Sept. 22, 2025

Start the Thing: How to Beat Perfectionism and Actually Begin

Start the Thing: How to Beat Perfectionism and Actually Begin
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Start the Thing: How to Beat Perfectionism and Actually Begin

A listener named Bethany reached out to us. She has been considering starting a podcast for months. She has the name, the microphone, and the concept, but she hasn’t recorded anything yet. Her fear is that it won’t be good enough.

Does this sound familiar?

This episode is for Bethany and everyone else who is stuck in the perfectionism-procrastination-paralysis loop.

If you have an idea you haven’t acted on, or a project that’s lingering in your mind, and all you can think is, “What if it sucks?” then this will help you take the first step.

Because the only way to be good at something is to be bad at it first.

Relationships. Advice. History. Psychology. Funny. Mandatorily Irrelevant.