The Jump

Kevin Bell
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The Jump is for the person with a mortgage, a family, and a paycheck from a job they don't love — and theres a voice in their head saying they're meant for more. Every week, the honest truth about leaving the safe thing to build a life that's actually yours: the money, the fear, the 2am "is this enough." Two kinds of episodes — solo deep-dives that hand you a real skill that could be your way out, and conversations with people who actually made the jump. I dont have it all figure out, but i'm maybe a step or two ahead, drawing the map as I go.

  1. 6d ago

    In the Arena

    I wrote the script for this one while running 4 miles yesterday... just talking into my phone at a 7:29-ish pace, making it up on the spot. Which got me thinking about how many of us won't start something until we can see the finish line. So this one's about doing hard things before you know how they end, Teddy Roosevelt's Man in the Arena, why Thomas Edison was a little delusional (in a good way), and getting stronger one rep at a time. Run around the block, take a cold shower, read 10 pages... just take the first step! 00:00 I wrote this whole episode on a 4 mile run 00:34 Everybody should be making a podcast 01:05 Waiting to see the finish line before you start 01:45 We get better when we do hard things 02:01 Lifting a weight you've never picked up before 02:17 How do we get comfortable being uncomfortable? 02:33 Teddy Roosevelt's Man in the Arena 03:01 The critic never takes a hit 03:32 A little delusion: Thomas Edison 04:11 Greet failure like an old friend 04:47 One rep at a time 05:35 You can just do things Get Sunday Doughnuts: https://kevinbellco.com/newsletters/ Subscribe + drop a comment, tell me the hard thing you're starting this week!

  2. Oct 21

    This Might Be the Last Email You Get From Me

    I saw a $390 charge from Kit (formerly ConvertKit) on my card, almost double what I paid last year. So instead of paying it, I'm moving my newsletter, Sunday Doughnuts, onto an email platform I built myself with Grok Bot. I don't even know yet if it'll work. Also: why I think software companies are about to go the way of newspapers, just a whole lot faster. And I recorded this whole thing with 25 minutes before school pickup, so yeah, you have time. 00:00 No time? I recorded this before school pickup 01:06 This might be the last email 01:26 The $390 charge 02:31 Building my own platform with Grok Bot 02:52 The agents I use 03:31 On the clock: the Nov 4 refund deadline 04:08 SaaS is going the way of newspapers 05:19 Why it's about the process 06:06 Stay in the fight Get Sunday Doughnuts (find the email from my new address and don't trash it!): https://kevinbellco.com/newsletters/ Subscribe + drop a comment, tell me what software you'd rebuild. Tags: entrepreneurship, vibe coding, AI agents, ConvertKit, Kit, ConvertKit alternative, build your own email platform, SaaS, no-code, Grok Bot, newsletter, solopreneur, cop to entrepreneur, The Jump podcast, Sunday Doughnuts

  3. Oct 14

    I Took a 50% Pay Cut to Leave Policing. One Year Later...

    A year ago I left a career I thought I'd be in for 30 years. I took a 50% pay cut to leave policing and build something of my own. Here's the honest one-year update: the real numbers, what I said yes to, where we're at now, and why everything you want is on the other side of fear. Instagram: @kevin_asrx | X: @kevinasrx | kevinbellco.com

  4. Oct 7

    Nothing in Your Life Is Random (You Just Haven't Connected the Dots Yet)

    I don't believe life is random. Nothing is. There might be things that seem random, but that's just because we haven't connected the dots yet. In this episode I break down why "I was just in the right place at the right time" is never the whole story — the people who say that had lived enough life to recognize the moment, and then they took the shot. We get into Slumdog Millionaire, Wayne Gretzky, the four things that have to happen before any "lucky break," and what it actually looks like to flip the switch and start connecting your past experience to what's happening around you today. One ask this week: pick your direction, then start paying attention. You have a whole life of experience to pull from. The Jump is for the person with the mortgage, the family, and the safe job who knows they're meant for more. New episodes weekly. Kevin Bell — kevinbellco.com

  5. Oct 1

    Living a Last-Minute Life Is Quietly Destroying You

    There's a thing that will slowly, secretly, and quietly destroy you. It won't just hold you back from what you want — it'll actually move you backwards. I call it living a last-minute life. In this episode I break down what a last-minute life looks like (the job you wait to apply for, the business you've been chewing on for years, the gym you'll go to "one day"), the part most people miss — that last minute often means you don't handle it late, you miss it entirely — and why the fact that you do this just makes you normal. But you're not normal. You're the one listening to this. This one's a wake-up call. Go from living a last-minute life to living a proactive one. Starting today. The Jump is for the person with the mortgage, the family, and the safe job who knows they're meant for more. New episodes weekly. Kevin Bell — kevinbellco.com

  6. Sep 25

    The Crabs in the Bucket Story (And Why You Gave Up on Your Biggest Dream)

    How many of us had a big, delusional, semi-unrealistic dream when we were younger, and somewhere along the way we just let it go? Not because we wanted to. It felt like the world was slowly pulling us away from it. This week I tell the crabs in the bucket story: an old man fishing on a pier, a bucket full of crabs, and one crab trying to climb out. The old man doesn't even bother. The other crabs will pull him back in. That's exactly what happens to us. The people around us, sometimes friends and family, more often coworkers and classmates, pull us back into the bucket. Not because they don't like you. Because what you're doing reminds them of what they're not doing. Then I get real about my own delusions. I'm 35, three kids, 5'9", can't dunk. I'm still chasing world-class athlete (HYROX and jiu jitsu now), New York Times bestselling author (so I keep writing), and a million-plus a year (so I keep saying yes to business). Your homework: go back to the list. Pick something big, crazy, and potentially impossible. Write it down, feel it, envision it. It is not too late, and you have more time than you think. Don't waste it. The Jump is for the guy with a mortgage and a family who wants to leave the safe job. New episodes weekly. Newsletter: kevinbellco.com

  7. Sep 16

    Saying Yes Isn't an Answer. It's a Mentality.

    If you've listened to this show for a while, you've heard me say it: the best things in life come from saying yes. This week I'm proving it with two real opportunities that are in the works right now, and neither one showed up as a "typical" opportunity. Yes #1: a service I'm building that makes small businesses actually findable online. I heard a guy doing something similar on a podcast, reached out, talked shop, packaged it my own way, and almost immediately had two clients paying several hundred dollars a month. Yes #2: I was on a client's X profile, saw a post from a guy with an incredible Instagram handle looking for a partner, and DM'd him on the spot. Today we had an hour-long conversation that could've been three. That's turning into a partnership. The point: saying yes isn't waiting for someone to ask you a question. It's a proactive mentality. It's uncomfortable, it's a double-edged sword, and it's how you put yourself in the way of success. The Jump is for the guy with a mortgage and a family who wants to leave the safe job. New episodes weekly. Newsletter: kevinbellco.com

  8. Sep 11

    Every Second Counts: The 8th-Place Mindset That Wins

    This morning I was walking my neighborhood at 6am wearing two weighted vests, staring at my phone, with a wireless mic clipped to my chest. I looked ridiculous. And nobody cared. That's the whole episode. Short one today. No AI, no cop stories, no tools. Just one belief that's holding you back (that people are watching and judging), one CrossFit documentary from 2009 called Every Second Counts, and the guy who won the 2008 CrossFit Games from eighth place because he stopped doing what everyone else was doing. What's in it: Why nobody is looking at you as hard as you think (and why that's freedom)"You can just do things" - what that actually means when you're chasing a different lifeJason Khalipa, 30 squat clean and jerks at 155, and the come-from-behind winWhy most of us are running with a weight vest on, and why it doesn't matter where you startThe squat clean thruster - using your unfair advantage instead of copying everyone elseThe four things I think success is directly correlated withEvery second you spend working on the thing counts. Get after it like you're going from eighth to first. Say hi: kevinbellco.com

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The Jump is for the person with a mortgage, a family, and a paycheck from a job they don't love — and theres a voice in their head saying they're meant for more. Every week, the honest truth about leaving the safe thing to build a life that's actually yours: the money, the fear, the 2am "is this enough." Two kinds of episodes — solo deep-dives that hand you a real skill that could be your way out, and conversations with people who actually made the jump. I dont have it all figure out, but i'm maybe a step or two ahead, drawing the map as I go.

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  • Creator
    Kevin Bell
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Kevin Bell
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    The Jump