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The Crush Example Of Avoiding The Obvious
- A young man avoids asking his crush out by joining sports, gym, and buying a car hoping she'll notice.
- Sam uses this to show people invent distractions instead of doing the simple, important action.
The Promote Yourself Year Wasted On Perfection
- Sam recounts building a job board called Promote Yourself and obsessing over logos, features, and swag for eight months.
- He wasted a year avoiding customer conversations and learned customers didn't want the product.
Direct Mail Delays From Small Fears
- During his first direct mail campaign Sam stalled over putting his home address as sender and signed up for a PO box instead.
- He then delayed further by updating LinkedIn, creating weeks of avoidance instead of sending the mailer.