Your Circle is Too Safe. Success Requires Scarier Rooms

You might feel supported. Comfortable. Even celebrated. But if no one around you challenges your thinking, your circle might be your ceiling.

Growth rarely comes from rooms where you’re the most prepared, most experienced, or most “together.” It comes from scarier rooms, the ones where your voice shakes a little, where you question if you belong, and where you leave with more questions than answers.

If you want next-level success, here’s how to start shifting your rooms:

• Notice where you're never the rookie – If you’re always mentoring but never being mentored, you’ve plateaued.
  
  

• Join a space where your imposter syndrome flares – That discomfort? It’s your brain expanding. Stay in it.
  
  

• Seek friction, not flattery – Find people who don’t always agree with you—but deeply respect you.
  
  

• Ask bolder questions – Don’t network for validation. Ask what they’d do differently if they were you.
  
  

• Audit your group chat – If every conversation is familiar, light, and unchallenging, it’s time to widen the room.
  
  

Safe circles protect your ego. Brave ones stretch your potential.