Most community projects and coworking spaces I know have brilliant members sitting three seats apart, each convinced they need an expert's permission before they can help each other solve their problems.
Six weeks ago, I wrote about how comfort becomes complicity - how we're trapped in the Consumer Story, waiting for perfection while the world burns.
But there's another trap: thinking you need to find your voice before you can use it.
I've been through this whole process myself. I keep going through it.
For 10 years in London, I organised hundreds of meetups with fellow creators, including the London Bloggers Meetup, London Podcast Meetup, and Write Club at @Work Hubs.
Same pattern every week:
London Bloggers: People obsessing over SEO before they'd written a single post.
London Podcasters: Endless debates about which mic to buy. No one had recorded anything.
I ran a regular session called "Get Your Blog Moving" - a group of us who couldn't get out of our own way.
All stuck in what Ira Glass calls "The Gap" - that painful space between your taste and your ability.
