Hey {{first_name}} ,
Ben Wood joined our community last week.
After his first Map Room session, he messaged me:
"Attending my first session yesterday left me feeling so lucky and grateful to have made the decision to jump into this community. Great conversations with a diverse bunch of people and perspectives. So valuable, thanks."
Lucky and grateful.
After one session.
Both Ben and Tracey had the same experience during that call. They had breakthroughs just from speaking their thoughts out loud.
They had breakthroughs from speaking their thoughts out loud while others listened.
There's something that happens when you take the conversation you've been having with yourself and speak it into a room full of people who get it.
The thoughts that loop endlessly in your mind suddenly have to form actual sentences.
The problems that feel impossibly complex become surprisingly simple when you hear yourself explain them.
The solutions you couldn't see become obvious when someone else says "Have you tried..."
We've built something different in the Map Room.
All of us, machetes in hand, cutting through the forest of LinkedIn and business together.
When Sajjad shares his automation workflow, Leigh takes notes.
When Tracey pivots her entire business model, others see their own courage reflected.
When Chris admits he's overwhelmed, five people jump in with "I've been there, here's what helped."
Nobody's judging because we're all in the thick of it.
Everyone's contributing because everyone has something valuable to share.
The forest is dark and dense. LinkedIn is confusing. Business is hard.
But when you're cutting through it together, you notice things.
That path someone else cleared saves you three days of hacking through brush.
That warning about a dead end keeps you from wasting weeks.
That encouragement when you're exhausted keeps you moving forward.
Ben felt lucky and grateful because he realized something most solopreneurs take years to discover:
You don't have to figure this out alone.
The breakthrough lives in the speaking, the witnessing, the shared struggle, the collective wisdom of people who refuse to let each other get lost.
The Map Room runs every Thursday inside our Skool community. Cameras optional. Judgment prohibited. Breakthroughs probable.
Because the fastest way through the forest isn't the path you cut alone.
It's the one we clear together.
Want to experience what Ben discovered? The Map Room is part of Authentic Navigators, our paid Skool community where we're all figuring this out together.
Join us at https://www.skool.com/the-linkedin-basecamp
The forest is waiting, but you don't have to enter it alone.
Jack
