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So much of what keeps us quiet, careful, or small isn't worth organizing our lives around.
Most of the time, what's actually holding us back isn't a critic. It's the idea of one, real or otherwise. Sometimes it's a real person who's invested in being critical and isn't going to change their mind no matter what you do. More often it's someone we can't even name, a ghost “somebody” who was never actually watching in the first place.
This month's conversations kept circling back to exactly that split.
Whether it showed up as panic during a slow season, the fear of sounding like you're bragging, or assuming your work is too complicated for people to get, each of our conversations came down to some story about how “someone” might react, standing in for what's actually true.
What if instead of listening to those naysayers, real or imagined, you listen to the people who are actually on your side?
Prove your yaysayers right.
This month we also covered:
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Half-year review walk through: Why looking back at who actually showed up for you over the last six months is the fastest way to find your real success pack, and your real yaysayers
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Treating a slow season like a part-time job: Separating a real problem from a tired feeling, and giving cognitive and emotional labor the credit they're due even when they never show up on a timesheet
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Sharing good news without apologizing for it: How to tell the difference between real critics and the ghost naysayers who were never watching in the first place
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Simplifying your positioning statement: Why the job of a good positioning statement is to earn the next question, not to convince everyone
Whatever season you're in right now, the same people who got you through the first half of the year are the ones who get to celebrate the rest of it with you. Tell them.
Our next Monthly Momentum Call will be on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. PDT.
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