#161 9 Year Identity Crisis?! - Tom Critchlow on being stuck, indecisiveness, going to wander, taking every 7th week off, strategically dropping the ball, hiring an editor, and fear of finishing his book

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

Tom and Paul talk through Tom's challenges at this inflection point in his indie career, a book he's planning on shipping and how to think through indie consultant identity crises

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• Tom's Site: https://tomcritchlow.com/
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⌛TIMESTAMPS

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:11) - Guest introduction
• (03:35) - Tom's problem — indecisiveness
• (07:49) - What does Tom think he should be doing?
• (10:12) - Not working, go and wonder, owning time
• (14:29) - 7th week off, shaking things up
• (18:38) - Strategically dropping the ball
• (23:42) - Should Tom hire an editor?
• (25:36) - The fear of finishing the book
• (34:21) - The last 10% are the hardest
• (36:38) - Writing the introduction, injecting the book with a personal story
• (40:58) - Preselling his book as a motivation?
• (42:32) - How Paul was pushing Tom to write his book
• (44:21) - Closing remarks

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