The Monkey in the Pedestal

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Tangerine: If you put a deadline and it is a forcing function, right? It gives you that kick. At least you at least revisit the question, right? You're not just like, but you can revisit in a year. Like let's say you want 10,000 subscribers on one year and you don't get there. We'll have an honest conversation there. Make a new kill criteria. Okay. Once you get to the year, they're not there. You can either kill it or you're like, you know what? I'm going to push through. Yeah. The answer is actually the monkey because you can do the crate no matter what. The hard part

The NIA boys discuss the power of quitting, the Visualize Value origin story, the law of compounding, and decision-making frameworks.

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:00:36) - Checks Update
(00:03:30) - Meme of the Week
(00:06:06) - Teasing Grit vs Quit
(00:07:02) - Jack’s Water Filter Story
(00:12:31) - This is Pointless Breakdown and The Power of Compounding
(00:28:28) - Visualize Value Origin Story
(00:34:24) - Trung on why he quit pursuing screenwriting
(00:44:05) - Knowing When to Walkaway
(00:49:11) - The Kill Criteria
(00:54:26) - The Monkey and the Pedestal Framework
(00:59:54) - Slack’s Iconic Pivot Story
(01:03:40) - Bilal shares why he shutdown Arsenal Blog
(01:06:26) - Jack’s explains his decision to kill his Podcast Production Agency
(01:12:13) - What F**k You Money really is
(01:12:45) - Trung’s Scotia Bank Story
(01:15:01) - The Influence of Social Capital

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