Morgan DeBaun was 23 when she started Blavity.
She did what every smart, careful person does. She researched. Read every blog. Studied every founder profile. Mapped out what success had looked like for people who’d done what she wanted to do.
And here’s what she found…
Nobody.
No Black women had raised over a million dollars at that point. The handful of Black founders she could name had degrees from Stanford and MIT. They had law degrees. MBAs. Networks. Pedigrees.
Morgan had a BA.
And every signal — every blog, every interview, every “are you sure?” from people who loved her most — was telling her she didn’t belong in the room.
So she invented her own way to think about it.
On today’s episode, she shares the framework she uses when she’s stuck. She projects herself ten years into the future and looks back at the version of her standing right here, today, with this decision in front of her.
And she asks: Will I regret not taking this leap?
If the answer is yes, the choice is already made.
“In life, you’re probably gonna regret the things you don’t do, rather than the things you try,” she says.
Because here’s what happens when you don’t have a roadmap. The brain starts collecting evidence for why it can’t be done. No one like you has done it. You don’t have the degree. You don’t have the network. You don’t have the money. Every “no” in the room becomes a confirmation.
But the future-you knows something the current-you doesn’t.
The future-you knows that the regret of staying is way heavier than the regret of trying.
So here’s the question for today:
What decision is sitting in front of you right now that the ten-years-from-now version of you is already begging you to make?
Don’t make the smart move. Make the move you won’t regret.
Tap the play button to listen to the full episode.
—Sean
Source: Morgan DeBaun | Blavity | 2019
