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The other day, I was sitting here typing along, exactly as I’m doing right now, when I started to think that what I was writing wasn’t any good.
Earlier that day, I had heard someone say that daily content tends to be shallower than that which is less frequent. And here I was, allowing myself to think that toxic thought: Maybe this is all crap.
Honestly, it is a thought I don’t have very often.
Read MoreTrying to get a new venture off the ground can be lonely at first.
This thing is so new that you barely believe in it. How are you going to get someone else to come along for the ride?
You may have had some life experiences that reinforce the narratives we hear all around us:
“You just can’t find good help.”
Read MoreWhen Eclectic Music started doing music lessons on Zoom, it was a bit of an adjustment for everyone.
Now, more than two years later, lots of teachers and students love the Zoom lessons and will never go back to doing them in person. But at the start, lots of us felt like we had to recreate the feeling of being in the same room as our student.
And that — on top of the ongoing stress and uncertainty of the pandemic — was freaking exhausting.
Read MoreA friend of mine is starting a new business.
However, he’s a little self-conscious about calling it a business. That’s because it hasn’t made any money yet. But, strictly speaking, it’s not a hobby. The intention is not to just have fun. The intention is profit, eventually.
How do we bridge that gap? How do we launch the thing if we aren’t sure whether it is going to work?
Read MoreOkay, this is weird, but I think it's a useful ability of mine: I know what it's like to be successful without actually having to go to the trouble.
I mean really successful, like number one record, eight-figure income, bestselling novel successful.
I haven't been there, but I know. I can experience it without experiencing it. I know that when you reach that level, you aren't any different inside than you were before, and if how you felt inside was inadequate and unworthy, you will still feel that way.
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