This is a conversation about struggling with when to proceed with ideas and when to not proceed.

Spoiler Alert: You should always proceed


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Ideas are not as original as you may think.

You have to take risk with business. Set ideas free into the wild. If someone steals it, you will come up with another one.


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1. Explain what happened with my 40 second podcast
2. We can't do everything at once
3. Working with someone is a lot of work but so worth it
4. Don't be afraid to keep trying things out
5. Being authentic matters

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How To Quickly Validate Content Ideas

1. Have an idea
2. Go to Moz and use their keyword Explorer tool
3. Do a Google Search

Ok so let's break that down.

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I get annoyed when people say "just change your mind about it." If I could JUST do that, I wouldn't need the advice in the first place.

It is 2 steps backward and 14 steps backward. Then you take one step forward.

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These grandiose goals are fantastic. They are sexy.

But if we don't have micro goals a.k.a milestones, we can't get there.

So I challenge you to think smaller. I challenge you to think about small goals. Some people would call these small goals milestones, and I think that is spot on.

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People have the best intentions with rules. They exist to guide us and help us. However, as a creator we need to be willing to follow our own path. We need to be willing to follow our own journey. Here is that permission.

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The beautiful thing about life is that we can experiment. If you are a blogger or content creator like me, then life is frriggin grand.

I am in the middle of starting a grand experiment and you guys are amongst the first to hear about it. To be honest, I have absolutely no idea how it is going to go.

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Could it really be that easy to get something done? In this episode we are discussing just do it. In this episode we discuss not overcomplicating things. Let's cut through the excuses and execute.
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Have you heard about the guy who struggled to work out? He told himself each and every day that he only had to do one pushup each day. That is all that he ever had to do. If he would just do one, it would be fine. What he quickly realized that is since he was down there he may as well do more.

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