Assessment Week – Day 2
Tuesday, February 11, 2026
The time to rest and reframe during Assessment Week has been very good.
I’m finding I do so much better by getting my ideas out and clarifying them as I go. I used to think that ideas had to come out fully formed, but I’m learning more and more to start with a premise and work through it.
The Voice-to-Text Game Changer
Voice-to-text on my iPhone has been a Round 1 game changer.
I think out loud. That app lets me capture it all. Then taking that raw material and asking questions through it? That’s gold.
For years, I felt like I had to have things polished before they were even workable. Like I had to know what I was saying before I could say it.
That’s just not true.
Reading Seth Godin Differently Now
That line from Linchpin about people being afraid to figure things out for themselves hit me different this time.
I used to read Seth Godin a lot and then put him down. His abstraction frustrated me. But now I have more experience under my belt, and it means more.
Maybe that’s what happens when you do 40 consecutive days of anything—you prove to yourself that iteration beats perfection. That starting messy and clarifying as you go actually works better than waiting for the polished version.
What I’m Grateful For
I’m grateful for Assessment Week. For the space to rest, reflect, and discover things like this.
For voice-to-text that lets me think without self-editing.
For the process of getting ideas out, even when they’re not fully formed, and working through them.
For 40 days that proved I don’t need to have it all figured out before I start.
Assessment Week – Day 2: Complete
Sometimes the best insights come when you give yourself permission to think out loud.
See you tomorrow for Day 3.
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