It’s very nearly 3am here and I’m at my girlfriends sons girlfriends house for a few days and neither of us can sleep. We don’t know what to do so I’m on here typing this to you all just to try and numb my brain so I might get to sleep.

He went to the bank to steal, as he was trying to escape he got trapped by the bank door. He struggled and eventually died. His family sued the bank saying that he was mentally unstable. And eventually the bank was made to pay the family some charges for his death. Do you think the judgment was fair?

Last night proved something… You don’t need a huge room to create something meaningful. We had 14 people register and 8 show up for our first Connection Meetup. But attendance wasn’t the number I cared about most. 🔥 32 meaningful connections reported 🤝 8 introductions created 📲 10 follow-ups initiated 🙌 8 said they’d attend again That’s what I wanted this to be about. We didn’t spend the night collecting business cards or listening to people pitch. We went through 3 connection rounds, each built around one specific question. You had 8 minutes with another person to actually talk, listen, and learn something about them. Then we brought everyone together and flipped traditional networking around: Who can I help? People shared what they needed, what they could help with, and who they might be able to introduce to someone else. And before anyone left, we made the connections count by committing to actual follow-ups. Chris D'Andrea shared this afterward: “The event was very enjoyable. I contacted Enerio to teach me about Crypto. I also enjoyed the enthusiasm in the group.” THAT is what I hoped would happen. Someone met someone. A conversation happened. They discovered how they could help each other. And the conversation continued after the event. We ended the night with commitments, follow-ups, and a pretty awesome group picture. 📸 And we're just getting started. 🌎 Next Connection Meetup is VIRTUAL — Monday, 6–7 PM EST. Want to join us? DM me or comment “CONNECT” and I’ll send you the link. 🔥 And if you want to keep building relationships between Meetups, Connection Creator Academy is currently 50% OFF the monthly membership, with a discount available on the annual option too. DM me for the link rotator And while you're there, keep learning: catch a past episode of the Network Marketing Insider Podcast and check out the latest articles on the blog. Because last night reinforced something I've believed for a long time: You don't need to meet everyone in the room.

I checked the landing page for a LinkedIn Starter Kit I recently created and saw something that made me smile. 4 people have visited the page. 2 subscribed. That's only four visitors, so I'm definitely not declaring a marketing breakthrough. 😂 But here's what I am celebrating: I created something. I put it out there. And two people decided they wanted it. When we're building something new, it's easy to look at small numbers and think, “That's all?” I'm learning to look at them differently. Those first few numbers are proof that somebody on the other side is paying attention. What's one small sign of progress you've had lately that deserves a little more credit than you've been giving it?