May 25, 2023
#471 - The rub with taking a "pathless path" is that we have to figure out our way, which means trying things.
When we try things we split our attention and can get trapped in the overwhelm of flailing without seeming to make progress.
All the gurus tell us to "focus" and buckle down. But we can only do that when we have high confidence that the path we are on is the right one.
So we have to constantly balance how many options we give ourselves with a system for deciding when to press on and when to kill an idea.
Tune in to this episode to learn more and to learn a hack to deal with overwhelm.