In blockbuster action movies, you watch heroes making big jumps and leaps to save the day. They get from one place to another so fast they can save a city in one day.
It’s easy to believe that making big decisions and moving fast is how we will make an impact.
I recently finished podcast #521.
At what point while recording and releasing those 521 podcasts did the big, transformative leap occur? The moment I felt I was making a big difference?
It didn’t.
It wasn’t an external leap I took. The first two hundred podcasts were listened to by fewer than a hundred people.
My leap was an internal one. The decision I made was to create a short 20-minute podcast that didn’t interview anyone. And then redeciding, each week, to record again and again and not stop.
Everyone told me with that format it would never be a top 100 podcast. Is my podcast in the top 100? No, and probably will never be. But that’s okay; I don’t research and record for that reason.
My advice is to leap and jump today.
Perhaps you begin by visualizing it. In the most concrete terms you can. If you took a leap today, what would it look like? Who would benefit? And what is the reason you are doing it?
Now, write it down and jump!
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Inspired by Seth Godin’s great idea and even better writing on his February 29th, 2024 blog.
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