5 • 715 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Some days you wake up feeling like everyone else has it figured out and you're the only one barely holding it together. In this honest solo riff, Jay Schwedelson shares what has actually been running through his head lately, from self-doubt and negative self-talk to the tiny brave moves that quietly changed his career and life. He unpacks how being grateful to your past self, brave for just 10 seconds, and kind to your future self can shift how you show up this year without needing some huge reinvention.
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Best Moments:
(00:16) Jay admits he is just as full of doubts and mental noise as everyone else and calls out how invisible most people's struggles really are.
(02:18) The question that reframed everything for him: what are you grateful your past self dared to do that makes your life better today?
(04:30) The behind-the-scenes story of COVID panic, payroll stress, and the walk with his wife that pushed him to finally launch Guru Conference.
(06:45) Why you do not need a massive life overhaul, you just need to be brave for 10 seconds to send the message, start the convo, or take the next step.
(07:55) Using those 10 seconds of bravery in your personal life, from saying hi to someone you are drawn to, to opening doors to an entirely new chapter.
(09:15) Reframing the new year away from catastrophic thinking and into a quieter pact with your future self to try, stumble, and still keep going.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Do This, Not That, the podcast from marketers. We share quick tips, things you can do right now, |
| 0:08.5 | and then we add a little bit of chaos at the end of every episode. We also keep it short, like this |
| 0:13.2 | intro. Let's check it out. We are back for Do This, Not That podcast. And normally on this show, I come on. |
| 0:22.2 | I talk about some tips and tactics. |
| 0:23.7 | You should try for email or social media or whatever. |
| 0:27.1 | But also, every so often, I want to share what's going on in my brain, what I struggle |
| 0:32.6 | with and what you may struggle with as well. |
| 0:35.0 | There's a lot of podcast episodes that are out there that tell |
| 0:38.6 | you, you know, you can do it. And then you see all these big, famous, important people saying |
| 0:42.9 | all these things about how you can overcome and do and whatever. And I try to listen to a lot of |
| 0:50.1 | those shows. I do. I listen to the Mel Robbins show. I listen, I mean, you name it. I listen to it. |
| 0:57.0 | Because one of the things, I think that's hard for everybody. It doesn't matter if you are the |
| 1:01.6 | CEO of a big company. If you're a solopreneur, if you're a marketing manager at some, |
| 1:07.3 | you know, decent size company, if you're unemployed, you're out there looking for a job. |
| 1:11.6 | If you are spinning a million plates, you've got a bunch of kids that you're trying to take care of, |
| 1:15.6 | or you have elderly parents or somebody that's not well. |
| 1:19.6 | The thing I don't think enough that's talked about is how much everybody, and I do mean everybody, |
| 1:25.6 | I don't care if you're the most famous person on the planet. |
| 1:29.2 | Everybody's got a lot of stuff that they're dealing with. And while they may seem like there's a |
| 1:35.1 | smooth sailing on the inside, they're not. They're not. And there are certain things that I've |
| 1:40.1 | been able to realize that have helped me get through those moments that are sometimes harder |
| 1:45.7 | than others. And I think at the during the holiday season into the start of any new year, |
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