Admittedly, sharing with my community has been the hardest, yet the most growth I've experienced in this process. Although I've been in public service and non-profit for most of my life, an industry that is an open book to everyone (or should be) as a community entity, I've had to switch gears in some respects. One part of the 'community' aspect of this has to respect my partner, and husband, with whom I have a business already (our marriage). I have to account for his comfort level of sharing all of this with my community because - to my husband and somewhat with me, too - they're not financially invested to the degree we are. The other part of me has to trust that their engagement and opinion isn't going to lead us down the rabbit hole and into some unknown (because frankly, they're as unknown and untested as I am)
With that, I do talk to my community every day (via a closed Facebook group) In fact, I just posted my recent interview of a CPA and the fact that I pulled the trigger on submitting LLC paperwork for Engage Cowork (breathing has returned to normal). I share being scooped by new coworks in our community (yes, I'm a bit sad that I'm not the first one, but oh well... we'll get there). I listen to them describe their 20 different visions of what the cowork looks like, where it should be, and what it should have in it (thankfully no votes for slides or bowling alleys, but a tree hammock was suggested). However in the end, my asking for help has gleaned many resources that wouldn't have been realized unless I asked. I can't promise them anything but my 100%, keep them in the loop, and when I ask for their suggestions, that I don't poo-poo anything because they're all right, in some way. Thanks for sharing, Alex. Jen -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
