Love your honesty and openness (like always 😬)! This is actually something I realised when watching my kids struggle for weeks and months to figure out a new skill that feels completely normal for me as an adult, like standing up or crawling: I think as adults we forget how hard it is to learn something completely new. At some point in our life we stop learning new things and move to expanding expertise on topics we already know a lot about. That’s much easier. So we just assume something new works after 2 or 5 attempts as well and get frustrated if it doesn’t.
I don’t know when I last put the equivalent of 2 months every day most of my hours into learning something completely new (that’s how long my daughter needed to move from standing on all 4 to crawling).
Melissa, this is generous, thank you. Had a great time during the interview. What I'd push back on gently is the framing of mastery. The version of me you sat across from is the version that's had the benefit of seasons where almost nothing worked and the only thing I learned in them that's worth anything is how to stay in the work, solve problems and just keep building. You're doing that right now openly, on your own terms, with a podcast that exists because you decided it should and an audience that's growing because of how you show up. That's the same skill. The fact that you can write a piece this honest while building is the part most founders never get to.
Peter, you're just being humble. Mastery, as you described, is constantly showing up despite what happens, against all odds, because that's what you chose to do every day. That's the version of you that always existed, whether it was last month, last year, or 10 years ago. That's the version of me that I'm training to become better at. Thank you for being my inispiration.
Thanks for the kind note, Melissa. I appreciate it. The choice to keep showing up is the only part of any of this you actually control and from what I've seen of how you work, you're already running that muscle harder than most.
Healthy perspective. It's all balancing inputs and optimizing for outputs.
I'm your age and while there are some parts of that equation that get harder with age, I think I'm getting better at prioritizing and predicting outcomes better each year. So the "wrong side of 40" does have its perks.
Thank you for sharing this journey of introspection you're on. I've found your last few entries in particular, resonating deeply. Can't wait for Wednesday!
Love your honesty and openness (like always 😬)! This is actually something I realised when watching my kids struggle for weeks and months to figure out a new skill that feels completely normal for me as an adult, like standing up or crawling: I think as adults we forget how hard it is to learn something completely new. At some point in our life we stop learning new things and move to expanding expertise on topics we already know a lot about. That’s much easier. So we just assume something new works after 2 or 5 attempts as well and get frustrated if it doesn’t.
I don’t know when I last put the equivalent of 2 months every day most of my hours into learning something completely new (that’s how long my daughter needed to move from standing on all 4 to crawling).
Making money is a skill. Keeping it, growing it, and using it wisely are entirely different skills.
Melissa, this is generous, thank you. Had a great time during the interview. What I'd push back on gently is the framing of mastery. The version of me you sat across from is the version that's had the benefit of seasons where almost nothing worked and the only thing I learned in them that's worth anything is how to stay in the work, solve problems and just keep building. You're doing that right now openly, on your own terms, with a podcast that exists because you decided it should and an audience that's growing because of how you show up. That's the same skill. The fact that you can write a piece this honest while building is the part most founders never get to.
Peter, you're just being humble. Mastery, as you described, is constantly showing up despite what happens, against all odds, because that's what you chose to do every day. That's the version of you that always existed, whether it was last month, last year, or 10 years ago. That's the version of me that I'm training to become better at. Thank you for being my inispiration.
Thanks for the kind note, Melissa. I appreciate it. The choice to keep showing up is the only part of any of this you actually control and from what I've seen of how you work, you're already running that muscle harder than most.
Healthy perspective. It's all balancing inputs and optimizing for outputs.
I'm your age and while there are some parts of that equation that get harder with age, I think I'm getting better at prioritizing and predicting outcomes better each year. So the "wrong side of 40" does have its perks.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and support my content, Andrew!
Thank you for sharing this journey of introspection you're on. I've found your last few entries in particular, resonating deeply. Can't wait for Wednesday!