Great stuff Alexandra! I can completely relate to the starts and stops that come with working in and on the business.
From my past experience, usually this pattern keeps going until a couple of things "click." Then you scale up to the next level, and the cycle starts all over again. In and on until the next breakthrough.
I also like that bit on that distribution of people engaged with your course. It's funny, it's a topic I talk about often on social strategy (and the theme of my upcoming newsletter), but I somehow failed to see the connection to course attendees until you pointed it out the other week.
Your story about London resonated, I often think about how if I described my life to myself when I was first considering staying out of the corporate world, I probably would’ve immediately started looking for jobs. It’s so hard to imagine the good that comes out of challenging experiences!
I hadn’t heard of the 90-9-1 rule but it makes a lot of sense! It is hard to balance wanting people to engage with the understanding that everyone’s best experience in a community is very personal. Another great issue!
It seems similar to the work/life balance idea, you go through phases where one predominates more than the other, and trying to always have a "balance" is counterproductive to a natural rhythm. Sometimes I'm working ON the business mostly and sometimes IN it predominantly. And occasionally it's more balanced.
Sending you healing vibes. They won't actually heal you, but you can know someone in California (other than Christin) is propping you up. ✋❤️
Great stuff Alexandra! I can completely relate to the starts and stops that come with working in and on the business.
From my past experience, usually this pattern keeps going until a couple of things "click." Then you scale up to the next level, and the cycle starts all over again. In and on until the next breakthrough.
I also like that bit on that distribution of people engaged with your course. It's funny, it's a topic I talk about often on social strategy (and the theme of my upcoming newsletter), but I somehow failed to see the connection to course attendees until you pointed it out the other week.
Working 'in' the business at the expense of working 'on' it
STAHHPP being in my head XD seriously I learn these lessons the hard way and then read your newsletter and go SIGH
Thanks for sharing your reflections Ali, hope you feel better soon!
Your story about London resonated, I often think about how if I described my life to myself when I was first considering staying out of the corporate world, I probably would’ve immediately started looking for jobs. It’s so hard to imagine the good that comes out of challenging experiences!
I hadn’t heard of the 90-9-1 rule but it makes a lot of sense! It is hard to balance wanting people to engage with the understanding that everyone’s best experience in a community is very personal. Another great issue!
It seems similar to the work/life balance idea, you go through phases where one predominates more than the other, and trying to always have a "balance" is counterproductive to a natural rhythm. Sometimes I'm working ON the business mostly and sometimes IN it predominantly. And occasionally it's more balanced.
Twitter has been a bit of a slog since early March. It's not you, it's the platform. Happy to discuss some ideas with you to ramp up.