05/05/2026
I could’ve had a sold-out event.
And for a moment, I really sat with that.
Because on paper, it would’ve looked better. Right? The leads were coming out of the woodworks daily to learn more information
But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that filling the room and building the right room are two completely different objectives—and I’m only interested in one of them.
So I held the standard.
I turned away over 50 people from my first mastermind dinner in PHX.
Not because they weren’t capable. But because I knew they wouldn’t have been able to contribute at the level I was expecting
And that’s the part people don’t always see. When I say I’m curating a space, I don’t mean it in a cute, aesthetic way. Even though that’s a piece of it too.
But what I’m actually doing is vetting based on what I know will make someone successful or not inside of the space. Be it a group, 1:1, in person, and more. And that’s a benefit for them
I’ve witnessed that when everyone in the space is operating at a certain standard the conversations go deeper, the expectations rise, people show up more prepared to share, and so much more.
It drops a level of the need to posture or prove
To contrast, when I hold these same standards in 1:1 containers, I find that clients have breakthroughs sooner and see positive results fasters
So I continue to go first, leading the way. Support clients in the way I know how to best