dsbatten on Nostr: Imagine you're part of a tribe and you want to row down a river No matter how good ...

Imagine you're part of a tribe and you want to row down a river


No matter how good you are at rowing a boat (actions) and how good your boat (strategy), it is the current of the river will largely determine whether and when you reach your intended destination.

I saw this for the first time 12 years ago. I had been working as a coach and trainer for a while. Then I joined a mastermind group. One person on the group was getting twice the results I was at the time. That one fact changed everything. It demystified the process of creating results at the next level. And it removed my limiting belief about "the sort of people" who could get the sort of results I only dreamed of getting, but never thought I would.

Most of what I learnt from her was not strategy, but mindset, self-belief and the value of consistently doing what I knew I "should be", but wasn't.

Within 5 months, I was approaching her level of success, and no one was happier for me than her.

The results were so powerful, I completely changed the way I coached. I had only ever done 1:1, believing that coaching is like music lessons, individual attention is always better. It's not (always). Sometimes it is, but sometimes the group is far more powerful.

From that point on, I always ran groups that had both the peer-group and the 1:1 dimension.

Over the years there have been many occasions where I've thought, "Most people go through life, never knowing just how powerful the current of the peer group is, in the positive. They've only experienced it when in the negative, when they are rowing into the current of a peer group who is not supportive."

Over the last week or so, you may have heard me share stories, and the 5 ways that the peer group, and only the peer group, can support you to achieve your goals.

You are not the average of the 5 people you spend most time with, but you are the average of the 5 people you have the deepest intentional conversations with.

To know but not to do is not to know, and while the current is strong - if your boat is not in the water, it cannot avail you much!

Cultivating the strong positive current of an intentional, elite, supportive, peer group is something I've been cultivating for over a decade now.

If you'd like to get your boat in the river and experience rather than read about what it's like to row with a strong current towards your goals, reach out!