David Spinks @DavidSpinks

Coach for community leaders and execs. Not really on X much anymore but sometimes I pop in to see what people are yelling about these days. davidspinks.com NY Joined July 2008

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

3 weeks ago

@jasonfried i love it in part because getting handed a physical $100 bill is an all around better experience than having your $100 refunded digitally i bet this goes very well.

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Forbes Coaches Council @ForbesCoaches

2 months ago

What’s really fueling the way you build? @DavidSpinks breaks down “dirty fuel” — and why founders may need to look more closely at the fear, pressure, or scarcity underneath their ambition. 🎥 Forbes Councils Sessions with @ryanpaugh

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

4 months ago

maybe intead of making a "dent" in the world (kind of aggressive) we just took care of the people around us? how many problems in the world would go away if we did this?

Divot @Divotdotorg

4 months ago

What if the world's problems didn't need a grand tech solution? They just needed people to show up for each other. @DavidSpinks co-founded @CMX, helped define the community-building industry in Silicon Valley, and wrote the book Business of Belonging, reflecting on what the

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Divot @Divotdotorg

4 months ago

Shared values aren't enough for true belonging. What matters is feeling safe enough to be exactly who you are. @DavidSpinks built @CMX, wrote the book Business of Belonging, and became one of the defining voices of the community-building industry in Silicon Valley. Watch the full conversation with @DerekjAndersen. Link in the replies.

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

4 months ago

If you struggle to make decisions, it's probably because you're trying to find the right answer in an inherently complex situation that doesn't have one. The way forward with complex decisions isn't to find the right answer. It's to form a hypothesis and test it.

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

4 months ago

every community builder should take this advice to heart. because community is ultimately immeasurable. only companies that are comfortable not using metrics as pure measures of success will be able to properly invest in community.

Startup Archive @StartupArchive_

4 months ago

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke explains Goodhart’s law and why he doesn’t like KPIs or OKRs “Goodhart’s law is real. The moment a metric becomes a goal, it’s no longer a useful metric… No metric by itself is a complete heuristic for a complex business. There’s a million different

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

4 months ago

@MitchAll2gether @DerekjAndersen @Divotdotorg so happy this found you at the right time mitch!

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Divot @Divotdotorg

4 months ago

True belonging is knowing that a group of people will hold you in a relationship no matter what mistakes you make, with accountability, but without ever letting go. @DavidSpinks co-founded @CMX, helped define the community-building industry in Silicon Valley, and wrote the book Business of Belonging. In conversation with @DerekjAndersen. Link in the replies.

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Divot @Divotdotorg

4 months ago

Most people ask how much to sacrifice for their dreams. The better question is what's really driving that ambition in the first place. @DavidSpinks co-founded @CMX, helped define the community-building industry in Silicon Valley, and wrote the book Business of Belonging. Watch the full conversation with @DerekjAndersen. Link in the replies.

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

4 months ago

It's out! This might just be my favorite podcast I've ever done. I hope you enjoy it. Big thanks to @DerekjAndersen and the @Divotdotorg team for having me.

Derek Andersen @DerekjAndersen

4 months ago

This week on @Divotdotorg I interviewed @DavidSpinks, author of The Business of Belonging and one of the world's biggest experts on building community. We talked about success, loneliness, ambition, why high performers often feel inadequate, and if making a dent in the universe

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

10 months ago

gold

Joe Hudson @FU_joehudson

10 months ago

Decades of studying and teaching emotional intelligence, condensed into a single page:

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

10 months ago

Lately, I’ve been wondering if I ever truly wanted to be a CEO. Did I want to start companies? Did I want to build something massive? Or were these stories handed to me? I shared my reflections in my newsletter today. davidspinks.substack.com/p/did-i-even-w…

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

11 months ago

step 1: burn out step 2: heal step 3: teach others how to not burn out step 4: realize it's hard to make a living doing that step 5: work harder to make it work anyway step 6: burn out

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

a year ago

@robbiebent1 can't wait to visit!

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

a year ago

@eriktorenberg there's a renaissance of these kinds of clubs happening right now check the participants in the BuildIRL program in SF as an example

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Hiten Shah @hnshah

a year ago

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David Spinks @DavidSpinks

a year ago

@winslow_strong Really excited to see this in the world

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Winslow.Ξ @winslow_strong

a year ago

Today we are announcing The Consciousness Foundation (CoFo.org), a public charity whose purpose is to advance the scientific understanding of consciousness and foster consciousness development, ie things like awakening, healing, and inner development. Why?