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When we think about building community we can fall into the trap of overly focusing on conversations. This doesn’t mean conversations aren’t important, they are crucial to our community work. What I see time and time again are comments from community members saying “communities are overwhelming”, “there are too many…

Why we need to stop over focusing on validating products — I’d be financially retired if I had $1 for every ‘business validation’ request, article or discussion that I’ve digested. As a result, I don’t really believe it’s nearly as valuable of a process to go through as we are led to believe. I put together some thoughts on the topic. Business validation and the just do it factor …

We do research before starting businesses, it would be daft not to! The idea of Community Discovery is that we should do the same when we build community. There are many ways to do Community Discovery, a big part of my own journey has been to follow conversations meticulously with…

Of course, community builders should talk to their members, build relationships, and seek their thoughts and opinions. However, on the flip side, I believe community managers over-rely on this as a strategy and making decisions on what people think or say they will do is flawed. Instead, we should be…

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One area I’ve always had room to improve upon is sitting down and doing reading and writing practice. It’s probably the thing that gives me the most guilt around home education. On the reading side it’s turned out fine for two of our kids who have learned on their own…

It’s been a while since we’ve experienced the school system. We had a bit of a reminder of it when a couple of my kids went part-time to a Steiner school. They chose not to continue after a term. What I clearly remember from a parent’s perspective is the overwhelm…

Losing my way through life and anxiety — I’m the kind of person who has to follow my heart and explore what inspires me. I have ups and downs. I always have, I always will. When I commit to something, rightly or wrongly, my heart and mind go deep into it. I find it hard to switch off…