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Welcome to A Change Question — a special mini-series from The Inner Game of Change.
In each short, solo episode, I bring you one question worth sitting with — the kind that can spark both personal and professional shifts.
Most of us believe change starts the moment we make a decision.
But the truth is, a decision is only the promise — the act is the proof.
In this episode, I explore the gap between deciding and doing — that shadowy space where many of our best intentions quietly stall.
Through the stories of Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, and Malala Yousafzai, who turned conviction into courage, I unpack what it really takes to turn resolution into motion.
We’ll also look at what neuroscience tells us about why our brains reward decision-making — but not follow-through — and how to build the bridge from intent to impact.
Because decisions without steps become drift.
But decisions with steps become movement.
And movement is what changes everything.
Ali Juma
@The Inner Game of Change podcast
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Chapters
1. A Change Question - I have made the decision to change. Now how do I act on it? (00:00:00)
2. The 1967 Marathon Stand (00:00:08)
3. Decision Means Nothing Without Action (00:00:44)
4. Malala and the Pattern of Courage (00:00:56)
5. A Question That Opens Change (00:01:27)
6. Decision vs Action: Mind’s Trap (00:02:13)
7. The Shadow Between Idea and Act (00:03:14)
8. Quiet Progress and Follow-Through (00:03:50)
9. Dopamine, Resolutions, and Momentum (00:04:26)
10. Business Proofs: Bezos and Kodak (00:04:59)
11. First and Second Steps Framework (00:05:37)
12. Three Moves to Build Momentum (00:05:58)
13. Your Decision, First Step, Second Step (00:06:50)
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