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Stop Overthinking: The 70% Rule to Beat Procrastination

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Apr 27, 2026
They argue speed beats endless research and show how waiting makes information stale. Stories include Square and Instagram moving fast to seize opportunity. Practical rules like Bezos’s 70% cutoff, a 24-hour clarity test, and the door test for reversible choices get highlighted. The episode pushes shipping early, killing perfectionism, and closing open tasks to beat decision fatigue.
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INSIGHT

Speed Compresses Distance To Reality

  • Speed compresses the distance between you and reality so you discover and fix mistakes faster.
  • Codie Sanchez argues waiting hides opportunity as data, conviction, and market windows decay daily like milk not wine.
ADVICE

Run The Decay Question Before You Stall

  • Ask the decay question: is what I learn in 30 days worth more than what I lose by not starting?
  • Codie says for ~90% of decisions the answer is no, so act now unless it's a genuine one-way door.
ANECDOTE

Square Built A Card Reader In Three Weeks

  • Jim McKelvey lost a $2,000 sale because he couldn't accept cards and then built a prototype card reader with Jack Dorsey in three weeks.
  • That rapid prototype became Square and beat Amazon's slower competitive product.
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