{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6abf7899235a8e6af38f0851/6acd13fb0ee1af524e674d52?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Comparing Your Middle to Everyone Else’s Ending","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6abf7899235a8e6af38f0851/1791825268135-0cad0d87-9c46-4b4c-af8b-613cb5f08ef8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>You’re not short of advice. That’s actually the problem.</p><p><br></p><p>In this solo episode, Marie Outtier, founder of Aiden.ai (acquired by Twitter), explains why feeling behind usually has nothing to do with discipline, confidence or the perfect routine. What gets published is the ending: the launch, the award, the before and after. The middle gets cut. So we spend years comparing our middle to everyone else’s ending, and losing.</p><p><br></p><p>Marie shares a moment from her first year of university: a student with a very firm opinion about her future, and the question that made it irrelevant. She also explains what Bold Souls is here to do. Every Tuesday she sits down with people who’ve done remarkable things and asks them about the middle, not the highlights.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode:</p><p>00:00 Why you feel behind (it’s not a lack of advice)</p><p>02:22 I sold my company to Twitter. Be suspicious of me.</p><p>03:40 The stranger who predicted my salary</p><p>05:22 The part of success nobody shows you</p><p>06:15 You’re not behind, you’re in the middle</p><p><br></p><p>Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BoldSoulsPodcast</p><p>Follow Bold Souls on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boldsoulspodcast/?hl=am-et </p><p><br></p><p>Your dreams are not silly. You’re just bold.</p>","author_name":"Marie Outtier"}