SA 088: How to Become a SuperConnector with Scott Gerber

The Sweet Adversity Podcast: Entrepreneurship/Adversity/Lifestyle

Scott Gerber of The Community Company join us in this episode, and we talk about connection, community, developing deep authentic relationships, being yourself, and what it takes to be a consistent community builder and relationship builder.

Guest Bio:

Scott Gerber is CEO of The Community Company, an organization that builds and manages community-driven programs for media companies and global brands. He is the founder of YEC, an invitation-only organization comprised of the world’s most successful young entrepreneurs, and Forbes Councils, a collective of invitation-only organizations for elite executives. He is also sought-after speaker, the co-author of Superconnector and the author of Never Get a “Real” Job.

Scott has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Fortune, TIME, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Reuters, Mashable, BBC, NPR, Forbes, The Daily Beast, CBS News, US News & World Report, Fox News, Inc. and Entrepreneur, and has been honored by NASDAQ and the White House.

(source: scottdgerber.com)

Some Questions We Ask:

• When he hears the word “successful” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?
• Was he a natural relationship-building person?
• How do you go from your natural inclination as an extrovert or introvert to becoming a superconnector?

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• Insights on being an extrovert
• The work that they focus on in The Community Company
• Auditing ourselves to think about how we build community
• Core traits of superconnectors
  • Most connectors have very very small inner circles. You want to create strong, deep, meaningful inner circles of people that are really reflective of the five average people that you’re with.
• The power of conversations in building relationships
  • It’s the conversations that you have that are ultimately allowing you to learn more than surface level, determine who you should invest in to ultimately have long-term relationships with.
• How technology and systems allow one to be a superconnector
• It’s about creating these intimate safe oasis settings whether online or offline that allow people to meaningfully connect, that have walls, that are safe, that are curated.

Links:

Book: https://superconnectorbook.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottgerber
The Community Company https://community.co/

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