515: “Should Have Done This Earlier”

Hey, everybody. This is Steli Efti. And this is Heaton Shaw. And today on the Stop Chat, we're gonna talk about this is another tweet episode. I think we like talking about more than just sales and marketing. We just wanna bullshit and chat about business and life. And hopefully, while we're doing that, provide a lot of value to people. The world's best business podcast. Oh. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. We did that. For people trying to get shit done. Yeah. We don't wanna give you feedback. That's bullshit. And we want you to do your best. This is a new tradition we have where Steli Eft reads Heaton's, tweets and once in a while thinks, This is both very wise and kinda curious, and there's something here that we should probably unpack for the audience on the startup chat. So I'm gonna read the tweet that you posted recently, Ethan, and then I'm gonna ask you what prompted it, and we'll just see what what unfolds. So Sounds good. Here's the tweet. Should have done this earlier, all in quotes. I should have done this earlier. A statement full of frustration and relief at the same time. Alright? So what made you what made you tweet this? Yeah. I it it's one of these one of those things that's related to another thing that I I really kind of have funny feelings about. And that thing is this idea that if you felt if you felt like you were dumber a year ago, you know, you're growing. You know? Or you felt dumb for some some opinion you had or thought you had or thing you did a year ago or whatever you're growing. So it's very similar to that where it's like, sometimes you just have those moments, and and this is very it's it's personal life and and work and business, but, like, you have those moments where, like, oh, should've done this earlier. And sometimes it's just an idea that you have, and you're like, crap. Like, that's just the one. Or, like, for, like like, let's say, a a, you know, a marketing channel or something like that that you just didn't think of that all of a sudden you did, just to give a very simple example. Or it's something that you you just did, and you're like, oh, I should've done that earlier. So it's kind of like this feeling that I get sometimes, and it's it's I'm frustrated because I wish I would've figured it out earlier. But I'm also very relieved because I got I figured it out. I finally figured it out. You know, I got it. Alright. Cool. So it was one of those moments, where I felt that and felt like, I had to share just to release it, and get over myself. So that was that was it. It was just that. You know, what's funny is that I should have done this earlier. There's many …