Community. Josh here. (A note from the very beginning that “the win” was realizing that a shift had occurred… read on.) Not sure how many are here or how many will read this but… I must confess. I have been trying, doing my business as a siloed entrepreneur for X amount of years ( too embarrassed to say.) Idea. Build. Sell. Overwhelm. Crash. Repeat. (You may know this story all too well.) But, something happened today and I am compelled to share. Here’s how today went down. (Note: I am a member of an AI Community, of which, I reference below. We'll call the community: ABC) - 7am - Cohort call with 3 others from the ABC community. Random. Get together and try to collaborate and make something of our desired momentum. - 8am - Call done. Meeting ended. - Result? Met some nice people, (amazing people). Raised energy. Realized others out there want the same goal I have. - Agreed to continue to meet. Simple enough… (…wait for it.) - Got an email thread from a few cohort group members who felt the same way I did during the call and do now, that we’d all like to find ways to work together… that the synergy was unmistakable. - Added my exact same sentiment “let’s explore project collaboration” (…wait for it… the shift reference is coming…) - Scheduled a follow up to talk with one group member about some projects I’d like to partner on. - Met with this person in the afternoon. - Great call. - Exciting possiblities. (…the shift… this… is when it began… read on!) - left my work place - continued to “feel” what I had felt on that call - drove around town - went home - the feeling did not leave - sat down to continue a conversation with my wife as we fixed dinner and prepared the table. Then, I turned to my wife and said, “Sarah, can I tell you how I’m feeling right now? Can I share with you what happened today?” And so here, NOW, is the SHIFT that this post is about. I said something like: “You know, I’ve been working on my own to rise up, to bring stability, and build a business. And, today, I got closer than I ever have to bringing people into my word and really launch things in a major way. I mean, I met with some people this morning, had a follow up call, then couldn’t stop thinking about all of the leverage and sales activity and closed deals and clients I could help, if I just had people to work with me. I mean, I can just see and feel it, that, things would explode for us.”