The grace period is ending and life is about to get busy. I’m excited to share this one with you because it’s such an important topic for anyone who wants to do something meaningful. Most often, it isn’t glamorous, it isn’t easy. But the only way to get to the other side is to charge ahead, one step at a time.

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Russ Turner is a lucky husband and father of 1.75 (one on the way). He's a recovering wantrepreneur and the host of Don't Listen Yet (this show). Find him most everywhere as @theRussTurner and at https://russturner.com

I’ve been moving too quickly and instead need to slow down and be on purpose. In this show, I dissect the problem and dig into three fears that I’m struggling with that are at the root. There’s a fire crackling in the background and it’s a comfortable, deep and heartfelt show.--Russ Turner is a lucky husband and father of 1.75 (one on the way). He's a recovering wantrepreneur and the host of Don't Listen Yet (this show). Find him most everywhere as @theRussTurner and at https://russturner.com

I'm excited to share this with you. I couldn't sleep last night because of an idea, and so I got out of bed and recorded this just to get it out of my head. These are the moments that I live for, when an idea comes that’s so good “…that you can’t sleep—you’re that passionate about that it’s just going through your head non-stop and you’re thinking about all the scenarios.” When an idea this good comes, get ready for the resistance.

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Russ Turner is a lucky husband and father of 1.75 (one on the way). He's a recovering wantrepreneur and the host of Don't Listen Yet (this show). Find him most everywhere as @theRussTurner and at https://russturner.com

When you’re creating, you need to let it flow. Most of it can be garbage, but if you get one pearl it’s worth it. This is a lecture to myself to stop being afraid and keep the conscious, rational brain out of the way. “You might just get one thread of an idea… it’s the one seed that you can plant and that idea can grow from there.

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Russ Turner is a lucky husband and father of 1.75 (one on the way). He's a recovering wantrepreneur and the host of Don't Listen Yet (this show). Find him most everywhere as @theRussTurner and at https://russturner.com

Focus on what is essential. What are the essentials? How can you ruthlessly limit important non-essentials, and then how can you automate them? What questions can you ask yourself to keep focused only on the work that matters. And more on how to avoid decision fatigue.

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Russ Turner is a lucky husband and father of 1.75 (one on the way). He's a recovering wantrepreneur and the host of Don't Listen Yet (this show). Find him most everywhere as @theRussTurner and at https://russturner.com

If something is worth doing, you must do it. Commit to the long game. “It’s difficult to get over the guilt that you’re spending time for no return in the short term.” You have to shut that voice in your head up and follow your gut. It’s hard. This is for the musician playing to an empty room, the photographer posting to a handful of followers, the entrepreneur creating for no one. In the beginning, you’re doing the work completely for the purpose of the project.

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Russ Turner is a lucky husband and father of 1.75 (one on the way). He's a recovering wantrepreneur and the host of Don't Listen Yet (this show). Find him most everywhere as @theRussTurner and at https://russturner.com

This is about rules number 1 and 2 that I’m trying to stick to. I’m the student, not the teacher. And forget about how long it takes, say it and be done. Call me out if you catch me breaking my rules.

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Russ Turner is a lucky husband and father of 1.75 (one on the way). He's a recovering wantrepreneur and the host of Don't Listen Yet (this show). Find him most everywhere as @theRussTurner and at https://russturner.com

I’ve gotten off track and am recalibrating here. “I’m not coming to you as the teacher, I’m coming to you as a student to share my journey with you.” This episode is all about reminding yourself what the point is of what your doing and not getting off track. “It’s easy to get distracted by the shiny objects and to forget about what you’re actually trying to accomplish.”

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Russ Turner is a lucky husband and father of 1.75 (one on the way). He's a recovering wantrepreneur and the host of Don't Listen Yet (this show). Find him most everywhere as @theRussTurner and at https://russturner.com

The basic needs are all met, and people are after deeper needs. So how do you figure out what you can actually do to add value? “Sitting in a cave and designing isn’t going to work, and just asking people what they wan’t isn’t going to work because they don’t even know what they really need. And so what you really have to do then is just create create create, put it out there, and look at the results.”

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Russ Turner is a lucky husband and father of 1.75 (one on the way). He's a recovering wantrepreneur and the host of Don't Listen Yet (this show). Find him most everywhere as @theRussTurner and at https://russturner.com

A serious conversation about cake. The secret to why I've failed miserably in my creative career. Trimmings matter "to some degree, but compared to the work, it's insignificant."

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Russ Turner is a lucky husband and father of 1.75 (one on the way). He's a recovering wantrepreneur and the host of Don't Listen Yet (this show). Find him most everywhere as @theRussTurner and at https://russturner.com