π§ I failed to climb El Capitan because I had the wrong partners (how to scale)
Back in college, I tried to climb El Cap for the first time. 3,000 feet of vertical granite. I was fit. Strong. Great technique. Did all the training climbs. And I failed. Not because I wasn't good enough. Because my partners and I were all the same. Same skills. Same strengths. Same blind spots. What worked on smaller walls couldn't get us up the big one. I needed different capabilities. Not just more of what I already had. Years later, I finally made the summit. And on that climb, I experienced something called the King Swing. You're 1,500 feet up. The crack system you've been climbing just... ends. Blank rock. No way to go straight. So you lower down on your rope and sprint sideways across the wall. Jumping. Swinging. Until you catch a completely different crack system 50 feet away. Looks insane. Feels insane. But climbing the blank section directly? Way more dangerous. The "risky" move is actually the safer path. ποΈ This is what I see with podcasters trying to scale past $2M Your podcast is incredible for building relationships. Meeting guests. Creating trust. It can absolutely add a million to your business if done right. But at some point, you hit a ceiling. There are only so many guests you can interview. Only so many relationships you can build manually. That's when you need your own King Swing. A way to reach strangers at scale without losing money. I just made a video breaking down exactly how to think about this. π Watch it below. Question for the community: Have you ever hit a point where what got you to one level couldn't get you to the next? What did your "King Swing" moment look like? Drop it in the comments. π