REPLAY: Energy Isn't the Same as Capacity

🌟 Enjoy a special preview of this month’s call replay! We’re sharing a clip from our opening conversation on why high energy and real capacity aren’t the same thing, and what happens when you mistake one for the other. If you’re not already a paid subscriber, consider upgrading to access the full recording and be part of upcoming sessions.

This month we explored a distinction that’s easy to miss: energy and capacity aren’t the same thing. High energy doesn’t automatically mean higher capacity. You still have to account for the limitations of time and attention. When you hit an energetic peak, the instinct may be to reach for more but the five-project rule still applies.

Summer has a way of loading your plate with projects that never make it onto your official list. The seasonal logistics, the life shifts, the things you’re holding for other people. When you don’t count those, you can end up holding more than five projects without realizing it, and something you genuinely care about might get bumped to the bottom of the list until it falls off entirely. That’s not a motivation problem or a discipline problem. It’s a math problem.

“Not now” doesn’t mean “never.” Pausing something you care about, intentionally and honestly, is how you protect both the project and your capacity to do it well.

This month’s Q&A also covered:

• Expanding into a new market when your existing momentum doesn’t transfer: Why your yaysayers are a more reliable signal than the stories you’re telling yourself

• Checking your goals before deciding you’re off track: Why going back to look is almost always more useful than the spiral of deciding you’ve failed

• Getting a stalled project moving when fear has made it feel too big to start: Why finding the smallest experiment is often the only move you need

• Is it a problem, a puzzle, or a situation?: Why naming what you’re actually dealing with changes everything about how you respond when your capacity keeps shifting and demands are hard to predict.

This summer, the practice isn’t staying on track. It’s getting good at finding your way back.

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Our next Monthly Momentum Call will be on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. PDT.

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