{"id":3547,"date":"2023-01-24T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2023-01-24T10:01:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T18:01:34","slug":"start-with-the-smallest-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/start-with-the-smallest-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Start With The Smallest Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" data-attachment-id=\"3548\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/start-with-the-smallest-group\/hors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/hors.jpg?fit=2000%2C1277&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1277\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hors\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/hors.jpg?fit=1024%2C654&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/hors.jpg?resize=1024%2C654&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/hors.jpg?resize=1024%2C654&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/hors.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/hors.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I was a virgin christian, people would try to hook me up all the time with other virgin christians. It was specific &#8211; especially in the atheist circles where I hung out. My buddies that were trying to get laid were bummed about it because I wasn&#8217;t going to do the good stuff with any of these girls if I met them. My buddies were not getting voluntary matchmakers like I was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friends were not thinking &#8220;I need to introduce Scot to every girl I know.&#8221; They weren&#8217;t even thinking &#8220;I want to find someone for Scot.&#8221; They were thinking &#8220;oh! I know another person that&#8217;s a virgin christian&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We can get more specific<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we can work with one person in a powerful way and sustain that way, imagine the impact we can have on that person! Usually, we need more than one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entertainers are often afraid of pigeonholing themselves to a really specific type of client. We usually don&#8217;t need to be. We usually have the opposite problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we can plan to serve one kind of client, we can get really really good at that, then we can expand from there. A company needs to profit first, then grow. A creator needs to express first, then grow. A craftsperson (which is what entertainers are) needs to serve first, then grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we go too broad, we &#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>have trouble serving our dream clients<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>don&#8217;t have enough bandwidth for our dream clients<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>don&#8217;t feel fulfilled<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have a lot of work to do marketing ourselves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>don&#8217;t know how to create the next thing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It leads to vetted connection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I went on a few blind dates with virgin christians. I didn&#8217;t really care about dating very much at the time, so I didn&#8217;t follow through much&#8230; and, as I said, I preferred to hang with atheists at the time&#8230; just like Jesus did. I was willing to try the dates (and I think the girls were willing) because I thought &#8220;This person is specific, they might be right for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What if every person we meet has only one lead for us? What if every lead we had was very close to right for us? There are 8 billion people in the world. Would that be enough, or do we still need to be right for everyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a virgin christian, people would try to hook me up all the time with other virgin christians. It was specific &#8211; especially in the atheist circles where I hung out. 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