Why Study This Mantra...

You will learn how to build, foster, and strengthen a great social network.

Introduction 

Humans are social creatures. There is a strong correlation between having a strong tribe and your mental and physical well being.

Not only that, but a great group of friends can encourage you to avoid unhealthy lifestyle habits, provide you with a sounding board for all of life's concerns, encourage you when you need it most, and join you in pursuing common interests.

Having a strong social network means both creating new relationships and maintaining old ones. This month, you'll come up with and practice some great methods for both.

 

Before you begin...

Before you start these practices and challenges, take a moment to rate yourself on this mantra. Give yourself a score from 1-10 (10 being the highest). 

Do this again at the end of a month of practices and challenges. How much have you grown?

 

The Practices

Today's affirmation: "I will find and take opportunities to build my tribe."

Daily Practices

Growing My Tribe

• I will find opportunities to go out into the world and meet people
• When I do, I will center around a single goal: to find out one unique thing about them to decide if they’re somebody I might want to hang out with.
• I will turn strangers into friends by taking the next step

Strengthening My Tribe

• I will say yes when my friends invite me to things
• I will take time out to think of my friends and reach out to them
• I will set up events and nights out with my friends
• I will enact the results I came up with in my Tribe Brainstorm

Note: Does your tribe include people who resemble WHO YOU WANT TO BE? The people around you matter! Be around people who inspire you. Who's around you?

Monthly Challenge

Join Our Tribe on Facebook

There's nothing more valuable than a great community when you're going through the growing pains of self-growth. Whether or not you've got a thriving tribe of your own, you'll benefit from joining our community on Facebook.

We foster a positive, constructive, and safe place for our members to interact in ways that help each other. Come to talk about your experiences growing through particular mantras, solicit feedback on how to get unstuck on one, or simply listen to how others overcame the same challenges your having. Whatever it is, there's nothing more helpful than a lended ear from someone in your same position!

Visit the link below to request to join the closed group. An administrator will verify your subscription and let you in.

Welcome to the tribe!

Guided Journaling

Tribe Brainstorm

Brainstorm some new ways you could grow and strengthen your tribe!

Over the next few weeks in the evening, pick up your journal, choose one question from the below questions, and brainstorm around it. Try to pick a new question each time you do it. 

• Where could I go where I would have fun, regardless if I met anyone?
• Where would the types of people I’m looking for spend their free time?
• What fun activities would I love to do with all of my friends?
• Who's drifting away from my tribe that I'd like to keep in? How can I pull them back in? 

Find, Remind, and Bind Exercise

When you start from a place of gratitude with regard to your friendships, it has the power to make your relationships so much stronger. It helps you understand who would make a great friend and helps you appreciate those who already are. 

Try it out this month in your journal! Choose a friend, then write down what you love most about them. 

Capitalization Exercise

Next time something awesome happens to you, pause and go tell a friend. Seriously! 

It's called "capitalization" and it's proven to bring even more benefits above and beyond the original awesome event.

Give it a try this month! Then each time you do it, come back to your journal and write down "Today this happened... and I told..."

 

The Reasoning

For a definitive look at this month's mantras and practices, including what philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and scientists throughout history have thought, taught, and advocated, click below.