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Good morning Launch Key 🚀 community.

I’m 6 days into unpacking into a new house and I’m still looking for my things in places they used to be. Sure, the new house has plenty of storage, but it’s just not in the places I expect.

Change is hard – but it opens us up to all kinds of efficiency, with a little foresight.

Let's get into it.

Comment below and let me know if we’re on the right track.

Table of Contents

• Pull to Eject

• Modern Tools

• Old School Wisdom

• Free Knowledge

• Recommendations

• Visual Crapshoot

Pull to Eject

I was working on a couple of topics for this week’s newsletter about writing and AI, but life got in the way.

There is nothing quite like pulling up roots after 39 years and moving to a new town.

But I’m 1 week into just that scenario. It’s the type of grunt work that AI absolutely can not handle. I’m averaging 19,000 steps a day inside these new walls.

And it’s been cathartic.

Cleaning out my old attic/garage/shed literally took 3 dumpsters, a yard sale, Facebook marketplace and truckloads of donations.

Despite what we thought was a big purge, we still brought too much stuff.

All improvement requires change, but not all change is improvement.

In moving from a 1960’s home to a 2020 home, I get fantastic efficiency improvements. Can I do the same with my own daily habits?

• Where is the best place to write?

• Where should I do zoom calls?

• Can I find a couple of new places to think creatively?

• Where does the blind dog walk? (obviously feeding time hasn’t changed 😉)

• How should a closet be organized?

• Can I improve our garage gym layout?

Status quo is so comfortable that it impedes real change. But moving - that’s a whole different kettle of fish.

With forced disruption, the answers can absolutely be better than before.

The beauty of moving at Christmas is you need to have the house ready when all the family visits. No rest for the weary. My step count may increase over the next week!

The upside, with some forced new thinking is I can create better habits. I’m focusing on why I did things the old way. And I’m finding new ways to use my stuff.

But I’ve also found the dump near Ocean Isle if you’re interested. 😉

Now go launch something 🚀 

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Modern Tools

So maybe your small business has lots of data.

And it could tell a great story if you could just figure out a way to present it better. But you’re no designer.

Throw away your boring Excel charts and make professional infographics instead.

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Old School Wisdom

Who needs another self-help book?

Dr. John C. Norcross, an internationally recognized expert, has studied how people make transformative, permanent changes in their lives. Over the past thirty years, he and his research team have helped thousands of people overcome dozens of behavioral ailments.

Just in time for New Year’s Resolutions, Changeology might be the Holiday read you’ve been looking for.

Free Knowledge

Change is our natural state of being. By focusing on what we can control, it will feel less stressful and more comfortable to achieve.

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