sure to tag your friends and show some appreciation below. Maybe share a story about how you met or how you have been able to help each other since you connected. The truth is, I was pretty lonely before I found Skool at the end of August this year. Sure, I know a LOT of people. I am very well connected, but true friends? Not so many by choice. I have some close friends, but a few completely disappeared when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2023. I found myself having to hibernate away from the world to avoid getting sick, with a compromised immune system. What used to be my playground (a room full of people networking) gave me anxiety, and I fell out of love with the one thing I used to adore. It's only now that I am finally rediscovering networking, as I emerge from my health cocoon. Skool has reignited my passion for building relationships. I've met some amazing humans here. What I have experienced is that the best relationships are formed by helping and giving to others. So with that in mind, I thought I would put together a few ways in which I have been able to give and support others over the years; they may help you too...

The Game is officially on the first page of Discovery at rank #30! 🚀 When we started this challenge, we were at rank #104. Thanks to all of you showing up day after day, we’re now in the top 1% of communities on Skool. This wouldn’t have been possible without the effort, support, and consistency of everyone here. 🙏 You’ve shown what happens when we build momentum together. That’s the power of this community. …And we’re upgrading all the prizes! The challenge isn’t done yet – but today, let’s take a moment to celebrate how far we’ve already come. In the comments, tag a player you connected with during the challenge. 👇 You all rock ❤️‍🔥

So @Lukas Schmidt our fearless leader and networking royalty is out for a few days spending time learning how to be a better community leader from some of the best in the business. So it’s been a bit quieter in here than usual. Him and I have had a secret competition to get the star ⭐️ for both of our communities, which means the Game (which sits in the relationships category) will become Top 1% Skool. We are so close! #36 currently!!!!! Needs to be Top 30! So close!!!! If @Lukas Schmidt has helped you in any way, share an appreciation post about how incredible this man is. What can you say about him from your experience? If he has networked with you and shared advice to help you, he needs you. So how can you help? 1) Post in this community even if you are lurking!!! Intro post, say hi, get networking! 2) Like and Comment on the comments on your own post, this helps you go up the Leaderboard 3) Like and comment on other people’s posts even older ones you may not have engaged with yet 4) Level up on the Leaderboard yourself, the higher you go, the higher this community goes!!!! So who wants it???!?!? Let’s help him while he can’t be as focused here, because he’s learning how to help you more? Who is will to light this community up to get Lukas and ‘The Game’ into the Top 30???

I called with @Lukas Schmidt and in that call he: connected me with people that can guide me in the right direction, organized my ideas and thinking, and talked me through my current obstacles. I called with @Sam Rathling and she gave me monetization and offer ideas, encouraged me through relating her own experiences, and literally gave me full business mentorship on the spot! More on that to come... but this is a post to express my appreciation for that and share how they helped me move through confusion and doubt, because I feel like that's been one of the main obstacles for me throughout the networking and discovery calls. I'd say self-confidence, especially while speaking, is the main skill I've been honing in on this week. Now I worry much less and just commit to the best words I can come up with so that I can be forward-moving and helpful overall to whoever I'm connecting with. There are obviously lots of other qualities, listening often being the most important one, but I'd love to know if there's a particular skill/strength you've been building lately this week! 👇