Zero Distortion with Russ Bates — Free Framework

You're Not Confused.
You're Avoiding.

The exact mental shift that separates the people who change from the people who keep "working on it." Watch the free breakdown. No upsells. No fluff.

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The real problem

You already know
what to do.

You've read the books. You've watched the videos. You've started more times than you can count. The information isn't the problem.

The problem is the story you tell yourself about why this time is different — why you're still in research mode, why you need one more week, why it's not the right time yet.

That's not confusion. That's avoidance wearing a productive disguise. And the longer you let it run, the more expensive it gets.

The Confusion Trap

Staying busy gathering information so you never have to make a decision that could fail. It feels like progress. It's a delay tactic.

The Reaction Loop

Living off other people's ideas, emotions, and urgency rather than your own. Most people don't know they're in this loop — that's what makes it so effective.

The Identity Gap

The distance between who you say you are and what you actually do every day. Closing that gap is the only thing that actually creates change.

What this is actually about

Knowing better
isn't enough.
Doing different
is the only metric.

This framework doesn't teach you more things to know. It shows you exactly what's stopping you from doing what you already know.

Inside the free framework

What you'll
walk away with

The Avoidance Audit A simple 5-question self-check that exposes exactly where you're buying time instead of making moves. Most people find three things immediately.
The Reaction vs. Response Map Why your first instinct in hard situations is almost always wrong — and the single pattern that high-performers use instead.
The Identity-Action Alignment Method How to close the gap between who you claim to be and what you actually do. This is where most self-improvement content stops short.
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Russ Bates

Host — Zero Distortion Podcast & @TheRealRussBates

Russ Bates doesn't do inspirational filler. He builds frameworks that force honesty — the kind most people avoid because it requires them to stop lying to themselves first.

With 35,000+ subscribers and a growing library of content that hits on critical thinking, behavioral change, and personal accountability, Russ has built an audience of people who are done with feel-good advice that doesn't actually work.

This framework is the foundation of everything he teaches.

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the right time.

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You're Not Confused. You're Avoiding.

You already knowwhat to do.

What you'llwalk away with

Russ Bates

Stop waiting forthe right time.

You're Not Confused.
You're Avoiding.

You already know
what to do.

What you'll
walk away with

Stop waiting for
the right time.