Steven

And you've built a life, you've built a network, you've built a reputation for being this thing, whether it's lawyer, doctor, dentist, whatever it might be. And so there's an element of shedding that might have to occur. Shedding people, shedding a city that you live in, shedding a way that people know you, an income. And that's deeply difficult.

I think some people would prefer the certain misery of their current situation to the uncertainty and the shedding that occurs when they go in search of something else.

I think some people would prefer the certain misery of their current situation to the uncertainty and the shedding that occurs when they go in search of something else.

There'll be so many people listening to that now and they'll be thinking... I have a plan. I have an idea or at least a kernel of an idea. But I've spent the last three months, six months, 12 months, 18 months, two years thinking, thinking, thinking, thinking. And not doing? And not doing. Yeah. People stop me all the time and they'll say, Steve, I'm thinking of starting a podcast.

There'll be so many people listening to that now and they'll be thinking... I have a plan. I have an idea or at least a kernel of an idea. But I've spent the last three months, six months, 12 months, 18 months, two years thinking, thinking, thinking, thinking. And not doing? And not doing. Yeah. People stop me all the time and they'll say, Steve, I'm thinking of starting a podcast.

And I'll say, how long have you been thinking about this? Two and a half years.

And I'll say, how long have you been thinking about this? Two and a half years.

Why is planning and procrastination that comes with the prolonged planning so tempting for people? Like, why do we love to plan, plan, plan, plan, plan?

Why is planning and procrastination that comes with the prolonged planning so tempting for people? Like, why do we love to plan, plan, plan, plan, plan?

I was reading, I think it was the book, The Courage to be Disliked. And it was talking in one of the sections about how some people would like, they prefer to live in the realm of possibility. And the realm of possibility is the space you live when you declare to the world that you're going to do something and be something. And before you actually do it.

I was reading, I think it was the book, The Courage to be Disliked. And it was talking in one of the sections about how some people would like, they prefer to live in the realm of possibility. And the realm of possibility is the space you live when you declare to the world that you're going to do something and be something. And before you actually do it.

So when I tell my friends, listen, I'm going to become an actor, for example, the year and a half where I go around saying that I live in the world of possibility where there's been no feedback to disprove me yet, which is nice, but I'm kind of getting the credit for being the type of person that's aspiring to change.

So when I tell my friends, listen, I'm going to become an actor, for example, the year and a half where I go around saying that I live in the world of possibility where there's been no feedback to disprove me yet, which is nice, but I'm kind of getting the credit for being the type of person that's aspiring to change.

And when you're in that sort of first chapter of your professional life, is there anything from all of the work that you've done, the writing that you've done, that a young person should be trying to acquire? And I say that, should they be aiming at knowledge, skills, reputation, money, network?

And when you're in that sort of first chapter of your professional life, is there anything from all of the work that you've done, the writing that you've done, that a young person should be trying to acquire? And I say that, should they be aiming at knowledge, skills, reputation, money, network?

I don't think many young people in that first season of life realize how long life is. So, you know, we try and take shortcuts. We try and get to the money as fast as we can. But you're telling me to take a longer road, which is the acquisition of skills, even at the cost of some of those short-term rewards that are very tempting to post on my Instagram.

I don't think many young people in that first season of life realize how long life is. So, you know, we try and take shortcuts. We try and get to the money as fast as we can. But you're telling me to take a longer road, which is the acquisition of skills, even at the cost of some of those short-term rewards that are very tempting to post on my Instagram.

Quite painful being an entrepreneur, though. I think it was actually Elon that said building his businesses is like chewing glass and staring into the abyss. And I can relate to some degree of the businesses that I've built over the years. just the immense hardship and uncertainty.

Quite painful being an entrepreneur, though. I think it was actually Elon that said building his businesses is like chewing glass and staring into the abyss. And I can relate to some degree of the businesses that I've built over the years. just the immense hardship and uncertainty.

And, you know, I guess there's at times a subtle envy for your team members who are unaware of the chaos that one has to endure to make sure everybody's paid on time and, you know, make sure everything's, everyone's happy.