Why Smart People Stay Stuck Longer

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Welcome to the Dream Nation Breakfast Club, brought to you by The Journey Podcast. I'm your host, Josh Valentine. And for those of you who are tuning in for the very first time, this is where we gather together with our community every single Tuesday at 7:00 AM Eastern Standard Time. Welcome. Every single week is something different, and this week we are going to be covering why smart people stay stuck. Longer. So for all of you smart folks, uh, who are out there, and, uh, if you can relate to just having, let's say, paralysis of over analysis or just too much in your thoughts to the point where it's, it's hindering your success, it's hindering your progress. I'm a firm believer that. Ignorance on fire is much better than intellect on ice. And I'm gonna be going into all of the reasons why people who typically are on the smarter side, uh, of things, uh, usually, kind of fall into this trap. And I know that many of you who are hopping on, you're gonna get a lot of value, uh, especially if you're on for the very first time. Uh, this is definitely, one of my favorite topics to cover because I can most certainly relate to this. I'm one of those analytical people, one of those people that sometimes, uh, I can overthink things and, um, I'm gonna share with you some of the ways that I've overcome that as well. Throughout my journey. Um, if you don't know, the Breakfast Club is streamed across multiple social media platforms and everywhere where podcasts. Are streamed. You can catch the Journey podcast where I have not only the Breakfast Club every single week, but also phenomenal interviews with some of the most successful people that I know. So let's jump right into it. Why smart people stay stuck longer. The hidden trap of overthinking, perfectionism, and mental comfort. So let's jump into it. Here we go. Have you ever noticed that some of the smartest people that you know are also some of the most stuck. Now, what do we mean by that? They may have ideas, they have knowledge, they have crazy potential, but they don't execute. Meanwhile, someone with less talent, less intelligence, is out there winning. In fact, I love the saying that the C students are typically the ones that end up hiring the A students, and it's because there's just something about. When it comes to success, it's all about massive action. It's all about, uh, not only ma massive action, you, you obviously have to be calculated and, and all of that. And, and some of the wealthiest people in the world, and some of the most successful people in the world are also very intelligent. But I've seen a lot of people with more degrees than a thermometer. Who find themselves just really struggling with, with taking action because they, they tend to overthink things. And, uh, I, I've seen a lot of people who are also massively successful who probably weren't the best students, but they just were, again, ignorance on fire. So, uh, now think about this. Um, is intelligence actually an advantage? Let that breathe for a second. Is intelligence actually an advantage or can it become a liability? Now intelligence. I think that it can be an advantage to a certain degree. I mean, in fact today, in today's AI age is so much, it's like so much easier to get access to knowledge and information than ever before. So there's no, there's no shortage per se of resources. There's just a shortage of resourcefulness as my mentor would oftentimes say. So when it comes to. Just intelligence and knowledge, especially there. There, there's never gonna be a time where you don't have access to knowledge that you can't find on the internet. However, when it comes to execution, that's a whole different ballgame. Execution doesn't necessarily require intelligence. Okay, so here's the great paradox of intelligence. Smart people don't struggle because they lack ability. They struggle because they see too much. Think about that. So if you're looking at all of the variables, all of the reasons why something can go wrong, oftentimes, that, that, that tendency to just think things all the way through is the very thing that's hindering you from taking the action. Because you are, you're more focused on what can go wrong, then what can go right, because you're thinking so much about whatever it is that you have to do. So for example. Let's just say you wanna launch a book and you wanna launch this book, but a a, a person who's probably not as analytical or whatever, they're just gonna go for it. They're gonna write the pages, they're gonna just put it through the process of, of getting the book done. Whereas someone, let's just say, who's super smart, they may be thinking of the market conditions, they may be thinking about the competition. They may be thinking about all of the different variables that may come into play. The, the perfect timing and, and all of this, or maybe they want all of the information and they end up just not putting the book out. And I see this happen time and time again. So they're seeing every possible outcome, good and bad. They overanalyze decisions. They anticipate failure before taking action. And the same mind that can build your vision can also trap you in it. I know a thing or two about this. Okay. I know throughout the course of my life, I, uh, you know, it's, it's interesting because being analytical, like I, I identify as someone who's like really, really analytical. I have a creative side of my life, but I also have a very, very analytical side. And throughout the course of the years, there were times where. You know, I, I, I, I'm literally trying to get more personal development, more information, thinking that the answers were in the books and I, in the beginning phases of my entrepreneurial journey, I'd read through all of these different books and just get all this information. And I remember a life coach that I was working with at the time. You guys probably have heard me share the story. She had mentioned to me like, Josh, you're hiding behind the personal development. You're not, you're not doing the work required. Required. And it was a major eye-opener for me, the fact that I was hiding behind the personal development. Think about how profound that is, when, when you can genuinely say it's like. You know, I, I, you, you can get to a place in your life where you're reading it, but you acknowledge the fact that it's, it's not going to be the knowledge that's gonna get you to the next level. Sometimes you do need some information. I've had plenty situations throughout the course of my career where one bit of information unlocks the next level. However, the things that have produced the greatest results have come from just taking all out massive action, sometimes shutting down my brain and just doing what you know. Okay, so remember, clarity is power, but too much analysis creates paralysis. Clarity is great, but so many people, uh, just find themselves where they're overthinking things and man, I I, it's, it's interesting. You know, I, you know, sometimes get around like a bunch of people who are very smart, like nerds, right? And they're talking to me about their business ideas and everything like that. And they may work their nine to five, and in the back of my mind the whole time, like I can be hearing about all of these different amazing ideas, but nothing is happening. There's no progress, there's no action being taken, and I know exactly what they're going through. They're just overthinking, thinking that the information is the way. Okay. But I'm gonna share with you guys real quick on the five reasons Smart People stay stuck. It's a really, really great segment, and I know you guys are gonna get a lot of value, so make sure you're taking notes and as you guys oftentimes hear me say the old cliche saying that the weakest ink is stronger than the strongest. Memories. So take notes as if you're gonna have to teach this one day. And before we even jump into that, uh, for the month of April, I'm going to be gifting, uh, 10 complimentary coaching sessions. That's all I'm doing for the month of April. Uh, this has always been my gift to the community. Um, if you guys are tuning in, whether. The replay or you're hopping on live with us, DM me, the word coach. I'll send you over my calendar, calendar. That way you can take advantage of it. Uh, for those of you who are looking to, let's just say start a podcast or launch a book or take your business to the next level, I do a lot of life and business coaching and. Uh, yeah, every, every single month. Um, I offer these complimentary coaching sessions, so, uh, if you wanna take advantage of it, I definitely recommend DMing me the word coach. Um, if you don't get a chance to lock in a slot for this month, I'll definitely do my best to get you, um, on for next month. Okay. So let's keep the show going. The five reasons smart people stay stuck. Number one, overthinking everything. Running simulations instead of taking action, thinking about every single scenario. Right? And I, I know I, I tend to do this myself. Like I'll, I, I always, in fact, what, what brings me comfort as crazy as this sounds. Is actually thinking of worst case scenarios for whatever reason. You know, it just like helps calm my nervous system, thinking of very worst case scenarios. But sometimes we kind of get caught up in this idea of just thinking of worst case scenarios and not putting enough focus on best case scenarios, focusing on what can go right. So that's a big one. Also, trying to figure it all out before starting. Listen, if there's anything that I know, perfectionism is the enemy to execution. You don't have to have it all figured out. I love the saying that sometimes you just gotta take that leap of faith and grow your wings on the way down. Some of the most successful people that I know, they have this mentality that they're just like, you know what? I don't really know how I'm gonna make this thing happen, but. I'm just gonna go for it and I'll figure it out as I go. Number two, perfectionism disguised as high standards. Now I know. I know so many people that I've coached over the years, like they have these high standards on themselves. They actually put out really great work. But the thing about it is. Oftentimes when you, when you set that high standard, what happens is everything that you do, you want it to be such a high standard before you actually put out the work and, and if there's anything that has helped me on my journey. Has been just scrap, uh, scrapping it all together. Like when I first started the Dream Nation Breakfast Club, it was scrappy as hell. I was doing it on Zoom and there was no like fancy camera. It was just right off of a laptop. There was no fancy backdrop or anything like that. Like I was just doing it wherever I was and there wasn't much. Thought put into it. Like today you guys tune into the Breakfast Club and the content is very structured. I actually put research into it. When I first started the Breakfast Club, I was just doing it right on the fly. Whatever popped up in my head, that's what I spoke about for the week. And for whatever reason, people actually gravitated towards this approach. However. It was important for me to get structure because without the structure, there was gonna be no longevity. Like I had to get structure to actually turn it into a podcast consumable content, where every single week, instead of just having random ideas being thrown at you guys, you can hop over. To a Breakfast club episode, for example, and you know that, okay, this one is going to be on why smart people Stay stuck. This one is probably gonna be talking about trauma. This one is going to be talking about goal setting, but it's structured right and. At over time, all of this chaos of the Breakfast Club just got more and more organized for the consumer, for the person on the other side listening in. So the thing about it, the, the big takeaway I wanna leave you guys with is that it wasn't perfect though. There was no ai when I started doing these, these Breakfast Club weekly gatherings, there was no ai, there was, there was none of that stuff, right. But I just, I went for it and. The thing about it is, if I had to make sure that everything, I had all this perfect research and, and, and I had everything struck, I just would not have stayed consistent with it. It would've been too much. Right. But with the, with the technology that we have today, I can pretty much do. Researched at a fraction of the time, which is super, super helpful. Okay, so the thing, the thing about it, over the years I can, I can go, whether it's podcasting or different businesses I've launched, right? I'm just a firm believer and just going for it, figuring it out as you go. The value is the value. No matter if it looks like a Bugatti or if it's a, if it's a a, a, a lemon that's taking you from point A to point B. The value is the fact that that vehicle can take you from point A to point B. It doesn't matter what it looks like. It doesn't matter any of that stuff, right? What you're ultimately looking to produce is the value. Now perfectionism disguises high standards typically leads to waiting for the perfect plan. Just waiting. And a lot of people fall into this. Even, even I find like people who wanna get into parenting, right? A lot of people don't want to become parents because they feel like they have to have this in, in order and, and I need to have the, the home. I need to buy the home and I need to have the life insurance policy. I need to have the, the, the emergency savings. I need to have all of these different things. And it's not that there's anything wrong with that. But oftentimes what I find is there's never a perfect moment. There's never a perfect moment to launch anything, whether it's the birth of a new child, like I was not ready. I was 25 years old when I, when I first started having children with my wife. And I can tell you right now, we were not ready at all. I was actually super, super nervous about the whole process. At the end of the day, I'm so happy that I just, like, we went for it. We were like, you know what? This is, these are the cards that were dealt. Let's just go for it. And it, it wasn't necessarily fancy. Everything wasn't all perfect, but you know, we just said, you know, this is, this is basically the cards were dealt and we're just gonna do the very best that we can. Okay. Another thing is the fear of putting. Out something that's basic or mid or whatever it is that you wanna call it. Oftentimes people get caught up in what other people are gonna think. A lot of it is just ego. You're so consumed about what other people are gonna think, oh, are they gonna think that it's basic? Or even even here on the Breakfast, breakfast, breakfast club, for example. Like, I don't have necessarily the very best setup. There's tons of YouTubers and tons of podcasters that have a really, really nice studio set up. But for me, again, it's. S the value is the value. There's a point in time where those things will come, but that, that's, that's the big takeaway, even for those of you who follow the podcast and maybe you've tuned in on YouTube. To my podcast episodes. Every podcast episode is different. I didn't wait till I had a fixed, permanent studio, like a lot of traditional podcasts. I had a traveling show. I, I created a traveling show and I said, you know what? I'm gonna create these productions, uh, right on the fly with my production team. We, we'd show up and it didn't matter where you were. In fact, the last podcast episode I released was in, in a doctor's office, right? Again, some people would probably be like, oh, I gotta have the perfect lighting and the perfect camera set up. No, the value is the value. Okay, so think about something in your life right now that you've been putting off because you've been overthinking it or maybe you've been putting off because you just want it to be perfect before you get the ball rolling. The other day I was at an event and I, I mentor a lot of people these days who wanna get into coaching and speaking. And I was talking to this speaker, super, super dynamic, uh, a, a dynamic, uh, speaker. And she, she just hadn't started monetizing her speaking journey. And when I asked her like, what are you waiting for? What, what exactly is it that's that's holding you back? And her exact answer was, well, I'm just waiting till I, I have all of these things worked out first. I have all, like, I don't, I don't feel quite ready. I just wanna get all these, and I'm like, you could start making money right now. There's no need to have all of those different things, and that's one of my biggest pieces of mentorship. Whenever I'm mentoring people who, who tend to overthink things, it's like, just get the ball rolling. Okay? So remember, action beats understanding every single time. Action beats understanding because the action helps you get the understanding as you go. Okay, now. Um, remember, uh, number three, fear of wasted enemy, uh, wasted effort, fear of wasted effort. Right. Remember this perfectionism is procrastination, wearing a suit. I love that. Perfectionism is procrastination. Wearing a suit, sometimes we'll convince ourselves that again, like, oh, well I gotta have this, I gotta have that. And, and really what you're doing is just procrast. You're fearful again, whether it's the of the opinions of other people or that you're gonna fail and it's just procrastinating over and over again to the point where sometimes people end up never putting out the work. All right, so the fear of wasted effort. Smart people hate inefficiency. That's a big one. They hate inefficiency, and it's like, let me make sure I have everything working perfectly before I actually move forward. And oftentimes smart people don't want to take the wrong path. Just fearful of just taking the wrong path. And listen, sometimes you need to take the wrong path and, and kind of learn certain things along the way. Learn how not to do something, okay? Because success ultimately requires trial and error. There's a feedback loop that you get from just trying different things. Taking chances. So if, if you have to wait until everything aligns perfectly, you're never going to go through that process of trial and error. Number four is identity attachment. Identity attachment. So think about it for smart people. Oftentimes we identify as really, really smart people. So you may have identified. As being the smart one in the family, being the smart one. In your organization or in your company or in your community. Right. I'm the smart one. So there's this, there's this fear of looking dumb. There's this fear of being wrong because you identify so much, which is being smart. Can anybody relate to that? Is anybody, and we tend to attract a lot of nerds to the Breakfast Club community, uh, here on, on the Journey podcast. But can any of you guys relate to being the smart one in the family? Uh, drop a one if that's you. If, if you are the smart one or maybe you grew up and everybody knew you as the smart one in your family, drop a one. Uh, think about it. If you're on the breakfast club, you're probably that, that person in your family, because most people in the world are not consuming personal development every single week with you, right? Like it's just not a part of people's realities. And the thing about it is when you identify and you clinging to this identity, sometimes. You can be very fearful and you, you can prevent yourself from moving forward because you don't wanna mess up, you don't want to be perceived or looked at as dumb, but so, so you have to be mindful of this trap. Okay. And the fear of looking dumb or, or, or failing publicly. Sometimes cripples people. And one thing that I can say that I, I, I'm really proud of over the years is I've been willing to fail publicly. Like I've just tried things and I was okay with, with failing because failure is ultimately feedback sometimes in life when it comes to accomplishing certain things. You have to fail forward. It's inevitable. It's a part of the game. So this ultimately keeps people from, uh, you know, keeps, keeps people playing small. In a sense. You're playing small because you're fearful if you, if you play big, if you go at the highest levels, you're going to, you're going to be seen as a failure if, if it doesn't work out in your favor, right? So this is a, a big, big reason why, uh, this holds people back. Now, number five is comfort. Thinking versus discomfort in doing comfort in thinking versus discomfort in doing this is a really good one. So thinking sometimes feels productive. This is so, so important. And this goes back to, like I said, when my life coach was telling me, you know, you're hiding behind the personal development. I would convince myself when I first retired from the workforce, I was 24 years young and I was literally convincing myself that I was being productive. Like I just needed something to do. But really what I was doing was procrastinating from actually going through the process of potentially being rejected. That's, that's what it came down to, the work in the early days of my business. Journey. Journey. The work was ultimately reaching out to potential customers, reaching out to potential business partners, and that was like the worst part of the business for everyone. No one wanted to willingly subject themselves to the possibility of rejection. So what I would do is I would just read a lot of books, listen to a lot of audios, and convince myself that I was being productive. This was one of the biggest, biggest traps. And thank God I caught it early, because if I hadn't caught it early, I would've just been stuck in that, right? So, uh, that's a, that's a big part of it. Now, another thing is it's emotionally safe to just stay in your thoughts as opposed to actually doing the work, because your body's probably signaling danger when you're thinking of going through rejection. Like we're hardwired to avoid rejection. So that's the resistance on the journey. That's the big obstacle. But the obstacle is the way, the obstacle is what makes it an opportunity. The hard is what makes it an opportunity. So think about it. If over 90% of the population doesn't like rejection, that's actually your advantage when you have the, the ability to navigate through that. Okay, so. Execution ultimately exposes you execution really is what, what determines, like I have, I have some really smart, smart friends, but they struggle with execution. Like all of the great ideas. And you know, it's funny when I get around really smart people around. Uh, when I get around a lot of smart people, and if you, if you hang around very successful people, they'll call you out on your bs. They'll call a smart person out on their bs. It's like, well, what are you actually doing? Like, you're, you have all these great ideas, but what are you actually executing? And I will, I will actually, I will actually push the pendulum here and reframe what intelligence actually is. Because in, in my, in my definition, I look at intelligence as the ability to produce a desired result. It's not necessarily how much knowledge you have, because think about it, knowledge isn't power. It's the application of knowledge that's power. You could have all the knowledge in the world. You could have more degrees than a thermometer, but if you can't apply that knowledge. How intelligent are you really? You're, you're, if you were, if you were really intelligent, you would have figured out the fact that that very knowledge is useless. If it's not being applied, you would have figured out a way to actually apply and execute on those ideas. So again, for me, intelligence is your ability. To accomplish a desired result or a desired, uh, anything that you desire, you can bring it to life. You can, you can make something tangible. You can, you can bring these ideas to life. That's what constitutes true intelligence. Now, the execution gap, there's a gap between knowing and doing information doesn't change your life. Applied action does. When, when you're really looking to make a change in your life, it's so important. Like yeah, you can plan things out. Planning is amazing. I plan all the time. But what's even more important is just taking those steps. Taking those steps to actually change your life. It's like, think about this. You have two people, person a. Is both, both people are trying to lose weight. They're both trying to lose, let's say 20 pounds this year. Person A is doing all the planning. They're, they're doing all the research on the very best meal prep. They're doing the best. All the research on the very best trainers and workout regimens and, and this keto fast and all, all of this stuff that they're looking up, right? Looking up the best workout clothes and, and the best gyms and everything. Person B isn't doing any research at all. They say, you know what? I'm just gonna start jogging. I'm gonna start jogging, and I'm gonna start hitting the gym. Who is more likely to actually produce the result of losing 20 pounds person B all day every day. And in fact, person B as they go, they're like, you know what? Let me, let me add more to these workouts. Let me see how I can take it to the next level. And they're course correcting as they go, whereas person A is still caught up in trying to figure out the very best workout regimen for them. So this is super important to understand sometimes just taking the action, say yes and just figure it out as you go. Now. One of the things, uh, is smart people tend to consume a lot more content. They feel like they're progressing, but nothing actually changes. So remember, you don't need another podcast. You don't need another Breakfast Club episode. You don't need another book. You need another rep. You need another rep. You need to just take more action Now, how to break the cycle? Number one, adopt a bias. Toward action, adopt a bias toward action. Like one of the things that I, that I always say, um, I love taking on the identity as a certified trigger puller. Like I call myself that all the time. I'm a certified trigger puller, and I used to tell myself that as, as a, as a reinforcement of my identity of being someone that just takes action while you're there thinking about it. I'm actually going to do it. So you wanna adopt this bias toward action. Make faster, imperfect, imper, imperfect decisions. That's the idea. You wanna learn through movement, not not learning, by just staying there and twiddling your thumbs all day and, and flipping through the pages. Just go, make, take action and allow, allow the experience to be your greatest teacher. Number two is lower the bar at first. So some of you, what happens is you're thinking about all of the things that you have to do, and it's just too damn overwhelming. You're overwhelming yourself because the, the, the, the action that you have to take seems so insurmountable. It's, it's just like, it's, it's, it's flooding your brain and you're like, you know what? This is a lot. However, done is greater than perfect. Done is greater than perfect. And what if you can just have these small little action steps as opposed to the very big thing? Break it down into small steps that you can take. So for example, you may be thinking about the 20 pounds that you have to lose, or the book that you have to write, but what if you just broke it down into, you know what, I'm just gonna go for a 15 minute walk today, or I'm just gonna write one paragraph today. Or even one word. I love Rick, how Rick Rubin, he was one of the people that helped, uh, pioneer, like Def Jam and a lot of the music industry. He also helped, uh, create the song 99 Problems by Jay-Z and Rick Rubin. He's worked with a lot of creatives over the years and whenever he encounters a creative artist who's struggling with putting out work, maybe they're having writer's block or, or just a creative block. What he'll do is he'll send them home and he'll tell'em to focus on one word, just write down one word. And he said, this process has been super effective for those that he's mentored over the years. Because just the act of sitting down and writing one word oftentimes helps build the momentum. So again, you learn through movement. You allow that movement to to build that momentum. Speed builds confidence and the, the, the, the faster you can get that thing done, the, the faster you can build on the momentum. Okay, so if this is making sense, if you're getting value so far, drop a V four value in the comments now. Next we have create execution based identity. Not, I'm smart, but I'm someone who executes. Again, it goes back to the idea of being a certified trigger puller, right? Number four is use time constraints. Give yourself deadlines, force decisions. So it's like I, I used to give myself a deadline for whenever I had to reach out to people for my business. I would have a, I would do these nine by nine challenges. I'd reach out to nine people by nine o'clock and that was my deadline. And it forced me to take action before that deadline And deadlines are really helpful. That's why when, whenever you guys have probably heard of SMART Goals and maybe you've worked on some SMART goals, and SMART is an acronym for specific. Measurable, attainable, results oriented and time sensitive. Time sensitive, because that time sensitive aspect to that goal is really what pushes you to get it done. So it, it really does help to have these deadlines. Number five is track action, not ideas. This is really good. So measure output. Not how much you thought about it. Like don't, don't, don't put too much weight on how much research you did, put the weight on, how much action you took for that day, how much work you put in. Very, very important thing to distinguish. Now, just to wrap up the five steps to breaking the cycle. Number one was adopt a bias towards action. Number two, lower the bar at first. Number three, create execution based identity. Number four, use time constraints. Number five, track action, not ideas. Really great takeaways. Now, here's some life acts. First life hack is the 1% execution rule. So every day, the way this works is every day you take at least one action toward your goal, no matter how small it is. And I remember in the early days, it may have just been reaching out to one person for the day. Maybe that was all I had for that day. And I said, you know what? I'm just gonna reach out to one person today. It may be putting out that one piece of content, responding to that one email, but what's one thing that you can do today? Just 1% understand this. If you're, if you're just e even taking 1% action towards that dream over the course of a year, that's over a hundred percent improvement. So that's the 1% execution rule. Just one action towards your goal. No matter how small it is. Number two, the number two life hack is the ugly first draft method. The ugly first draft method. The way this life hack works is you just do it messy, do it fast, refine later. If you're writing a paper, for those of you college students who are tuning in, just write the damn paper. Make it as scrappy as you have to make it just to get it done, and now you have something to work with. You have this, this rough draft, this shell, and you could always refine it. Okay, so that's the ugly first draft method. It could be writing a book, it could be pretty much anything. Number three is the action before consumption Rule. The action before consumption rule. The way this works is no podcasts, no, no reading, any books, none of that. No scrolling until you've executed on something. This is a really good one. I, in fact, I actually wish I knew this 10, 12, 15 years ago. Uh, because I would've said, you know what? I, I usually started my day with personal development, however, like what if the, the what? I did what actually take that one piece of action, that one action before reading the book. Then there would've been so many days that I would've been a lot more productive and, and think about that for you, right? Maybe you're hiding behind the personal development or reading the book, listening to the podcast. But what if you could just take one piece of action? You say, you know what? I have to earn my right to be able to consume content. What if before you went on social media every single day, you said, you know what? Social media is gonna be a reward. For taking some kind of action for the day, this could be very helpful. So that's a great life hack. Again, the 1% execution rule, the ugly first draft method, and the action before consumption rule are the three life hacks for you guys. And just before I close out, I wanna share three fun facts. Number one is studies show people with higher intelligence are more prone to analysis paralysis because they can simulate more outcomes. Again, it goes back to the idea of thinking of all the reasons why it can't go right, all the reasons why it'll fail. All the reasons why is just going to be very difficult as opposed to just think about it. Ignorance on fire is like, I'm not focusing on that. I'm gonna shut that part of my brain down and just go all out. Sometimes emotion could really help you, like when you're just passionate and excited and you shut down that logical brain, that left brain of yours, that left-sided brain, and you just tap into the right sided brain where you're actually just all passion, all creativity. Because you're thinking of all the reasons why it can go right. You're thinking about the reward as opposed to all of the reasons why it can fail. Number two, fun fact is many successful entrepreneurs weren't the smartest in school. They were the ones willing to take risk and act quickly. Very important thing to understand. Number three, your brain releases dopamine, not just from success, but from planning, which is why overthinking can feel productive. Really great point. Like when we're researching, it feels good. It feels good because learn when you're, when you're learning, you feel like you're growing. But again, that learning, learning more information is, is not what moves the needle, it's the action. Okay? So as we close out, if you're someone who knows you're smart, but you're not where you wanna be, this isn't an intelligence problem. This isn't an execution problem. Your intelligence got you this far, but your execution is what's going to take you to the next level. Ladies and gentlemen, breakfast is served if you got value from today's session once again. Drop a like, comment, share, tag someone who can get value. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. 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