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 What’s one outdated belief about yourself that you want to disprove?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

Your Big Purpose is the motivation for your community—not just yours, but your member’s motivation. Why they’ll join, why they’ll contribute, and why they’ll walk arm and arm with you toward your Future Story. It’s an invitation for your Ideal Member, who you’re now passionately in love with. It’s an important thing to keep in mind. This isn’t a

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

Finally, the community was there to make these new ideas and powerful cultures real. By introducing members to each other, making it easy for them to share their stories, experiences, and ideas, they learned faster, built new practices, changed habits, and ultimately got results and transformation they wouldn’t have been able to get on their own.

Who in your life do you know—or know of—that may be your Ideal Members or close to it? Start with the contacts on your phone, then move to social media connections. Scour your email inbox. I told you, I wasn’t going to make you throw away your technology forever. In parallel, jot down the people in your life who are super-connectors . . . the ones

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

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?

When you embrace the power of workshopping, though, you can focus on reframing the things that didn’t work and then doing more of the things that work and building on them. I believe fundamentally that not only is this true for hosting a community, but also for any kind of new project or new kind of creativity—this is an opportunity to workshop

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.