Running Against the Wind 🌬️

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Damon Brown
April 16, 2025

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Hi reader,

Aimee Mann, one of my favorite singer-songwriters, led one of my favorite movie soundtracks.

It’s called Magnolia.

And picking my favorite song off the soundtrack is like choosing a favorite child.

But more often than not, it is “Driving Sideways”:

And you will say
That you're making headway
And put it in overdrive
But you're mistaking speed
For getting what you need
And never even noticing
You never do arrive
'Cause you're
Driving sideways

Movement does not equal progress 💨

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As I share in my book Build From Now, I spent the first quarter century of my life being as ambitious as possible.

Out the house by 17.

Masters by 23.

Building my businesses as soon as possible.

Almost as if there was a T. Rex on my tail.

I don’t think it was a fear of death.

I think it was a fear of obscurity.

Of not getting all the words out in time.

Of them not landing where they were supposed to go.

But what difference does speed matter.

If your compass isn’t even set?

This isn’t a message for you to stop.

But a message to aim.

And we can only aim if we slow down enough to see the angles 🏹

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The future you want is based on accuracy, not speed 🎯

🙋🏾 I’m Damon! (http://www.damonbrown.net) I help side hustlers, solopreneurs & others like yourself bloom. As a bestselling author, 2x startup founder & 4x TEDTalker, I co-founded the popular connection app Cuddlr and led it to acquisition within a year while being a stay at home dad with my infant son.

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