L Stewart
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L Stewart
instead of asking “what’s my passion?” — start with a softer lens: what feels good in my nervous system? you’ll learn more about yourself by tracking your energy than your accomplishments. keep a low-stakes log for two weeks: note what conversations feel nourishing, what kinds of work make time disappear, what content you consume when no one’s... See more
Lots of my sugar consumption takes place while I’m working. Anyone who listens to my podcast knows I’m a long-time believer in employing snacks in the writing process. Completing an essay without junk food is inconceivable to me. Sometimes I feel like a lab rat hitting the button for another treat to keep me going, lest I avoid my essay through... See more
Haley Nahman • #225: Making bad decisions on purpose
i am seen
remember what writer Colin Marshall says: “Compulsive avoidance of embarrassment is a form of suicide.” If you spend your life avoiding vulnerability, you and your work will never truly connect with other people.
Austin Kleon • Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Austin Kleon)
Please, just dance like nobody’s watching. Fuck like nobody’s watching. Love like nobody’s watching. Your shame is your only voyeur. If somebody doesn’t like what they see, at least it was you who they saw. You, and not a carefully curated context-laden facade.
Jordan Stacey • whatever happened to fucking around and finding out?
surrender to the cringe
Take a moment to consider why you’ve heeded the call. What’s stopped you from doing the damn thing? A fear of being cringe? A fear of not being good enough?
When you first start out, life will be exactly how it was before you started doing the thing except now... See more
Take a moment to consider why you’ve heeded the call. What’s stopped you from doing the damn thing? A fear of being cringe? A fear of not being good enough?
It's all going to flicker out at some point with everything else.
When you first start out, life will be exactly how it was before you started doing the thing except now... See more
Cissy Hu • Year of doing the damn thing
Cringe tolerance: The psychological ability to absorb embarrassment, a key trait separating creators from critics.
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There's a psychological barrier that divides the world into two distinct camps. Those who build things, and those who only critique them. This barrier has nothing to do with technical skill, intelligence, or even opportunity. It's the ability to absorb embarrassment. It's what we might call cringe tolerance.
Every successful entrepreneur,
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People are supposed to move you!!!
Energy Tracking
Today, I invite you to a simple practice:
Notice what generates energy in your business. Notice what depletes it.
That call that left you buzzing with ideas.
That email that required three hours of recovery.
That content that flowed without effort.
That offer that feels heavy even to describe.
Your energy isn't random. It's precise... See more
Today, I invite you to a simple practice:
Notice what generates energy in your business. Notice what depletes it.
That call that left you buzzing with ideas.
That email that required three hours of recovery.
That content that flowed without effort.
That offer that feels heavy even to describe.
Your energy isn't random. It's precise... See more