#00045 Season 5 Opener: The 10,000 Heroes Plan for 2023 and my crazy idea for a conference (you're invited!)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is Ten Thousand Heroes and I’m Ankur Shah Delight.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome back and Happy New Year.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode marks the crossing of a threshold. After over 18 months in existence, and our first 80 episodes under our built, I wanted to share my goals for the podcast in 2023, and some first steps of how I think I’m going to get there.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My big, hairy, audacious goal (Thanks Jim) for this podcast is to throw a giant party in the summer of 2023 that will bring together the 10kh community for the first time. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m thinking around 100 people all in one place, for a weekend, having a great time.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In order to do that there has to be a 10kh community, which there currently is not. At the moment, we have me doing interviews, Nate busting my balls, and Martin doing production. With a few hundred (300-1,500) listeners spread over the planet, depending on the episode.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But community means connection. Deep connection. Real connection. Knowing what is up in someone’s heart connection.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Luckily, I know how to do that really well, where I live and with my friends. So I’m going to try to bring some of that knowledge to bear in this ephemeral digital space. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode I share the plan. Give it a listen and let me know what you think.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In fact, there’s only 2 important parts to the plan:</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">I do a lot of work (listen to the episode for the deets)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400