What are you looking for? What would make a community culture that is "actually about community" a space that you want to be a part of? I appreciate you being here. I appreciate your patience. Connections are being made. Community and culture are forming. Slowly, but surely. Feel free to comment below. Thoughts. Insights. I'm also looking to understand what to "steward" next. @Lexi Cruz wrote this beautiful post in her Beautiful Contradictions community. It's so good and so resonant, that I'm sharing it here... Her vision and dream for her community is the same that I have for "our community". And together, we have the same vision and dream for our "collective community." (🎧 Listen below) Culture Is Built Between People One of the things I think about a lot is community culture. The more I do, the more I realize a community isn't built because everyone knows the founder. It's built because the members know each other. When every conversation, every connection, and every opportunity has to go through one person, it isn't really a community. It's an audience. The communities that last operate differently. People get to know each other. They start recognizing each other's strengths. They know who to ask when they're stuck. They know who they can help. They build relationships that exist whether the founder is around or not. To me, that's when a community starts developing its own culture. The question then becomes: How do you create more of that? Beautiful Contradictions has a no self-promotion rule. Not because I don't want people sharing what they do. Actually, I love learning what people are building. What I've noticed is that when people experience each other first, what they do naturally comes up in conversation. You don't need a pitch. You become the person someone remembers because of the relationship you built, not because you were the loudest person in the room. That's why I encourage collaborations. Because when two people collaborate, something beautiful happens.

Dear Town Square community, This video of my talk below is a repost from the Align Entrepreneur Network community, but because I know all of you more than the members there, and you know me more, I can be more honest and open about this short talk I did about "The Future Human," which is really just a more balanced, whole, and integrated human. I'm reposting this and sharing it again in case you want to tune in. This is what I believe is coming, what I believe is emerging. I feel called to gather people who are energetically aligned. I really do believe that we're not just starting a community, we're starting a movement. A movement starts small, and for those who have been connecting with me, having conversations with me, or have been connected with other members, there's a felt sense that there's something special going on. I sense it too, and I'm grateful for all of you for being here. If you're curious to hear from me what I actually believe and what I actually feel, this is it. Part of the vision of this community is that you don't have to be as uncomfortable being vulnerable when you're with the right people. I even said at the start of my talk... that the easiest and hardest thing in the world... is to be yourself, but it's easier when you're with the right people, and that's what I'm looking to cultivate within this community. Personal growth only goes so far on your own. Personal growth doesn't happen with surface-level connections. It requires intentionality and patience, and being a grounded individual who is capable of "seeing others" and also "being seen." This is my message. I believe community IS the future of what people really need, especially entrepreneurs, especially online entrepreneurs. And I don't think there are many communities online that have figured this out... but that's what we're doing. If you're curious at all about what I'm talking about... give this talk a listen, give it a watch. As the leader of the leaders here, as the steward of the members of this community, this IS some of my vision, some of what I want to create for others. I can't create it alone. My mission for people to connect with themselves and others, so that we become better versions of ourselves... I can only do so much on my own. And that's true for all of us, there's only so much we can do alone.

For everyone who committed to the goalsetting session, here's your accountability post! Check out what goals you set after out sessions two weeks ago. See where you stand. Set new goals or adjust your goals if needed. And don't forget to ask for support if you're stuck somewhere! I will host the next goalsetting sessions in the first week of July (exact time & date to be confirmed still). But if you want to keep up with your process, be sure to join the reflection sessions that @Chris Brandwein will host June 26th! This will be a good session to make sure you complete your June goals & process, and to make sure you're ready to start off the new month July 1st. So, @J'son Elizondo @Rachel Harmsworth @Vishad Doshi @Cara Oyler @Giovi Singh @Ben Sherry @Chris Brandwein @Ruth aka Grace Rose, how are your goals going?? 🌞

This is the correct link to join in a couple of mins - https://app.cal.eu/video/3w8TF2G5NX9jACYQufxgi6 See you in a few!

When we are on a call, we can use Skool for comments rather than Zoom. This way they become part of a post that we can reflect on later. @Justin Yip @Katinka van Kan @Chris Brandwein @Cara Oyler @Paula Marie Lee @Rachel Harmsworth "luck is really just preparedness waiting for an opportunity."