The Rich Girl Rules of Networking | How to Build Rooms People Never Want to Leave!

Jan 28, 2026

Kayleigh McNaughton, brand coordinator who curates events and masterminds, shares behind-the-scenes lessons from working on Glossy and the Earn Your Happy team. They unpack what makes a room magnetic. They discuss paying for proximity, borrowing belief until it becomes identity, protecting dreams from naysayers, and how mentors and intentional design collapse time in your growth.

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INSIGHT

Paying Signals Commitment

Fear about paying often masks doubts about your own follow-through and value.
Burning the boats with higher investment forces commitment and reduces excuses.

ADVICE

Choose Rooms That Stretch You

Join rooms where you're the smaller fish to be stretched and learn faster.
Seek discomfort in rooms so you can practice showing up as a higher-level version of yourself.

INSIGHT

Rooms Pre-Qualify Opportunity

Paying to enter high-net-worth rooms pre-qualifies you as serious and connects you to opportunity.
Once inside, others source hires, partners, and speakers from that room first.

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This is the very first BTS episode with my brand coordinator, Kayleigh McNaughton, and it’s the behind-the-scenes look at how we think about rooms, connection, and proximity in our business and our lives. We talk about why rooms change people, and why most people miss the opportunity before it even begins. We break down what makes a room magnetic, why discomfort is a sign you’re in the right place, and how being around people who are already living your next level collapses time. Tune in to why belief is often borrowed before it becomes embodied, and how protecting your dreams sometimes means choosing new rooms.

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HIGHLIGHTS

00:00 Introducing BTS and why I wanted these conversations.

07:00 What “Rich Girl Rules” really means.

09:15 The fastest way to collapse time in your growth.

12:30 Kayleigh’s story of betting on herself.

19:30 Why do people hesitate to invest in rooms?

24:30 Why discomfort is proof you’re in the right room.

32:00 How do you borrow belief until it becomes your identity?

35:00 Tips to protect your dreams from people who shrink them.

39:00 Why mentors collapse time faster than anything else.

41:00 Inside our Mentor Collective and Elite Entrepreneur Mastermind.

46:00 Why the right room makes you stop overthinking.

52:00 The do’s and don’ts of creating powerful rooms.

59:00 How to create spaces people never forget.

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