You had the idea. You were buzzing. "I'm going to launch the podcast / become a speaker / learn Spanish / finally chase the thing."

Then you actually went and tried it - and felt like absolute rubbish at it.

I know that feeling intimately. I once gave a resilience talk so badly that I sat in my car afterwards and bawled my eyes out, thinking who am I to be doing this? I'm not cut out for it.

Turns out, I was just bang in the middle of a stage that every single person moves through when they go after a goal or learn a new skill. There are four of them - and one in particular is where almost all of us quit, right before it gets good.

So in this episode I'm walking you through all four. The fun one. The brutal one. The clunky one. And the one that looks effortless from the outside but never, ever is.

I'm getting honest about the talk that flopped, the moment Nate launched a tennis ball clean into an apartment building, and the one investment that completely changed the trajectory of my career.

Because here's the thing - that horrible "who do I think I am" feeling? It's not proof you're not cut out for it. It's proof you've started.

If you've got a dream you've been sitting on - your own version of Create the Good - consider this your permission slip to begin before you feel ready.

🎧 Tune in to find out which stage you're stuck in — and exactly how to get out of it.

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