I’ve been sitting through a few summits lately…

Especially Brenda's provides so much value. She brings you so many brilliant people, and you will have so many ideas flying around at you at once.

At the same time, you have that quiet voice of “I should be everywhere right now.”

You open one session -> you see another speaker

You check one community -> you discover five more

You start taking notes -> now you have 30 tabs open (happens to me even without a summit. 😂)

You find yourself busy all day, a bit mentally exhausted, and somehow still feel behind, because you did not make it to all the speakers.

I think you don’t learn new things at a summit by consuming everything. You win by choosing what actually matters to you right now.

Below are a few things that have helped me stay grounded over the last couple of summits I attended:

𝟭. 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲 (𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄) 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Ask yourself:

👉 “What is the ONE thing I want to walk away with from this summit?”

? more clarity on your offer

? better content

? understanding Skool

? learning AI

Pick one. Let the rest go (for now).

𝟮. 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

People are literally saying:

They’ll stay all day if they don’t set limits

timers help

Short bursts work better

👉 Go in with intention. (Point 1)

👉 Engage. (so important. Ask questions!)

👉 Leave. (and implement immediate action points)

Some people think they need to park their brains at summits all day long, every day. I don't think it is true. It will only enhance the shiny object syndrome.

𝟯. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲.

This one is big.

There’s this pressure to:

show up everywhere

be visible in every room

not miss anything

But most of the time:

👉 the replay is enough

👉 or honestly… not everything is for you

𝟰. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟬 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀

Instead of collecting too many notes and information, I find it helpful to pick one thing per session:

one idea

one shift
one action

𝟱. 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁” 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁.

You find one interesting person ->

then another ->

then their community ->

then another group…

And suddenly you’re gone for hours. I'm so good at that 🤣. Not everything you discover needs to be explored right now. There will be time after the summit.

💜 Final thought. You’re never behind! You’ll be just exposed to a lot all at once, and that’s a very different thing.

The goal should be to leave with something that will move YOUR needle forward. To implement something, to energize you.

@Brenda Rigney

put something amazing together here! Make friends and enjoy it while staying sane.

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I’ve been sitting through a few summits lately…