My profile hasn't been this naked in a long time. I thought i had gotten my activities in Sunday night just like every other night. I missed my activities by 2. SAD FACE! I was ON the platform all day but clearly too many DMs, not enough likes, posts, polls, and comments. So here's to my next 28 days getting my fire back. How do you feel about the flame and other emojis behind your name on the platform? Do you know what each one means?

Have you heard of this productivity hack for people with ADHD? This is precisely why I go to Starbucks a few times a week or why I get more work done with my front door to my house open. I'd love to offer some co-working sessions to anyone who needs focused work time. I'm thinking one in the afternoon and another one in the evening on a different day. Would this help you? I know it would help me.

I want to share about community ascensions. As an aside, there are many ways to look at the model. This is another way. I've been on several calls over the last few days with owners who are struggling to keep their focus on one or the other community while talking strategy. I hope these analogies will help you consider what you are offering and to who. "FREE" community - First way to look at this is like the community you choose to live in. I grew up in a small community where everybody knew everybody. I hated it. Everyone assumes to know everyone's business and/or really does know everyone's business. So when I could, I moved to a bigger community. And when I got the chance, I moved somewhere that was a better fit overall for my personality. Phoenix - dry heat, very hot, Western America, chill vibes, active lifestyle. YOUR "free" community is a container for the people who match your vibe. They chose to be in your world. They want to learn with you and they want to learn from you. You're doing cool shit. I want to learn or do that cool shit. Let's do cool shit together in this community. You see them in the park. You wave as they are bringing their rubbage bins in from the curb or getting their mail from the box. You see them at the grocery or the stuff market. Think same zip code. We're meeting at the park for the annual picnic and we help each other out with stuff. We're hanging out in the community. "PREMIUM" community - Now we call each other on the phone - one on one conversations. Maybe you come over to my house to help with a project. I go to your house for a project. Maybe we're inviting families to each other's house for a backyard BBQ. We call each other friends and we're cool like that. We're still learning together but now we have projects we do together. "PREMIUM PREMIUM" community - We're best freaking friends. My bullshit is your bullshit. Your bullshit is my bullshit. I know where bodies are buried and we have the stash for bail money. American reference (sorry expats & foreigners) think Good Girls. We are hardly ever seen apart because literally... BESTIES. And secrets have to remain inside jokes because nobody else will probably get it. We've been through these other stages together and now, we just think too much alike. We're going on vacations and spending holidays together because we have now become family. My kids call you Uncle Dilbert even though your name is Ruth because of some crazy game night mishap in Clue.

A few things I learned about Skool affiliates this week..... The dashboard will adjust the order with the order of communities in your settings menu. After multiple messages back and forth with support (some of the best support I've ever seen with a platform like this), it has become apparent that a LOT of work needs to be done to the backend of the platform for better transparency and accountability on this program. That's all I'll say at this moment. Consider this a change log. When I get updates, I'll update this.

I came into Faith's workshop excited for feedback on my About page, I just made so changes and was ready to go LIVE! The group did NOT disappoint. They ripped it to shreds in the most loving way possible. And it was wonderful. Why? Because the majority of the group was my ICA. I learned something very valuable. When you see your community through your client's eyes, not what you assume they see, it changes your entire perspective. It can be an entire paradigm shift! After 90 minutes, I walked away with tweaks that made my page tighter, clearer, and more magnetic. Taking my About page copy right up to 1000 characters! My biggest takeaway, stay true to who you are. Faith mentioned that she had seen my page prior to the change, and it was missing something huge! 1 simple line that spoke volumes about who I am. I had removed it to be more marketable and that was a mistake. My faith, My calling. The reason why I am doing this community in the first place. That stays. That's the calling, not the marketing strategy. Faith has a gift for creating a space where you get honest feedback that actually sharpens you without losing who you are. If your About page isn't converting, get in this workshop