In a world obsessed with collecting followers, here’s your reminder: you don’t need more people, you need the right people.
You weren’t designed to walk this purpose path alone, gorgeous. You were designed to be sharpened, supported, and supernaturally aligned with women and mentors who see your anointing and call it higher. The problem? Most women don’t plan their networks, they tolerate them.
Let’s shift that.
Because your network isn’t just who’s in your group chat, it’s who’s influencing your growth, energy, and future.
This week, we’re unpacking how to Plan Your Network intentionally, so your circle isn’t just full, it’s faith-filled and future-forward.
Why Your Network Is a Spiritual Strategy
You can have the goals.
You can have the grit.
But if your circle doesn’t match your calling, you’ll eventually shrink to stay comfortable.
📖 “Walk with the wise and become wise.” – Proverbs 13:20
Your relationships are prophetic. They speak over your potential even when you’re silent.
That’s why the right community isn’t optional, it’s a strategy for Kingdom-level success.
How Unaligned Connections Are Costing You
If your calendar includes people who constantly:
- Drain your energy
- Diminish your dreams
- Distract your focus
- Discourage your faith
…then your destiny is leaking through relationships that no longer serve the woman you’re becoming.
And no, this isn’t about cutting people off in cold blood. It’s about reordering access. Not everyone deserves front-row seats to your transformation.
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The 3 Types of People You Need in Your Network
Let’s break it down. Every high-impact woman of faith needs these three categories in her circle:
1️⃣ Mentors – The Expanders
These are the women who stretch your perspective, challenge your excuses, and show you what’s possible.
You don’t compete with them, you study them.
Mentors help you think higher, execute bolder, and pray with deeper authority.
👉 How to find them:
Look for someone who lives what you want to model. Read their books, join their programs, show up where they teach. Proximity creates access.
2️⃣ Peers – The Refuelers
These are the sisters in your season. The ones who understand the juggle between purpose and pressure. Who pray with you, push you, and pull you back to your why when life gets noisy.
You need women who can celebrate your wins without comparison and who will text you “Get up, girl. You were born for this,” when it all feels too heavy.
👉 How to find them:
Start being that woman to someone else. Show up with love, not competition. Join masterminds, prayer groups, or local meetups aligned with your values.
3️⃣ Mentees – The Multipliers
Your growth isn’t complete until you give it away.
Pouring into others multiplies your impact and helps you embody what you’ve learned. It keeps you humble, clear, and connected to your bigger mission.
👉 How to find them:
Pray for women to mentor. Start with one conversation, one prayer, or one encouragement at a time. You don’t have to be perfect to guide, you just have to be present.
📖 “Iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” – Proverbs 27:17
Why You Need to Plan Your People, Not Just Your Priorities
You plan your meals.
You plan your content.
You plan your goals.
But do you plan your people?
If you don’t, your circle becomes a default, not a design. And default settings can’t sustain divine assignments.
PLAN A PURPOSEFUL NETWORK WITH OUR SPECIAL PLANNERS
How to Plan a Purposeful Network Using the Grateful Gains Planner
Your Grateful Gains Planner isn’t just a productivity tool, it’s a faith-first strategy guide that helps you align your life with who God called you to be.
Here’s how to use it to plan your network:
✔ Reflect on Current Connections
Each month, use your journaling section to ask:
- Who energizes me?
- Who drains me?
- Who have I outgrown and why am I still clinging?
Honesty brings clarity.
✔ Set a Relationship Goal Each Quarter
Whether it's attending a mastermind, scheduling a mentor call, or reconnecting with someone aligned, make it intentional.
Track your “connection wins” just like business metrics.
Because healthy relationships are spiritual ROI.
✔ Create Space for Divine Appointments
Use your planner’s white space to record divine connections or conversations that sparked something.
Sometimes, the Holy Spirit is setting you up for a destiny collaboration—you just need to recognize it.
What Happens When You Don’t Do This?
You continue building your dreams in isolation.
You keep feeling like no one understands your vision.
You make decisions from exhaustion instead of alignment.
And worst of all, you shrink to fit the room you’ve outgrown.
Let’s not do that in 2025, shall we?
Final Thoughts: Be the Connection You’re Praying For
Maybe you haven’t found “your people” yet because you’re being called to become that person first.
To sharpen others before you’re sharpened.
To initiate before you’re invited.
To rise before you’re recognized.
Your future isn’t just shaped by goals, it’s shaped by who you grow with.
So plan your network like the woman who’s already walking in her next level.
