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Happy Saturday {{first_name}},
About 3 months after founding the EduCreator Community on X, I started hosting a monthly launch event. I was inspired to do this out of frustration initially, but it turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve made for my community and for my own business.
I spent about 2 hours a day hosting Live Spaces and growing the community. Each day had a theme related to one of my content pillars: community design, AI tools, newsletters, etc. This is what some would call my “top of funnel” and it all flowed really well.
But I had a huge problem:
Everything I was saying was going in one ear and out the other. They were learning but weren’t implementing.
As a life long teacher, I found it unacceptable that “my students” (community members) were not actually applying what they were learning. From they outside looking in, they were highly engaged. We could talk for hours about the latest video generation tool.
But where was it getting us? Nowhere.
So I started the monthly launch event to encourage community members to launch something. ANYTHING. And have a platform to share what they’re building with a community. We hosted 15 of these launch events and we saw many communities, newsletters, apps, and products born.
The point was to publish, even before they felt ready.
No more analysis paralysis.
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Start Before You Feel Ready
Most founders and entrepreneurs do not get stuck because they lack skill or insight. They get stuck because they are waiting for a feeling that never actually arrives. Readiness feels like something you reach before you move, when in reality it only shows up after you do.
Readiness is not the starting point
Readiness is not something you discover.
It is something you earn in motion.
Confidence does not come before you publish.
Clarity does not come before you press send.
Momentum does not come before you begin.
What most people expect:
feel ready
get confident
take action
What actually works:
take action
get feedback
build confidence
Waiting flips the sequence and keeps you stuck in planning mode.
The quiet cost of waiting
Waiting feels safe.
It feels thoughtful.
It feels productive.
But it carries a cost that adds up quietly over time.
missed reps that build skill
missed feedback that creates clarity
missed connection with your audience
missed momentum that compounds
Every week you wait to send the email, share the idea, or launch the next step, you delay learning. And learning is the only thing that creates real readiness.
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A newsletter is one of the safest places to start before you feel ready.
You are not performing for an algorithm.
You are not trying to keep up with constant posting.
You are writing to people who chose to hear from you.
That matters.
Newsletters are not about perfection. They are about presence. Each send does important work even when it feels simple.
it sharpens your thinking because you have to say what you mean
it builds trust through consistency
it creates momentum through repetition
None of that requires polish. It requires showing up.
What people are really afraid of
When we hesitate, it is rarely about time, tools, or ideas.
It is about being seen before everything is figured out.
There is a fear of saying something incomplete. A fear of being judged while still learning. A fear of not sounding like the finished version of yourself.
But people do not connect to polish the way we think they do. They connect to progress. They connect to honesty. They connect to someone willing to think out loud and grow in public.
Your audience is not waiting for you to be finished.
They are waiting for you to be real.
A simple way to start tonight
If you feel stuck, do not try to write the perfect newsletter.
Write one honest thing instead.
one lesson you learned this week
one mistake you would approach differently next time
one question you are still working through
That is enough.
Send it before you overthink it.
Because every send trains the habit. And habits last longer than motivation.
Start now. Adjust later.
You do not build readiness in private.
You build it in motion.
Start before you feel ready.
Send before you feel confident.
Publish before you feel certain.
That is how we become builders.
And builders do not wait for permission.
That’s all for now,
Christel
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