Steve Kamb, founder of Nerd Fitness, fired himself twice after realizing he was chasing the wrong metrics. Growing to 40 people masked that he wasn't suited for the role. He stepped back, returned to writing, and rebuilt the business around what actually worked.
Overnight, the business exploded. All of a sudden, I found myself in charge of a team of 40 to 45 people. And then you fired yourself.
Yeah. Steve Kamb built Nerd Fitness into a 40-person company, then spent 5 years chasing the wrong goal with the wrong metrics.
You can keep playing this position over here that you're not actually good at, or you can accept reality. And there's actually something powerful too about saying like, "I'm an idiot." Oh, I love that.
He fired himself twice, both times on purpose.
And what he found on the other side was a return to writing, a better business, and a book called "How to Try Again." You wake up every day, "I'm already behind, I have more to do." Instead of trying to get better at juggling chainsaws, maybe it's okay that you stop juggling chainsaws. Yeah.
If you've ever built something successful and wondered why it still doesn't feel right, this one's for you.
There's a dream that people want to sell you. When you sign on to Instagram, you see the best version of everybody else, and the story that you're seeing is not real.
In this episode, Steve walks through a framework for recognizing when you're optimizing for the wrong thing. And how to make the move once you know.
This is not like a top secret protocol, but it's something you will remember. That [MASKED] is so powerful.
