Notes from Our First Group Call: How Progress Actually Feels
Key Takeaways 📝
  • Discomfort is a signal, not a stop sign. Frustration and plateaus usually mean the work is finally working, not that something has gone wrong. Progress often feels worse before it feels clearer.
  • Depth beats novelty. Mastery comes from staying with one acquisition channel long enough to move past “newbie gains” and into real skill. Most people quit right before that happens.
  • Metrics clarify behaviour. Numbers aren’t judgment. They’re feedback. Without them, it’s easy to self-soothe instead of self-correct.
  • Questions create commitment. When people arrive at conclusions themselves, they’re far more likely to act — and stick with it when things get hard.
A few themes that came up repeatedly 🧠
  • Many people mistake friction for failure, when it’s often just the cost of skill development.
  • Community accelerates learning because articulation, teaching, and reflection lock insights in.
  • Over-reliance on AI for avatars and messaging creates distance. Clarity comes from real conversations, not generated ones.
  • Silence, objections, and hesitation aren’t problems to fix — they’re information to work with.
If you want to watch the full conversation & extended notes, you can access the replay here.
Reflection prompts 🤔
If you were on the call:
  • What’s one idea you want to carry into this week?
If you weren’t:
  • Which point stood out to you most from the notes?
For everyone:
  • What’s something you’ve learned recently that only made sense after struggling with it?
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Notes from Our First Group Call: How Progress Actually Feels
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