This is what our LA Mastermind looks like. Just dropping in to share a few pics and clips from our March 1st LA IRL Mastermind. Great food 🍽️ Great conversations 🧠 Fantastic people 🙌 We spent the afternoon talking about Skool, building business, and life — the wins, the challenges, and the ideas that only seem to happen when the right people get in the same room together. Fun fact: Not everyone here is even from LA. People came in from San Diego, Orange County, Las Vegas, and Arizona just to hang out, talk business, and build real relationships. That’s the kind of room this is. 🔥 @Ellie Shoja and @Brennan Thompson are your hosts, and we’d love to have you join us next time. April meetup details coming soon… 👇 Drop a "LA" in the comments if you want the details when we announce it. Maybe we should come up with a special door prize for the person who travels the furthest to come join us!! Would love to have a few international guests 🌍

🔥 AZ is heating up with 90°+ temps, while the Midwest is bundling up for yet another snowstorm ❄️ (hang in there, @Rachel Bents & @Jason Fish) No matter what the weather is doing, one thing is certain... the HuRU Crew knows how to bring the FUN vibes! 🌟 So here’s the question: What’s on your weekend agenda to make it awesome? 🎉 - Are you soaking up the sun ☀️ - Hitting the slopes or snowball fights ❄️ - Throwing a backyard BBQ 🍔 - Or just chilling with your favorite people and drinks 🥂 Drop your plans in the comments 👇 Let’s inspire each other and make the weekend one to remember! Or at the very least, let someone live vicariously through you!! 😂

Ever had to deliver some bad news? HuRU Crew — let’s talk about something that applies to leadership, our businesses, communities, and even our lives at home. And it’s a lesson from former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss, author of Never Split the Difference. Yes… the guy who negotiated with kidnappers and terrorists. Turns out the same principle applies to teams, families, friendships, and leadership. Here’s the truth most people avoid: Bad news rarely creates the real problem. The problem is how people deliver it. Most people hate uncomfortable conversations. So they soften it. They circle around it. They delay it. They bury the point in long explanations. They’re trying to avoid tension... but ironically that makes the tension worse. Strong leaders understand something different. When something difficult needs to be said: Say it clearly. Say it honestly. Say it early. In high-stakes negotiations, Voss teaches something fascinating. Sometimes the best way to deliver bad news is to acknowledge the worst possible reaction first. You might say something like: “You’re probably going to think I’m terrible for not bringing this up sooner...” Now the other person’s brain goes to work. They brace themselves. “Is this really bad?” “Did something go terribly wrong?” “Am I about to get fired?” “Is this relationship ending?” Then you deliver the actual news. And often the reaction is relief rather than anger. Because human beings are remarkably resilient when they’re emotionally prepared. (read that line again) This applies everywhere. In business: Address problems early. In leadership: Clarity beats comfort. In community: Honesty builds trust. At home: Direct conversations prevent long-term resentment. The real mistake most people make is... trying to avoid the discomfort of delivering bad news. But delaying it or sugarcoating it builds pressure in the room. Clear communication does the opposite. It releases pressure. Builds trust. Creates real leadership.

Tonight I wave a magic wand. Tomorrow morning you wake up and the single biggest problem holding back your community or business is completely solved. Gone. Fixed. Handled. What did we fix? Take a second and really think about it. Because here’s the truth most people don’t want to admit... A lot of people aren’t stuck because they can’t solve the problem. They’re stuck because they haven’t clearly identified what the real problem is. So they default to the most common strategy in business and community building: “I hope this works.” Post something... Try something... Launch something... Change something... ...and hope it magically fixes everything. ⚠️ Spoiler alert: The “I hope I can” strategy almost never works. Not because you aren’t capable. But because hope isn’t a strategy. Clarity is. Now here’s the interesting part... Clarity itself doesn’t solve the problem. What clarity does is expose the real struggle. Once you can clearly say: "THIS is the thing that’s broken." Now you can: 🔸Create a real solution 🔹Focus your energy 🔸Test the right ideas 🔹Execute with intention Clarity doesn’t solve the problem. 👉 Clarity makes the problem solvable. So let’s test something with the Crew. If you could fix ONE thing in your business or community tomorrow… what would it be? 📊 Poll: What’s the biggest challenge right now? 👇 Drop a comment if your real answer isn’t on the list. Sometimes just saying the problem out loud is the first step toward solving it.

This is not the normal AMA (Ask Me Anything). Today is AUA — Ask US Anything. Because let's be honest... We all have those random questions that pop into our heads. The ones that make you pause and think: "That’s kind of a weird question..." "Someone must know the answer... right?" "Actually… now I really want to know." Sometimes those questions lead to great conversations. Sometimes they lead to hilarious answers. And sometimes... They spark the exact kind of thinking that leads to innovation. So today we're turning this post into a crowd-sourced question lab. The Rules 🔹There are NO wrong questions 🔸Every answer is allowed 🔹Creative guesses are encouraged 🔸You are highly encouraged to answer someone else's question 🔹Prizes will be given (just for fun) - categories will be completely random and made up on the spot 😂 Bonus points for: 😂 Funny questions 🤯 Mind-bending questions 🧐 Deep questions 🛸 Completely random questions Example Questions If animals could talk… which one would be the rudest? If you could instantly master one skill… what would it be? If aliens landed tomorrow… what’s the first thing humans should explain to them? Now it’s your turn. Step 1: Drop a random question below 👇 Step 2: Answer someone else's question Step 3: See where the conversation goes Let’s see how curious the HuRU Crew really is. 🚀 And I’ll kick it off with one more... What is something everyone believes... that might actually be completely wrong? 👀