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Truth+Panic=Purpose. How Feedback That Terrorizes You Can Lead You to Your One Big Thing That Puts the Bird in Your Chest

JC threw another Minionism at me.

That’s what I’m calling the periodic spurts of ridiculously smart shit that my buddy JC Spears fires at me with white-hot speed. They fly by me so fast that it’s like trying to capture a dive-bombing kingfisher.

Ow.

This one really, really stung, with all the truth of a gotcha.

I love this guy.

We were discussing what happens when we bring in what I call the Circle, what JC calls his Justice League, when we are going through massive change.

He said that in the middle of all this idea gathering, this consulting, this ideating (you can always tell a recovering Disney Cast Member, my hand is up), he said:

Someone can hit you with a really good idea. Then you panic.

Savor that for a sec, folks.

There is such intense truth in this.

Here’s an example from my life.