I’m looking for some real strategy insight from those of you who’ve built communities before. I recently created two separate communities, one free and one paid. My intention is to genuinely help people, build trust, and avoid rushing into selling too quickly. At the same time, I know that if I never make an offer, I’m not truly serving the people who are ready to take the next step. So I’m curious how you approach this in the early stages. When do you personally begin selling? Is it week one, week two, or after a certain level of engagement and value has been delivered? How do you structure the first couple of weeks so it feels aligned and not forced? Do you focus purely on value at first, lightly introduce the paid offer early on, or clearly communicate the path from free to paid from day one? And what’s worked best for you when it comes time to sell? Do you prefer DMs, community posts, or a combination of both? My goal is to do this the right way, where selling feels natural, helpful, and in service to the community rather than salesy. I’d love to hear what’s worked for you and what you’d do differently if you were starting over today. Appreciate the insight.

I moved to Vienna to study, but I never found the right motivation to really focus on my classes. I always thought that it would be impossible to make progress in business while studying, so I neglected my studies completely and only did the bare minimum. Now many people here might think that this is a good thing and that I should’ve been able to make a ton of progress in that time. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. I did EVEN LESS. My excuse was still my studies, even though I was spending no time studying at all. During the summer vacation, it got even worse. I did nothing for my studies and only did the bare minimum for my business. I knew I had to change something. So I did. As soon as I was back in Vienna, I signed up for every possible class (doing almost double the work deemed possible by the course). Now having to spend that much time on University FORCED me to get crystal clear on my tasks in business. I knew I had to make a certain amount of money, else the business would go broke, but my daily time commitment had to be absolutely minimal. So I focused on what had worked and simply did more of that. TLDR: The lesson in my story is that you will make more progress in business by being crystal clear on what tasks actually move your business forward and then executing on them. Stop reading the 10th book or the 100th YT video on being successful. Start doing the things that matter.

While working 10 hours a day, 24 days in a row, living out of a hotel with sketchy wi-fi 😂☠️ Thank you @Patrice Moore!!

I'm not a fan of resolutions. I'm a fan of habits that stick. So quick challenge for any of you guys setting resolutions: Start them today. Want to lose weight? Start the diet now. Want to grow your skool? Film a youtube and send some outreach today. Want to get in a relationship? Go sign up for some events surrounding your interests right now. But here are some questions to help you figure out what you need to focus on in the big picture. - What's something you do for fun/to relax that you have no positive memories of? Delete it. - What's one thing you didn't think was productive that led to a win? Do more of that. - If you removed 1 thing from the past year, to help you hit your goals, what would it be? Delete it. - What's the best week you had this last year? Engineer that to be your every week. Answering these questions made me realize that any time on social media was lost time. I had no positive memories from social media, and very few from any type of television. Boom there's 2 things to cut out. If I removed sugar from my diet, I'd have more energy to work late. I've already started eliminating processed foods to eliminate sugar completely. One thing that felt unproductive was writing and documenting my ideas. Turns out those became my best content and eventually a $40k launch. "Write more" is something I started last month. Finally, the best weeks I've had this year were filled with 14 hour work days, lots of writing and calls, evenings outside running, or walking with my Fiancé, and going to bed exhausted because I worked so hard. So more deep work sessions paired with outdoor adventures *for me* are the ingredients I'll be insuring are always in my schedule. And remember.... Your life is happening now. It doesn't start when you hit a goal. You're not preparing to live. You're living... The moments you spent reading this post, are gone. Go and live each future moment. So that when it's all said and done, you can look back with a smile, knowing you lived.