Weekly focus check-in. I build with about 10 hours a week, so I pick one focus and let the rest wait. This week mine is: Get people into my community, one useful comment at the time. What's yours? One thing only.

I’ve been thinking about gratitude today. Building a community can sometimes feel like something we’re doing on our own. Our community. Our decisions. Our ideas. Our worries about whether any of it is actually working. 😅 But when I stop and think about it, none of us really builds alone. There are people who ask a question that makes us think differently. People who share something they’ve learned. People who encourage us when we need it. People who celebrate a little win with us. And people who simply keep showing up. ❤️ I’m especially grateful today for the way people show up for one another here. I see questions answered, ideas shared, encouragement offered, and people taking the time to really listen to each other. Those things matter. And it has me thinking about all the people, in all the different corners of our lives, who become part of what we’re building. A friend. A member. A mentor. A spouse. Someone in another community. Maybe even someone who has no idea they’ve influenced us at all. Who are you feeling especially grateful for in your building journey today? And if you feel like telling them, I have a feeling they’d be glad to know. ❤️ Happy Day, friends. Have a blessed new week!

If you’ve been around here for a while, you’ve probably watched @Jen Ps do something I really admire. She pays attention. She listens. She asks for feedback. She tweaks. She tests. And she keeps coming back to one question: Does what I’m building actually fit the women I’m building it for? Jen created The Room to Breathe for women carrying the invisible mental load. The grocery lists. The appointments. The remembering for everyone else. The decisions. The 20 tabs that never quite close. She described those women in a way I haven’t forgotten. “I want women to stop saying ‘I’m fine’ when they really mean ‘I’m still functioning." When Jen thought about what already-overloaded women needed from a community, she made a choice worth noticing. She didn’t give them more to keep up with. She built less. On purpose. No courses. No catching up. Because, as Jen says... “For women who are already overloaded, less is more.” THAT is one of the reasons we wanted Jen in Headliners: Builders Behind Great Communities. Her story says something about mental load, yes. But it also says something about building. Sometimes creating more value isn’t about adding another thing. Sometimes it’s knowing what not to add. 👉 Meet Jen in Headliners Jen, you’ve let us watch you question, listen, experiment, change things, ask for feedback, and occasionally promise me you’ll STOP touching your About page. 😂🩷 But no tweaking today. Today we get to celebrate YOU. 🌟🩷 Building better communities. One builder at a time.

I've had a few conversations lately with builders who are trying to get more of the right people through the door. So when @Des Dreckett shared this, I asked if I could bring it over here. Des put together 10 Ways to Get People Into Your Skool Community, with practical ideas for YouTube, commenting in other communities, Classifieds, events, presenting in other communities, your About page, and more. Thank you, Des, for putting so much work into this and letting me share it with our builders. ❤️ But here's the part I REALLY want you to notice... Des isn't telling you to go do all 10. His advice is to pick two, test them for six weeks, pay attention to what actually brings people in, and keep what earns its place. That part feels especially important. Because when traffic is slow, it's really easy to collect another 10 things we could be doing...and suddenly we're trying to do all of them. 😂 I'd rather see you use this as a menu. Read through it. Notice what makes sense for your community, your people, and the time you actually have. Pick something to test. And, I'd love for you to come back and tell us what happened. If you look through all 10 and aren't sure what makes sense to test first, bring that question here, too. That's exactly the kind of thing we can think through together. Thank you again, Des. This is a really a very useful resource.

Everyone, help me give @Cath Phillips a warm Skoolology welcome! Cath, I’m looking forward to getting to know you and learning what brought you our way. You’ve landed in a room full of people building, testing, figuring things out, changing their minds, and cheering each other on along the way. 😂 We’re really glad you’re here! ❤️