It takes more than two

Welcome to all of you who have joined in the past few weeks. I write weekly on insights and tactics around building an incredible network of clients, collaborators, and community.

If you really want to annoy someone who focuses on building or managing any kind of community, just ask them to define community.

They’ve likely been inundated with endless streams of “topic experts” that love to stand on soapboxes and tell them what is and isn’t community. But in there - there are some flakes of gold.

One of the best definitions of community I’ve heard recently is “a place where people notice if you’re not there.”

There was a time when people would participate in multiple groups where this was the case. Less so these days. Much less. It’s easy to not realize who isn’t coming around anymore.

This is why I believe that social health takes a bit of accountability.

Taking Action

Can you find someone else who is looking to take their social health seriously? Get on a call once a week and commit to doing a few things simultaneously - text message an old contact, organize a dinner, book a few meetings.

I’ve seen walls magically disappear when accountability and partnership are brought in (this is core to our work at GoodSphere).

For regular readers, as you can imagine, this is something I’ve been thinking of a lot.

Watch This

As I continue feeling my way into video, I posted a video about one of my favorite tactics that is so simple, you have no excuse not to do it right now.

Further Reading

This a great post on Why neglecting work relationships is generally bad for business. While seemingly obvious, taking the time to understand some of the research behind it yields key nuances and solutions.