One snowy weekend, the YouTube algorithm suggested a video to Heidi. It was a condo tour and interview with a woman who had moved to Thailand under a new visa for remote workers. Heidi was hooked, and spent the weekend watching ten more similar videos.

Duncan spent his weekend the same way. Both felt a pull to do it themselves, and both met the criteria of being remote workers. Six months later, Heidi was looking out the window at the Bangkok skyline from her new apartment. Duncan was still in Atlanta.

Let's assume they both faced the same barriers and opportunities, but one of them followed that pull, and the other didn't. Most of us have been Duncan more often than we've been Heidi. Most of us don't act on the things we're drawn to, even when nothing is really stopping us.

How can we become someone who acts on these pulls, rather than letting them pass us by? These steps could help.

1. Take a Step Without Committing

After watching the videos, Heidi downloaded the visa forms and filled out a few parts of them. She wasn't entirely sure why she was doing it, but she put her name and other basics on the forms and saved the partially completed form to her computer.

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