As Soon As...

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Damon Brown
February 26, 2025

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Hi reader,

There have been a ton of conversations recently about non-voters.

Folks that opt out because the choices aren’t good enough.

As soon as someone worth electing is on the ballot, they’ll participate.

It reminds me of being young and broke traveling to Japan or to France or to Spain.

Telling older folks when I got back happy and (still) broke about my adventures and they said they long planned to go, too.

As soon as the money improved, the kids got in school, the next thing was done, they’d go.

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I love how wise and beautiful and articulate you are. I can say that with confidence.

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We can also be too smart for our own good - myself included.

It reminds me of my favorite line from one of my favorite songs, “What a Fool Believes” by The Doobie Brothers (shout out to songwriter Kenny Loggins):

What a fool believes he sees

The wiseman has the power to reason away

The more I get older, the more I realize that a brighter life, a stronger union, a better you is always within our grasp.

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Does this mean abandoning all your responsibilities and, as I say in The Bite-Sized Entrepreneur, finally running away to the circus?

Absolutely not.

But when we say “As soon as…”, it usually doesn’t signify a deadline or even a commitment.

It usually means we want to let ourselves off the hook.

Word to Seth Godin.

Because “As soon as…” is one of those lines in the sand that can easily be wiped away by the waves.

Instead, what if you had to do it today?

You may not need as many resources as you think.

You may recognize that you can get started right away.

As soon as you feel like it 🌱

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