The Experiential Strategist with Jenny Howard-Maxwell
Jul 16, 2026 · 8 min · 10 segments
You are never going to feel ready. Not for the certification, not for the career move, not for the conversation you've been avoiding. This week, one comment on a post that reached over 500,000 people…
Jenny Howard-MaxwellHostAnd if you ever do feel ready, I want you to be a little suspicious of that feeling because in my experience, ready is usually the wrong decision wearing a nicer outfit.
Every decision I've ever made that's actually paid off, I made it without feeling ready.
I've embarrassed myself with putting myself out there publicly more than once.
Every time I've gone against my gut and made a decision based purely on facts and spreadsheets and just straight up logic, instead of what I felt in my body, that's when things went south.
Not the times that I led with my heart before I was polished, before I was ready, before it made complete sense on paper.
And if you ever do feel ready, I want you to be a little suspicious of that feeling because in my experience, ready is usually the wrong decision wearing a nicer outfit.
Every decision I've ever made that's actually paid off, I made it without feeling ready.
I've embarrassed myself with putting myself out there publicly more than once.
Every time I've gone against my gut and made a decision based purely on facts and spreadsheets and just straight up logic, instead of what I felt in my body, that's when things went south.
Not the times that I led with my heart before I was polished, before I was ready, before it made complete sense on paper.
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