Building a Skool community is like running a Marathon!
Sharing my Skoolers post here because we are ALL building here too! I started running in 2012 to lose baby weight, but it quickly became something much deeper, a growth journey. I had to become a completely different person to achieve the goals I wanted. To go the distance, to endure, to keep showing up. Along the way, I left behind friends, relationships, workplaces, beliefs, mindsetsโฆ you name it. When I started my Skool community, it was to make an impact, to connect, to build something meaningful. But in the process, I realized I was also building myself. Because if you truly want to lead, thereโs a level of inner work no one really warns you about. Iโve had access to proven formulas, courses, support. Iโve hired people and invested money to build this. But just like with a marathon: NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, can run this race for me. I can have everything lined up, but if I donโt show up, I donโt move forward. It requires me to BE to keep going when Iโm running for hours alone to keep posting when no one comments or shares to be my own cheerleader. Not expecting praise, recognition, or validation but doing it for me. For the person Iโm becoming. And honestlyโฆ it can feel so lonely sometimes. People, even family donโt always understand. They call me crazy. They tell me to play it safe, to drop the race, to not push too hard, to just focus on the 9โ5. Those are their fears but I feel them too. Because building something on your own means carrying a lot: The long hours creating content that feels unseen (even though thatโs not the full truth), clients who stay private and donโt share their wins ,being a single mom, supporting parents with Alzheimerโsโฆ Itโs a LOT. But hereโs what Iโve realized: I need to level up again. And thatโs exactly what I do in marathons. I donโt quit. I level up. Because I know the reward goes far beyond the finish line. So if youโre here feeling discouraged or hopeless, thereโs no shortcut. You have to put in the sweat, the tears, the work, the reps no one wants to do (myself included). Itโs not easy and itโs not supposed to be. If it were, it wouldnโt be this meaningful or life-changing.