{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Terrible Creative","title":"Yeah, Maybe - Why Some People Kill Your Ideas (And How to Protect Them)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3285,"description":"Have you ever shared something you were excited about only to have it met with \"yeah, maybe\" or \"how are you going to monetize that?\"\nIn this episode, I sit down with a story that's been eating at me for weeks — a conversation at a coffee shop that revealed something uncomfortable about regret, haunted creatives, and the ghosts of unmade work.\nThis isn't about toxic positivity or hustle culture. It's about understanding the difference between someone who's tired and someone who's haunted. Between love and regret. Between the people who will protect your ideas and the ones who will kill them — often without realizing it.\nAnd if I'm honest, it's about recognizing when we become those people ourselves.\n\nIn This Episode\nThe Coffee Shop Moment A conversation with a photographer friend that starts with excitement and ends with something closer to mourning.\nThe Difference Between Tired and Haunted Why some people poke holes in your ideas — and it has nothing to do with you.\nThree Faces of Haunting\nThe perfectionist paralyzed by an impossible vision\nThe silent avoider who pretends not to see your success\nThe one with all the resources who just... doesn't\nThe Idea Graveyard My own confession: the photo essay about my hometown that will never exist, and what it taught me about shelf life.\nLove vs. Regret How my wife Jaimi saved me from launching a business I didn't actually want — and how to tell the difference between questions that protect you and questions that undermine you.\nThe Physics of Regret How other people's ghosts create friction that converts your creative momentum into heat, defensiveness, and eventual paralysis.\nProtecting Your Butterflies Practical strategies for guarding your ideas and building a \"Go\" list instead of a \"Know\" list.\n\nKey Takeaways\nIdeas have a life of their own — and a shelf life. They don't wait for you to be ready.\n\"Yeah, maybe\" is the sound of a butterfly dying.\nTired people say, \"I'm exhausted, but that sounds amazing.\" Haunted people...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qsOnUwMbUF-PHJZ7RwOm0Uh1mXJoqDwCz1nHN0z7r7Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMTIy/MjM3Yzk2YTUzZDE5/ZjNiODE0Y2MxOTgz/MGRiNC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}