Good Morning folks. I want to start today by just thanking you for reading this. Thank you so much for being a part of this community. In this digital age, a lot of metrics, numbers and online interaction can be so shallow. It can all feel so meaningless. For me, this online community has the opposite effect. It’s a chance to actually share thoughts and ideas in long-form and as thousands of people read and respond, we get a chance to actually grow and share.
I’m working with my team on a way to allow for even more interactions like a telegram chat or WhatsApp. Let me know if you think this would be a good idea. You can reply to this email or you can DM on any of my socials If you want to share ideas with me.
What is this community all about?
Every few weeks or so it’s important to do an evaluation and remind yourself of why you do what you do. I mean an evaluation where you can check your motivations, what’s working, what's not working and where you can make necessary changes.
If you never pause to evaluate and recalibrate, you run the risk of moving really fast in the wrong direction. No one wants that so pause, and evaluate.
In the description of this newsletter, I described it as ‘a newsletter for high achievers interested in building themselves and beautiful things’. This is why I started this community. I’ve always been fascinated by high achievers. People who walk the path less travelled and achieve amazing things. Iconoclasts that refuse to take the world as it is and instead believe things can and should be better. People who dare to believe that they could be part of that change.
This is what makes what we are trying to do here so special to me. This isn’t a run of the mill group of people but changemakers united by that belief that their life must be consequential. I’m glad to be a part of to look
Here is a poem by Jessica Millsaps that i read this week
Dream big for what is to come
Hope big for those who need it most
Love big for just your self and one more
As all in this world do every day
The stars see out into the world
Every dream at night, they remember
Everything you wish upon them, while young
They are the ones to make it true
The dreams you dream every night
Cannot be hidden in the morning’s early light.
Your dream catcher watches with great fascination
As you wake, with this new dreaming sensation
Everything seems new and different
From the views, you learned in your dream, last night
Yet nothing really manages to change
As the ache, you feel comes around, hoping that maybe, something will be new
The dream you had last night, is one of pure delight
Or possibly it had only fright. Maybe it was a dream of nothingness
Of the change that you dare not make, or do you?
Dream big, Hope big, Love big
For when you do,
Who knows,
It may come true
1. Entering Into A Multi-Year Partnership with QCT
We are beyond excited to announce that @tcsnetwork will be entering into a multi-year partnership with @queens_commonwealth_trust as part of the Platinum Jubilee Fund.
This is a big moment for us.
The Queen’s Commonwealth supports Young Leaders who are transforming their communities and this is what we plan to do at Common Sense.
This partnership involves 5 figure funding and support as we run various projects and continue to make a difference in the community. It will allow us to run more programs, create more content, train more people, record new podcasts and so much more!
1. Effective Leadership Masterclass
Last month, I had a scheduling issue with the masterclass, which meant a lot of people couldn't come. I will be hosting the effective leadership again this month so keep an eye out for that announcement that should happen any time from this week.
Pausing and evaluating is a fact that every creative use to improve their skill. Also, I would appreciate a WhatsApp group first before we move to telegram. 💖