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Harsh truth: I have no f*cking clue what I'm doing. And guess what? It's liberating to admit that. It's the dirty little secret that no one talks about: Most of us are winging it. We look around, and it seems like everyone else has it figured out. They don't. The world is run by people who put one foot in front of the other, one day at a time. → We try. → We fail. → We learn. → We improvise. Behind every "overnight success" are years of trial and error, of not having a damn clue, but pressing on anyway. ••→ This is for the entrepreneurs staying up late googling "how to write a business plan." ••→ For the new parents who can't find the "sleep through the night" switch on their baby. ••→ For the recent grads whose degree didn't come with a job manual. You're not alone. We're all part of the 'Making It Up As We Go' club. And that’s okay. Here's why: • Innovation is born from "I don't know." • Every master was once a disaster. So, hold up your sign with pride. It's not a confession. It's a badge of honor. Because the ones who don't have all the answers are the ones brave enough to seek them out. 🌮 Thoughts? Let me know below ⬇️ - - - 📌 PS: Want to start taking LinkedIn seriously? Join our community: https://www.brand30.io/ Get access to 4000+ high-performing founders, marketers, and sellers.

🌟 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞! 🌟 Just when I thought my journey couldn't get more exciting, I received another fantastic news—I’ve been selected as a contributor for Social Summer Of Code! This opportunity feels like another big step forward in my professional growth, and I'm eager to dive in and make a meaningful impact. Reflecting on this achievement, I realize how pivotal each step of our journey is. Every opportunity, big or small, adds a new chapter to our story. It reminds me of a lesson I’ve come to cherish: every effort we make, no matter how daunting it seems, can lead to something remarkable. To everyone reading this, I encourage you to embrace every opportunity that comes your way. Whether it’s a new project, a volunteering chance, or a side hustle—every step you take builds your journey. Don’t underestimate the power of small contributions and the ripple effect they can have on your career and life. Let’s celebrate our victories, big and small, and keep pushing forward. What’s the next step in your journey? Share your stories and let’s inspire each other to keep moving forward! #SocialSummerOfCode #CareerGrowth #OpenSource #Community #Inspiration #Journey #CelebrateAchievements #KeepMovingForward

🚀 Are You Struggling to Get Your First 100 Community Members? Here’s How I Did It Organically! Let me tell you, those first 100 are everything. They’re your foundation, your voice, your core believers. They set the tone and guide where your project goes next. You can’t afford to get it wrong. Why? Because they believe in your vision! They will help you steer the ship and sell your story to others who fit into that dream. Here’s exactly how I did it: 🚀 Step 1: Tell your project story. People don’t just care about the tech, they care about the why. I shared our vision everywhere—socials, DMs, forums. When people feel connected to your mission, they’ll rally around it. 💬 Step 2: Be where your people are. I didn’t wait for them to find me. I went into the communities and spaces where they hang out. I had real conversations. That personal touch made all the difference. 📚 Step 3: Offer real value. I didn’t spam or sell, I gave. Whether through educational content or answering questions, I made sure they felt like they were gaining something from being part of my project. 💡 Step 4: Build trust. Keep your first 100 close. These people are gold. Get their feedback, involve them in decisions, and reward them for their belief in your journey. Advice? Don’t rush. Build organically. Your first 100 will either make or break what comes next. 🌱 #CommunityBuilding #Web3Growth #StartStrong #OrganicGrowth

🤩 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 Hii rockstars, this is 48th week where I am going to share my document with you people. 🤑 𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲: Lack of FOMO is going to be the biggest skill for making money. I got to know about this from Ansh Mehra's community post and after giving it a thought I realised that he's so right. 🔥𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥: I realised this soon that if I really want to achieve something big, I need to leave mediocrity. I stopped creating content for mediocre people, I stopped talking to mediocre people - kick them out of your life. 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, you have to be good at something people cannot do and not good at things people don't want to do. Again, this was taught to me by Ansh Mehra. 👭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: My sister has just turned 18 years old and gave CUET few days back. I talked to her regarding few things like how she is going to utilise her time right now and in college. She's learning new things daily. Currently she's posting regularly on LinkedIn, learning Notion and other stuff. I'm happy that I'm learning with her and she's not wasting her time. I want to give her all that knowledge that I didn't get when I was 18 years old. She should be better than me in every possible way. 🧐 6 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭: June is here guys and just after 6 months we'll enter 2025. I'm not satisfied with my progress so I'm constantly trying to improve I just hope you are improving yourself too. Keep going. We can hit good numbers this year. All the best. #linkedingrowth #linkedinforcreators #weeklyupdates

It's finally December! ❄️ One project that I am extremely close to finishing this year is my PsychQuiConsult LLC. application! The last step is testing using the Jest framework. After that, my MVP will be finished and I will start the deploying process. My goal for this month is to simply finish well. I want to end this year with the same tenacity and passion that I started with. 💪🏾 Finishing well for me also includes giving myself the grace to rest when needed. Reflecting on all the times that I have experienced burnout this year has inspired me to be intentional with my days. I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but you can rest and work hard, two things can be true at once. What are your goals for the last month of the year? #webdeveloper #mernstack #womenintech #linkedinwriting #jest

8 months ago, I hired a bunch of people. I still regret it. CwC has been my brainchild ever since its inception. So when it came to giving out responsibility to manage its growth - I was picky. Vihangi and I wanted people who - → are bold → took responsibility → loved experimentation → are always solution-oriented Because we are a funny place to work. As founders, we wanted to focus on the people we work with. Month 1 at CwC is - Figure what is happening. We got on calls everyday and gave our interns a problem to solve. Not that it mattered because we knew the solution. We would sit down and discuss what they came up with and tell them how we would solve the problem. It was a lot of back and forth. But it made them think. Month 2&3 - Ramping Up This is where we helped them set processes. Asked them to experiment as much as they wanted. But note their observations. We sat on a call once every 2 days to talk about these burning questions. There was hand-holding for a bit but as things progressed they got better. Month 4-6 - Figure what you are doing This is where we stopped answering all the questions they brought to us. We answered questions that directly affected our business. Rest was for them to manage and find an answer to. This led them to be independent. We also helped them establish a brand on LinkedIn and start with creating content. 8 months later, I am in awe of how they function. It did turn out to be better than what we imagined. I am more irritated because of the constant messages I get on this needs to be done and that needs to be solved by tonight. The days I don't answer, I am questioned over and over again. They have officially taken over. Worst part - I have become a meme on my Instagram page because our community manager figured content on bosses is doing well nowadays. Just shows what focusing on people's experiences does. We are building onto something really beautiful here. Proud of these 3 - 1/ Abirah Nabi 2/ Bhoomi Arora 3/ Shriya Raithatha

Building something that people want to be a part of is tough. Building something that people want their friends to be a part of with them.. Is even tougher! That much has been clear to me since day 01 as a #community manager. My initial intention was to create a place where others could come together, learn, and grow. Initially, I thought mostly about what resources could I build to help people, and I thought that'd be enough. I spent too much time thinking about how to convince members to invite their friends, and that was the wrong way to look at it. Very quickly, I learned that there was a much more important piece, the human piece. Community isn't about resources or events, it's about interactions, authenticity, connection. Once I understood that, we made a lot more progress. But, even then, to create a space where people not only are down to dedicate their time to participate in, but also would invite their peers to do so as well, that is a difficult thing to create. We're finally getting to that stage though! 🎉 This week we've had some of our first few members join the Redwood Grove Community, who've been invited by other members out of their own will! The kicker here is that this isn't happening because of anything I did, it's happening because of the impact that the interactions between our members have within the community. I know that between the sharing of insights, the friendly debates, the polls we have, and all other interactions that occur in our Slack, we've now arrived at a place where there is so much value being created through the shared experiences of all of our incredible members. It feels great that we are now getting tractions and wins like these, but the lesson from it isn't about creating more UTM links or t-shirt programs that will have people invite others, instead, it is to do the one thing that has made our community successful so far: Create a space where people can come together and share experiences that help each other grow, authentically. A bit of a longer post, I know.. But it was a fun win and I thought the lesson behind it was worth sharing. If you want to see what I am talking about in more detail, join our community Slack! Just hit me with a DM or a comment and I'll take care of the rest! #community #referral #winoftheday

What I learned when my community launch flopped… I was told: “If you build it, they will come.” Spoiler: nobody came 🫠 In July-August, I poured weeks into building my community. I ran a program with a group of 10 multilingual creators. Slides, frameworks, workshops — built it all out. And it was brilliant, don’t get me wrong. The plan was then to open a community in September. But when I went to launch in Q4… crickets. Because I made a mistake. Building first, promoting second. The lesson I learned the hard way ⬇ Creator misconception: It’s not about what you build. It’s about who’s excited to join before you begin. Sell the idea before you create the solution. This is working smarter – and it’s the fastest way to: ✅ save time ✅ validate your offer ✅ avoid unnecessary work I’ll learn from mistakes for my January re-launch by: 1️⃣ Creating a roadmap to show the transformation 2️⃣ Starting promo early to build curiosity and excitement 3️⃣ Incentivising early adopters to join (discounts, bonuses) Building something amazing is important. But getting people to care about it?  That’s what creates energy. Energy = motivation Motivation = action No energy, no action.  Lesson learned 💡 What’s 1 piece of advice you found to be untrue? P.S. I'd rather make a mistake and share than pretend I get everything right always. Often, I get more wrong than right.  But I always learn from my mistakes 😉

Catch up time! In January of this year, I started the Big Cash Money community to help people with multiple streams of income make more money and reach their personal revenue goals. One of the biggest things we’ve been trying to figure out is what to call the people on this journey. For a good portion of them, they’re keeping their day jobs but adding money to their bottom line in other ways. They're building courses, apps, booking speaking gigs, running workshops, getting sponsorships, doing consulting, and more. They're not exactly "side hustles" -- that doesn't quite capture it. And they're definitely more than a serious hobby. They’re insulating their careers, building a moat, and working on not being so reliant on a single company for income, especially in today's job market. We've been calling them multihyphenates, and that feels closest to who they are and what they're doing. By definition, they cannot be defined by one title, one thing. They do more than their 9-5 because they ARE more than their 9-5. For a lot of folks, it's about building a buffer so they can more easily take care of their families and the people they love. They can relieve some of the pressure of needing to keep that day job. If they get laid off, they want to know that it'll be ok. And if they can make some real money while doing it, even better. This is the community I'm most excited about right now -- the many multihyphenates turning their skills and knowledge into personal revenue. 💫This week, we took our first step of many in being the unofficial hype team of multihyphenates: we launched the Big Cash Money newsletter. We plan to publish weekly on Thursdays, and you can expect to receive a very easily digestible curation of multihyphenate stories and voices, tips toward monetization, upcoming events, and actual money-making opportunities.  I promise you won’t get hustle-culture, tech bro or flashy-revenue-number-thirst-traps here. You have all of the rest of Twitter and LinkedIn for that 👀 We’ve got big plans, and I’m so excited to hear what you think! Read the first issue: https://lnkd.in/gnJQF-qk 

✨ Over the past many months, I’ve been working on something deeply personal, and today, I’m ready to share it with the world. ✨ As many of you know, I’ve transitioned to a full-time role as Chief Marketing Officer at Sunny, a nonprofit focused on social well-being and creating a more meaningfully connected world. While my focus with Sunny has grown, I knew it was important for Nectar for Good to live on because my vision to inspire, champion, and accelerate good remains the same. I didn’t know exactly what that would look like, so I gave it time to unfold. This summer, after our family trip to Italy, my friend Morgan asked me to share all the details—where we went, what worked best for the kids, and my packing lists. I sat down and typed it ALL out: multiple pages, bulleted, linked, and full of pictures. And it brought me joy. That was the spark. My mind raced with other stories I’ve wanted to tell and just haven’t had the “right place” to tell them. Today, I’m thrilled to introduce A Glittering, a digital diary of reflections on the many bright points of life. It’s not a typical blog—it’s a collection of stories, tips, and experiences that span the practical (packing lists, organization hacks) to the deeply meaningful (career leaps, spirituality, and serendipity). Oh, and here’s a fun fact: a flock of hummingbirds is called a glittering, a nod to the inspiration for this phase of my life. These aren’t all business-related stories, nor are they what some might consider “right for LinkedIn.” And that’s exactly the point. I am one human, sharing my journey. ✨ Explore A Glittering www.aglittering.com, and join my free Substack @aglittering to stay up to date. I hope this inspires you to reflect on your own bright points of life and share your story too. #AGlittering #Storytelling #PersonalGrowth #DigitalDiary