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The next step is probably too big.

A useful conversation can turn a project you keep avoiding into a specific next move.

Give the goal a clearer question

“Launch my project” describes an outcome. Try asking what someone would need to see before they could give you useful feedback. That can lead to a smaller move: write five lines about who it is for, sketch one screen or ask one person about the problem.

Give the commitment a stopping point

“Work on my website” can stretch all evening. “Write a rough headline and three bullets in twenty minutes” gives you something specific to come back to. Say what you intend to do and what will count as enough for this attempt.

Put one useful idea to work

If a talk, article or set of notes helped you see the problem differently, keep the relevant idea alongside your next step. Ask how it applies to this situation. Reading more is most useful when you know what question the next source needs to answer.

Leave the next conversation somewhere to begin

Write down the commitment and the reason you chose it. When you return, ask what happened and what you learned. You might finish it, make it smaller or discover a better question. Any of those gives you useful context for the next move.

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