Volume 4: Bias to Action

My good friend Tim Miquez (love you, Tim) made a great LinkedIn post recently about initiative, and it reminded me about a concept I'm heavily invested in:

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​Bias to action.

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It's simple: once you've had an idea, lean toward acting.

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It's very easy to continually brainstorm ideas, push back a task or project, or think about a decision for many reasons:

• You want all the information
• You want the "perfect" idea
• You're waiting for the "right" time
• You're nervous about making the decision or doing the thing

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It's completely understandable - it's human. There's a hurdle to taking every action!

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But if you want to grow and speed up your growth, you can do so by simply shortening the time between thought and action.

For example: if you take a week to make a decision, and I take a day, I'm moving 7x faster than you.

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If you take a day, and I take an hour, I'm moving 24x faster than you.

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Think - act - think - act - think - act

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Notice how "Think" is still in there. I'm not saying to act blindly, impulsively, or out of emotion - definitely have a solid understanding of the idea or task at hand! But don't get stuck just... thinking.

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• Choose the event date instead of going back and forth over small details.
• Send the email instead of re-reading it 10 times (my personal weakness).
• Handle the discussion in the meeting instead of "circling back offline."
• Text that person your thoughts instead of waiting until you see them in person again.
• Eat a healthy meal instead of waiting for a full diet plan.

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Just get the ball rolling and learn more as you go (This is an integral thought process in the tech world - a Minimum Viable Product and agile thinking [concept for another newsletter])

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A multi-billion dollar brand has built their whole identity off of this idea: "Just do it."

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To grow faster, simply act faster. The shorter the gap, the quicker the growth.

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See you next Thursday, Steppers.

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We will succeed,

Grayson

​graysonstepanek.com​

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Song of the Week:

Been Through A Lot 2KBABY PREVIEW   ​

To quote my friend Thomas Lowe: "Did you say 2KBABY in 2025?" I sure did Thom, and it's heat. 2K is back with an actually great album, 2 Lost - first album since his original 2020-2021 run that had me hooked on his music. I'm addicted as ever to his high-pitched, fast-flowing melodies, and this song immediately stuck out as a "oh yeah, this is a banger" track when the bassline hit.