I’ve never met a successful founder who wasn’t willing to make big decisions—while scared.
These founders aren’t impulsive. Or reckless. But they are willing to move on what they know to be true, even when they didn’t have all the data.
That’s what separates the ones who grow from the ones who stall.
You Already Know What to Do
I know that fear personally.
When I was laid off in 2016, I had every reason to play it safe—to get another corporate job, polish the résumé, wait for certainty. Instead, I took a leap into coaching (though I confess it took me a few months) with no guarantee it would work.
Looking back, that one decision changed everything. Not because I had it figured out, but because I finally stopped waiting to feel ready.
I knew that committing to coaching was the only way to get ready.
And as I began to work with founders, I saw that the more successful they were, the more willing they were to take action in uncertainty. To trust what they felt they knew. To react to what they learned from taking action. And to keep doing it until they got what they wanted.
That’s the essence of Pick Now—and it’s what my new podcast is about.
Learn From Others Who Pick Now
On The Pick Now Podcast, I’ll talk with founders who’ve made hard choices when the stakes were high and the outcome was unknown. Founders who sold their companies, walked away from safety, or built something new when everyone else told them not to.
They’ll share what it took to move forward in the middle of fear, and how those acts of courage reshaped their leadership, and their lives. Even when they didn’t work out.
Because fear isn’t a red flag. It’s a green light. It’s the last thing you feel before you take the leap.
Dropping Friday November 14
The Pick Now Podcast drops this Friday, November 14 wherever you get your podcasts.
The first two episodes are short solo episodes about my Pick Now tool and how the need to prove yourself gets in the way of creating anything of value. My in-depth interviews with founders start Friday, November 21.
Please make sure you subscribe and let everyone know about this ongoing conversation about courageous leadership.
If you’ve been circling a decision, waiting for “the right time,” this is the podcast for you.
Pick Now
Remember, clarity and relief don’t come before action. They come from action. Take action and see what shows up. Keep doing that and in a month you won’t recognize yourself. Do that for a year and your team, your board, your company will never be the same again.
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