What’s on your workbench today? Maybe you’re building something new. Maybe you’re stuck on one little piece. Maybe you’ve got three ideas fighting for your attention and need someone to help you sort through them. 😂 Or maybe you just need another set of eyes on something before you make your next move. Bring it in. It doesn’t have to be polished. You don’t even have to know exactly what you’re asking yet. Todd and I are here. And so is a room full of builders who may see something you haven’t. What are you working through today? And if you’d rather not put it in the room, DM either of us. That door is always open, too. 💙

Today’s research question: Exactly how much cake is required to properly celebrate Sara's birthday? We’re going to need a LARGE sample size. 😂 Happy Birthday, @Sara Fredrick !! 🥳 I hope your day includes good people, lots of laughter, something delicious, and at least a little bit of doing exactly what YOU want to do. We’re awfully glad you’re here. 💛 Everybody help us wish Sara a VERY Happy Birthday! 🎉🎈

There are things we do today that once took a whole lot more out of us. A conversation we used to rehearse 14 times. 😂 A decision that would have kept us awake. Hitting publish. Saying no. Asking for money. Changing our minds. Trying again after something didn’t work. And then somewhere along the way, it got a little easier. Not necessarily because the thing changed. Maybe we did. The funny part is, our brains aren't always very good at keeping track of that kind of progress. We notice what’s still hard. What still needs work. How far there is to go. Meanwhile, something that once required a small committee meeting in our head 😂 has quietly become...something we can do. So this morning... What feels a little easier for you today than it did six months ago? And maybe the bigger question... What does that tell you about how you’ve changed? ❤️🐼🎋

@Sybil Hall @Todd Thornton and I just wrapped our conversation, and we went all over the community-building map. 😂 Free vs. paid. How you show up as the community owner. What you do when building gets HARD. Affiliate links and whether they actually make sense for your community. And quite a bit more that I wasn’t expecting us to get into. What I loved most, though, was how much of Sybil’s experience applies whether you’re just opening the doors or you’ve been building for a while. There’s a little something in this one for everybody. ❤️ I’m going back through the conversation now because there are definitely a few pieces I want to pull out and make sure we don’t lose. Sybil’s Behind the Build is coming soon. 🎙️ And Sybil...thank you again for letting us into the REAL build. ❤️

Looking through some of the conversations in In the Build, I’m seeing community names being worked through, new offers being tested, graphics getting fresh eyes, decisions about free versus paid, communities being reshaped, new builds beginning, and plans being made for Q4. And that’s only some of what’s happening. It struck me how much lived experience we have in this room. We spend a lot of time trying to figure out our own next move. But I wonder how often something we’ve already tried, changed, learned, or even gotten wrong 😂 is exactly what another builder is trying to figure out right now. As you look around In the Build, where do you find yourself thinking, “Oh, I’ve been there” or “I’m figuring that out, too”? I’m curious what connections you see. ❤️🐼