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Three Kinds of Communities #community #leadership #market #startups #entrepreneurship

Name: Three Kinds of Communities #community #leadership #market #startups #entrepreneurship
Uploaded: 2024-06-14T13:00:22+00:00
Duration: 56 s
Channel: Ray Deck
Description: In this brief instructional talk, the speaker outlines three distinct types of communities that professionals can join. The first, the market community…

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In this brief instructional talk, the speaker outlines three distinct types of communities that professionals can join. The first, the market community, consists of people the speaker aims to serve; participation creates reciprocal value and drives professional growth. The second, learning communities, are groups where members acquire expertise from others, accelerating skill development. The third, support communities, are peer groups offering emotional encouragement but little impetus for change; the speaker advises limiting involvement in these, using them only occasionally for personal support. The overall recommendation is to prioritize market and learning communities to propel forward momentum and avoid staying stagnant.

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There are 3 kinds of communities you can be part of. The first one is what I will call the market community. That's where you are surrounded by people who you want to serve. I think that's the most effective kind of community to be in. When you are participating there, you're creating value for people who you want to create value for professionally. It just keeps on rebounding to your benefit. The second is learning communities, which is from your point of view, the community where you're learning from others, either sold to or being provided value by other people who have expertise where you don't necessarily have expertise. That can be a very powerful place to be. The third one is the kind I think you should probably quit. The third one is going to be the support community. This is going to be the one where you are surrounded by people who are like you and you are getting more of a peer support. There can be a place for that. I think you join them every once in a while when you feel like you need that. But most of the time, these are people who like you as you are, and that means they're not part of the community that's going to make you change. The first two communities are like telling you forward to become what you can be. Don't stay where you are.