I watched a really good video from @Lydia Wilmsen today about community growth. One of the big ideas was: Don’t lead based on where your community is today. Lead based on where you want it to go. I really liked that. The practical takeaway I wrote down for myself was: Take the actions a 500-member community owner would take. Not because you already have 500 members… But because that’s how you become the person capable of leading 500 members. For example… I still get imposter syndrome. I still question whether I can actually build something big. I still have moments where I wonder if people will keep joining. A couple weeks ago I went 16 days without a new member 😅 But during that stretch, I didn’t stop posting. I didn’t stop helping members. I didn’t stop improving the community. I didn’t stop running experiments. Because that’s probably not what a 500-member community owner would do either. The more I build this community, the more I realize leadership isn’t something that magically appears once you hit a certain number. You grow into it by practicing it. You become a leader by leading. You become confident by taking action before you feel confident. You become experienced by helping people before you feel like an expert. A lot of community owners are stuck thinking: 👉 “Nobody will pay me.” 👉 “I need a bigger audience.” 👉 “I need more information.” Maybe. But maybe what you actually need is more reps. More conversations. More attempts. More proof. More action. The people who eventually build great communities aren’t necessarily the smartest. They’re the ones who keep showing up long enough to become the person capable of leading one. So here’s a question: What’s one thing a 500-member community owner would do this week… that you’re currently avoiding? 👇

@Lydia Wilmsen — first off… I think you’re MUCH closer to $5k MRR than you probably realize 👀 Because unlike a lot of beginner communities trying to “figure out” monetization… You already have: • audience • momentum • positioning • social proof • authority • recurring sales • strong community energy • emotional connection • transformation-based offers • high-ticket validation That changes the conversation entirely. This is NOT: “How do we get the first sale?” This is: “How do we simplify and sharpen the ecosystem so scaling becomes easier, cleaner, and more sustainable?” I think your biggest opportunity right now is NOT creating more offers. It’s: clarifying the customer journey and doubling down on your strongest positioning. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ What I think is actually happening 👀━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ You currently sit at the intersection of: • Skool growth • leadership • nervous system regulation • visibility • high sensitivity/neurodivergence • emotional safety • calm authority • community building That’s VERY unique. But right now the messaging slightly splits into two identities: 1️⃣ “Grow your Skool community” 2️⃣ “Heal your nervous system and lead powerfully” And honestly? I don’t think those are separate brands. I think they’re actually the SAME brand. Because your real differentiator may not be: “community growth.” It may actually be: “Helping overwhelmed creators grow communities sustainably without burning themselves out.” THAT feels very differentiated in the Skool space. Especially because so much growth advice online feels: • loud • chaotic • hyper-masculine • over-stimulating • pressure heavy Your energy feels like: ✨ calm momentum ✨ grounded leadership ✨ emotional safety ✨ sustainable visibility ✨ regulated growth And I think THAT is the real premium positioning. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The biggest opportunity 👀━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Right now there are a LOT of: • offers • unlocks • lounges • tiers • bonuses • intensives

@Lydia Wilmsen welcome in!! @Maureen Schlachter and I were chatting earlier that she found out about our community here from yours… so thank you!! —— Let’s get you moving quick— Drop 3 things: 1. What you’re building 2. $0 or already made something 3. Where you’re from (optional 👀) Keep it simple 👇 — Once you post that… 👉 go hit the START HERE post at the top Pick one path and take your first shot: • follow the First $1 System • or post your first attempt • or get help fixing your offer No overthinking — just move Let’s get you your first $1 💪