{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"A LOT with Audra","title":"69. What Happens When You Realize You Don’t Want the Life You’re Headed Towards with Damon Young, Founder of DK Counsulting & CEO of LEAD Wichita","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2802,"description":"What does it actually take to wake up, choose differently, and become someone new?Whether you're staring down a milestone birthday or quietly sensing it's time for a change, this conversation with Damon Young will meet you right where you are. Damon is a civic leader, executive mentor, public speaker, and founder of DK Young Consulting — and he sat down to talk candidly about what it looked like to go from heads-down in construction to stepping fully into his purpose as a connector of ideas and people. We covered the grief of letting dreams die, the power of writing something down with a shaking hand, and why 10% improvement might be the most radical thing you can do.HighlightsThe \"roots before fruit\" framework — why focusing on the fruit actually prevents it from growingWhy 10% improvement is more transformative than trying to nail it 90% of the timeThe real cost of living with intention — and what you have to let go of to get thereHow the 12 Week Year changed the trajectory of Damon's life and careerThe shaking-hand moment: writing down a buried dream for the first time in 15 yearsWhy regret is a powerful motivator — if you let it illuminate instead of sink youLetting fantasies and alternative lives die so you can fully choose the one in front of youWhat Damon's son said at his rehearsal dinner that made all the intentional living worth itThe Kia story: a small, symbolic decision that said everything about who Damon was becomingChapters0:00 – Choosing to Wake Up1:18 – Meet Damon Young2:58 – Turning 40 and 504:30 – Kids Grow Fast7:38 – Roots Before Fruit (don't focus on the fruit — get in the soil)11:22 – Shiny Objects and Grace13:37 – The Power of Ten Percent16:17 – Advice for Your Forties19:42 – Damon at Thirty-Five27:40 – Stress and Self-Soothing31:13 – The Cost of Intention33:54 – Letting Dreams Die35:48 – Marriage and Becoming24:57 – Facing Regret in New Decades25:56 – Regret and Finite Time26:42 – Heidi and the 12 Week Year27:52 – Writing Down the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ST1ihY6oM6j-9JRbJBusW58P2vlzKyibzbr46bLarLI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMTAw/OWFmMDZmNzE3YzYy/OTM3ZmM5Y2NmYzRm/MTY5My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}