Conclusion

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”1

When I first began writing this book, I envisioned my own What If? future. What if there were more empowered people engaged with solving the world's biggest problems? What if they could share their ideas, codify their lessons learned, and gain widespread adoption for their innovative solutions? What if they knew how to build a community of followers eager to join them in implementing those solutions—and who would then carry on their work long after they were gone? Wouldn't the world be a better place?

I hope I have given you the tools and the resources to be one of those people. In fact, I hope you are well on your ...

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