#161 9 Year Identity Crisis?! - Tom Critchlow on being stuck, indecisiveness, going to wander, taking every 7th week off, strategically dropping the ball, hiring an editor, and fear of finishing his book

• 00:00 – Intro
• 00:38 – Guest introduction
• 03:03 – Tom’s problem — indecisiveness
• 07:21 – What does Tom think he should be doing?
• 09:51 – Not working, go and wonder, owning your time
• 14:21 – Every 7th week off, shaking things up
• 17:50 – Writing as a way to achieve coherence
• 18:33 – Strategically dropping the ball
• 23:50 – Should Tom hire an editor?
• 25:47 – The fear of finishing the book
• 31:11 – When is it good enough?
• 33:55 – Paul’s new book
• 34:51 – The last 10% is the hardest
• 37:25 – Paul on writing the introduction to his book
• 38:29 – Writing an introduction to Tom’s book, injecting it with a more personal story
• 41:59 – Preselling his book as a motivation?
• 43:34 – How Paul was pushing Tom to write his book
• 45:23 – Closing remarks
• 48:48 – Outro

Tom and Paul talk through Tom’s challenges at this inflection point in his indie career, a book he’s planning on shipping and how to think through indie consultant identity crises

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Links:

• Tom’s Site: https://tomcritchlow.com/

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