Do You Shut Down Your Own Good Ideas? Why a Flashlight Commercial is the Slap in the Face We All Need. *feelgoodery shorts* episode artwork

EPISODE · Aug 24, 2023 · 5 MIN

Do You Shut Down Your Own Good Ideas? Why a Flashlight Commercial is the Slap in the Face We All Need. *feelgoodery shorts*

from feelgoodery · host Kyle Buchanan

Ever have a really good idea and then quickly talk yourself out of it? Do you feel like idiots somehow get ahead? Maybe they do. But maybe we take a page out of their books and just do it. . . . In today's feelgoodery short, I'm talking about why a flashlight infomercial was the slap in the face I needed to stop  overthinking so friggin much. And maybe it can be one for you too. . . Today we're talking the normal tune that plays after we get an ideawhy an infomercial about a flashlight is the ah-ha moment we need this summer why people less qualified than you are getting aheadThe key moments in this episode are:00:00:40 - talking ourselves out of it00:01:35 - being self aware a little too much 00:02:55 - what a flashlight informercial means 00:04:00 - the idiots who get ahead by throwing spaghetti at the wall 00:05:00 - be the brave idiot

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Ever have a really good idea and then quickly talk yourself out of it? Do you feel like idiots somehow get ahead? Maybe they do. But maybe we take a page out of their books and just do it. . . . In today's feelgoodery short, I'm talking about why a flashlight infomercial was the slap in the face I needed to stop overthinking so friggin much. And maybe it can be one for you too. . . Today we're talking the normal tune that plays after we get an ideawhy an infomercial ...

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