{"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?\n\nWhether 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.\n\nHighlights\n\nThe \"roots before fruit\" framework — why focusing on the fruit actually prevents it from growing\nWhy 10% improvement is more transformative than trying to nail it 90% of the time\nThe real cost of living with intention — and what you have to let go of to get there\nHow the 12 Week Year changed the trajectory of Damon's life and career\nThe shaking-hand moment: writing down a buried dream for the first time in 15 years\nWhy regret is a powerful motivator — if you let it illuminate instead of sink you\nLetting fantasies and alternative lives die so you can fully choose the one in front of you\nWhat Damon's son said at his rehearsal dinner that made all the intentional living worth it\nThe Kia story: a small, symbolic decision that said everything about who Damon was becoming\n\nChapters\n\n0:00 – Choosing to Wake Up\n1:18 – Meet Damon Young\n2:58 – Turning 40 and 50\n4:30 – Kids Grow Fast\n7:38 – Roots Before Fruit (don't focus on the fruit — get in the soil)\n11:22 – Shiny Objects and Grace\n13:37 – The Power of Ten Percent\n16:17 – Advice for Your Forties\n19:42 – Damon at Thirty-Five\n27:40 – Stress and Self-Soothing\n31:13 – The Cost of Intention\n33:54 – Letting Dreams Die\n35:48 – Marriage and Becoming\n24:57 – Facing Regret in New Decades\n25:56 – Regret and Finite Time\n26:42 – Heidi and the 12 Week Year...","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}