I’m scanning my emails and spy an email with the subject: “Hey”
Nothing special. But I recognize the sender’s name.
It’s been a while since we’ve talked and I was just thinking of (let’s call him Gary), when his email drops into my inbox.
Some background on Gary:
He started out as a disgruntled customer turned raving fan from our Book More Brides days, then followed me over into The Awakened Business.
Gary witnessed my journey from teaching wedding professionals how to (nicely, ethically) hustle and hype their way to sales…to inviting change-making creatives to fall in love with business and play the game of ease and flow.
Every year or so Gary pops in to say hello.
This time he says:
“I got your monthly summary. What are you doikg?”
(I assume that’s a typo: doing.)
Are Gary and I friends? Not exactly. Kind of. He bailed me out of a tech snafu years ago, and I’ve done him a solid a time or two.
Is he a future client? Probably not. Though we might create something together at some point.
We exchange a few emails in which I catch him up on where I am and my latest exciting scheme experiment in making money and spreading joy. Would he like to have a catch up chat?
His response:
“I always learn something from our conversations because you help me see a side of myself that I don’t acknowledge and often reject. Yes, let’s chat.”
And then:
“I want to buy you a beer or a coffee. Do you still accept money at PayPal?”
Something touches me about this odd, sporadic relationship.
It feels like connection, mutual understanding, a difference made, and the willingness to show up whenever it feels right (and to not show up when it doesn’t.)
What if we can trust life to bring the right people into our lives at the right time?
I typically send messages of connection or invitation to at least 30 people every month. Sure, it’s become a part of the way I grow my business, but it’s way more than that.
I love them. People.
I love how people think and the brilliance with which they create their world so differently than the one I live in.
Everyone I meet is my guru, when I have the heart to listen.
I had someone reach out to me last week from the new Skool community I joined to learn about fast conversational language learning.
He reached out to me with a message:
“Hey Steph! I saw you joined recently, welcome! I’m Gus, one of the admins here 👋
How’s your experience been so far?”
I didn’t respond.
I don’t know the guy. “This admin wants to sell me on the program,” I thought. Which is cool, but I didn’t want to be sold.
So it’s a big deal to me that most of the people I connect with not only respond – many of them meet with me. I get the value of that.
And some of those people become nomadic-sporadic travelers whose appearance blesses my life from time to time, like Gary.
Have you and I had a chat yet? Or have you been lurking?
If you’re curious, I’d love to connect. Just hit reply and start the conversation anywhere that feels fun.
Come on. I dare ya.
Yours in love and play,
Steph
P.S. I just responded to the admin in the Skool group. ‘Cuz he’s a people, too, and I remembered that I like them.
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