Community & Connection

My main thing about my success and anyone else I've ever met is no one does this alone. Get your people. Get inspiring people around you. Here's a big one. If you're around complainers, find a new set of friends. I've never met people who complain habitually who are joyful or doing things that I want to be part of. The sacred crew metaphor is the idea that you're in a lifeboat. Who do you want to be alongside when things get rough, when you're seeing the best sunset of your life, when the dolphins are jumping, when there's a leak? It's very intentional to think, who can I count on? Not everybody has to have the same skills. Let's say I'm in a really bad mood. I've got seven different people I could call because somebody might not be home. You have to democratize your suffering and your joy. One thing's for sure, are they people who are happy for you? That's a big litmus test because a lot of people are going to be there for your misery. We call it misery poker. But how many people, when you do something amazing, are as happy for you as they'd be for themselves? Part of my work for my entire life, and it's in my astrology chart since I've been 20, is that I lead groups. I lead very intentional groups of people from all over the world, and they become each other's sacred crew.