Not only am I praying that you all had a wonderful Christmas, I'm also praying for your faith to stay strong, for God to grant you wisdom and understanding, that He gives you peace that surpasses all understanding, and that you all understand and know His plan for your life. I pray that God reveals Himself to you in ways He has not yet done before and that you have a clarity in your purpose as you reflect on this last year and think about next year. Thank you all for being a part of this community, a part of my life, and a part in sharing the Gospel to the ends of the earth!

Hey guys, I have been seeing a lot of questions about where do you actually start on Instagram, so I wanted to talk about it for a minute. A lot of people start a Skool, invite people they already know, get 10, 20, maybe 30 or 40 members, and then it stalls. That does not mean Skool does not work. It means your personal network can only take you so far. You built the room, but you did not build the front door. Think about your Skool like a comedy show. 🎤 Comedians have something called a comp list. Friends and family get in for free. They come through the back door. They are there because they know you, not because they found the show on their own. That does not make them bad people. It just means they did not discover you. They did not choose you. They were invited. That is what most communities start with. Friends. Family. People from your world. And that is fine. But everyone cannot come through the back door. That does not scale, and it does not build trust. At some point, your community only grows if people who do not know you decide to trust you enough to join. And that trust usually is not built inside of Skool. It is built before Skool. 📱 On social media. Instagram specifically. When you get on Instagram, nobody knows you. And if we are being honest, nobody cares yet. Most people are not online to learn. They are scrolling to escape, to zone out, to avoid responsibility for a few minutes. You have to get their ATTENTION. And sadly, most brand new ideas do not bring attention. That does not mean the idea is bad. It just means people do not see the importance of it yet. We live in a world where a lot of us think what we are saying is important. And it probably is. But we see it as important because we already know it. We are looking at it from the other side of the transformation. The people you are trying to reach are not there yet. So they do not see it the same way you do. That is why you have to speak their language first.

I have honest questions... Why do you want to be in this community? What makes you want to stick around? What would make you want to leave? If you have just a few minutes, could you all jump in and answer this for me? It will only take a few minutes and it will tremendously help us out. We want to make this place awesome. Help us make it awesome!

@Billy Punt and I are about to go live and discuss Instagram page setup https://www.skool.com/live/7WpV8RSXcf5