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Stop Overthinking: The 70% Rule to Beat Procrastination

BigDeal

Codie Sanchez

Marketing, Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.9 β€’ 970 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Better quality sleep = better focus. Head to https://eightsleep.com/bigdeal and use code 'DEAL' to get $350 off the Pod 5 Ultra. If you have an HSA or FSA, the Eight Sleep Pod may qualify as a medical expense through Truemed, and qualified customers save about 30% on average. Stack that with the code above for even more savings. Check your eligibility at https://www.truemed.com/eightsleep before you buy. Truemed is for qualified customers. HSA/FSA tax savings vary. You've had a decision sitting on your desk for two weeks. You keep telling yourself you're just gathering information. You're not. You're stalling. And while you stall, someone less qualified just did a worse version of your idea and they're about to eat your lunch. Here's the lesson history keeps screaming at us: speed wins every time. Companies like Instagram and Square have perfect plans; they had faster clocks. They moved while everyone else was still in meetings. And in business, hesitation is just a polite word for losing. In this episode, you'll learn: Why information doesn't age like wine, it ages like milk The decay question that will tell you if you're at 70% or just overthinking Jeff Bezos's 70% rule and the door test that separates reversible decisions from real risk The 24 hour rule that forces clarity and why every meeting should end with a decision or a deletion Why perfection is the trap you have to avoid on the way to quality and how Reid Hoffman ships embarrassingly early every time And if you're an owner, stop procrastinating and learn the exact framework that unlocked $7.6M in hidden cash for other business owners β†’ https://contrarianthinking.biz/4cEHuZI ___________ (00:00:00) Introduction: The Decision You're Stalling On (00:02:55) Decision Decay: The Shelf Life of Opportunity (00:04:42) The Square Story: Three Weeks to a Billion Dollar Company (00:06:37) The 24-Hour Rule: Overwhelming People with Speed (00:08:09) Instagram's Pivot: From Bourbon to Billion in 18 Months (00:09:29) The 70% Rule and The Door Test: Bezos's Speed Framework (00:11:59) The Zeigarnik Effect: Why Unfinished Tasks Drain Your Brain (00:15:49) Quality vs Perfection: The False Dichotomy (00:18:42) The Five Moves to Triple Your Speed (00:21:47) Think Big or Don't Talk to Vendors (00:24:09) Closing: Your Speed Homework and Growth Accelerator Invite ___________ MORE FROM BIGDEAL πŸŽ₯ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podcastbigdeal πŸ“Έ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigdeal.podcast πŸ“½οΈ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@big.deal.pod MORE FROM CODIE SANCHEZ πŸŽ₯ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@codiesanchezct πŸ“Έ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codiesanchez πŸ“½οΈ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realcodiesanchez OTHER THINGS WE DO 🌐 Our community: https://contrarianthinking.typeform.com/to/WBztXXID πŸ“° Free newsletter: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3XWLlZp πŸ“š Biz buying course: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3NhjGgN 🏠 Resibrands: https://resibrands.com/ πŸ’° CT Capital: https://contrarianthinking.biz/4eRyGOk 🏦 Main St Hold Co: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3YfGa8u Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You've had a decision sitting on your desk for two weeks.

0:02.5

You keep telling yourself you're just like gathering information.

0:05.3

You're not. You're stalling.

0:06.8

And while you stall someone less qualified,

0:09.5

just did a worse version of your idea,

0:12.1

and they are about to eat your lunch.

0:14.1

People like me.

0:15.1

Here's the lesson history keeps screaming at us.

0:18.4

Speed wins every time. And I am obsessed with it right now because I and my

0:24.0

team are not moving fast enough. So today we're going to talk about speed. The three laws

0:28.8

that will rewire how you make decisions, five moves that you can run Monday morning, and we're

0:32.9

going to show you the real-life proof from Instagram, Square, Amazon, the fastest companies in the world about how the

0:39.0

operator almost always wins when they move faster.

0:42.0

You do not have to be smarter.

0:43.5

You don't have to have more money.

0:44.8

You just need to move faster.

0:46.3

So today you stop overthinking and you start moving.

0:49.0

I'm Cody Sanchez and this is the Big Deal podcast.

0:51.7

Let's hurry up and go, huh?

0:55.8

I have one quick ask, though, before we dive in. If this kind of episode is useful for you,

1:00.2

do me a personal favor and hit subscribe. It tells me what's landing and helps me make more of

1:04.8

what actually helps you. And if you ever wanted to support what we do here at the big deal,

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