James Clear told the speaker to stop planning A to Z and start with A to B instead. After leaving a 25-year corporate career, he learned that each step reveals the next one. Incremental progress unlocks possibilities you can't see from the start.
Okay. So the backstory is I'm on a walk with a guy by the name of James Clear 3 years ago. James Clear wrote Atomic Habits. He lives here in Columbus, so he's a friend and was fortunate. And so him and I did a walking meeting and he's asking me what my vision is and what I'm thinking about. And I'm like, well, here's this, this, and this, and I want to do this and I want to— he's like, John, you're thinking A to Z. And you got to think A, B, Z. Start at A. B's just the first step. And what happens is once you get to B, then C opens up to you, and then you get to C, and then D. I mean, it's just— of course it's so simple, but as humans, we make things too complex sometimes. So it blew my mind. I'm like, oh my gosh, it's so good. I've never heard someone articulate it like that. And so it's just a, you know, it's a As, again, as humans, we try to get to the finish line so much. I, I left a 25-year corporate gig 15 months ago, and it's been a lot of A, B, and maybe even go back to, you know, in between A and B, and then I get to C, and then— but, and I have a vision.
