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When friend groups get trapped in endless planning cycles that avoid actually taking creative risks

My two closest friends and I have been talking about starting a podcast together for three years, and every time we get close to actually doing it, one of us finds a reason why the timing isn't right or why we need to plan more. We all claim we want to do creative work but we've become masters at talking ourselves out of anything that feels uncertain.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Collective creative ambition can become a form of sophisticated procrastination when the group's comfort zone is stronger than any individual's courage.

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“Where Are You with Risk-taking — philosophy and psychology?”

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