So the practical question becomes: what is the smallest truthful act that changes your environment? Choose a micro-commitment that leaves evidence—submit one pitch, ship a 200-word newsletter, or schedule a 20-minute prototype. Set an if-then plan (Gollwitzer, 1999), share your progress once, and ask one person for feedback. Then, review what new doors showed up at week’s end. By repeating the sequence—step, signal, scan—you build a compounding corridor of opportunities that only exists because you began. [...]
