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Oh the internal agony of this cycle: think I must have a good idea to make money -> no one wants the idea -> think I need a better idea -> get fed up and just need to make money -> slightly begin the process -> start trying to find the best idea again -> realize no one wants it -> and on and on

3/11/25, 3:06 pm0 reposts0 likes

Ben Patton

@benapatton.com

3 Nov 2025

This is what @amyhoy.bsky.social refers to as the fail cycle I believe. To have the wisdom of amy and @alexhillman.com in their 30x500 course but slip into ideas 95% of the time. I need a MotivAider that Kathy Sierra mentions in her book to gently nudge me every 30seconds to forget ideas

Ben Patton

@benapatton.com

3 Nov 2025

So much of life is spent approaching it as "if I just had the right idea" only to then realize no one wants the idea but to then have a devil/angel bickering inside over "I just need to make money" to then be led back to "I need a good idea". Must....break....free...

Ben Patton

@benapatton.com

3 Nov 2025

In today's world you don't drift into proven processes, you drift into slop. Cultivating and working the muscles to not drift off track is so, so hard.

Ben Patton

@benapatton.com

3 Nov 2025

I literally found myself today frustrated with a given scenario, and messaged a friend and said, give me a good idea I know better. But it is so so easy to think the right idea brings the desired outcomes.