But when they asked, what did the people who made it through haven't common, he said,

we had an unshakable sense that it would turn out well.

And so the paradox being the sense that, hey, I don't know how this is going to work.

I don't know if it's going to work in the form that I am initially setting up to create,

but there is an inevitability that if I stay in the game, if I keep showing up and creating

and responding, over time, something good is going to happen.

Something good is going to come.

As opposed to, I've got to reach this goal in this time, this way.

And so it's like, we go in with such a rigid thing that it's very easy to get disappointed.

It's very easy to get discouraged. It's very easy to lose heart and then it's over until you find it again.

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Michael, welcome to the unmistakable creative. Thanks so much for taking the time to join us.

Thanks for having me. It is my pleasure to have you here. So I came across your work

by way of somebody in your publicity team who told me about your book creating the impossible

and this whole idea of accomplishing an impossible goal in 90 days. And as I was saying,

before we hit record here, that idea of a mental model to do that just appealed to me on so many levels.

But before we get into all of that, I want to start by asking you where in the world did you grow up

and what impact did where you grew up end up having on the choices you've made with your life in your career?

Well, I had the typical Massachusetts to Texas to London story, like most kids.

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