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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

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

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...

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.

I'm gonna build a sales safari chrome extension that is a browser MotivAider for myself Every few seconds, get a gentle visual/auditory nudge to remind myself "Hey, are you thinking about ideas or are you reading people's pain?" "Are you validating a perceived pain or real pain?"

If you don’t mind unsolicited advice, I’ve been in the same situation as you and it does get easier with time. It’s a new skill and it’s frustrating because it sounds straightforward enough and you understand what you need to be doing, but it just takes practice…

don’t think any tool will disrupt what is an internal problem. maybe try meditation. i always recommend the audiobook (specifically audio) of When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron