Purpose

A host is the most powerful role any of us can take on as we turn our purpose into action. A host can take many forms—gatherer, facilitator, guide, teacher, coach, mentor, or a warm, welcoming friend—but a host does something the rest of us increasingly don’t. They bring people together with intention—the intention to discover, explore, comfort, be

Then, you’ll want to explore the opposite dynamic. Who depletes your energy? Who is quick to cut you down? Who makes you question your worth?

What are 3 things you’re able to do in the future that you’re not able to do today? 2. What are 3 things you’ve accomplished? 3. What are 3 things you have taken a stand for? 4. What has changed in your world for the better in the most unexpected or surprising way? 5. Who are the people you have brought together? 6. What are 3 things they are able

THE MENTOR. As you shift from hero to mentor, or as we’ll call you, host, you can blossom into a role that helps others around you succeed on their own journeys.

Margaret Mead nailed it when she observed, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

Your Ideal Member, instead, needs to be brought to life with a story . . . a story about the transitions they’re navigating, the results they want to achieve, what’s been holding them back, and the false beliefs they’re clinging to. You need to get to know them and start to fall in love with them. Falling in love with their opportunity. Falling in

Workshopping is the answer for how to get out of The Dip. It’s an approach to designing your community that focuses on quickly trying new things, staying curious, listening, and adapting

As you think about moving your community from “real life” to digital—which we’ll cover in the next chapter—they’re a fantastic “copy and paste” resource to tuck away. What’s one thing you wish more people knew about you? What’s one outdated belief about yourself that you want to disprove? If you could go back in time and tell your younger self one

The quickest and simplest way to translate your purpose into action is through community. Community not in the faux sense of an audience or fans who may talk to you but aren’t talking to each other. A true community is where connections are made, relationships are built, quests are undertaken, challenges are overcome, opportunities are seized, and

The most successful communities online and in the real world started with a clear purpose. They not only had a clear intention, but the way they stated that intention followed a specific formula that worked time and time again to draw the right people to a new idea, join a community, or sign up for a course or membership, and then contribute in way