Meg Kissack
@megkissack
Meg Kissack
It turns out, it wasn’t a lack of skill, desire, or intelligence. The whole group was derailed by the same two fears: FEAR OF STARTING.
Noah Kagan • Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours
treating my thoughts as treasures worth keeping has been the pivotal element in everything I’ve overcome and achieved.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
I’m thinking about how many people were one or two iterations away from the right formula, but lacked the conviction to stay the course, the understanding that minor, subtle, successive changes can drastically influence outcome. I’m thinking about how self-doubt makes more people abandon a vision than competition or lack of funding ever will.
sari azout • Taste, Conviction, Elon Musk
Unfortunately, if you want to do new things, you'll face a force more powerful than other people's skepticism: your own skepticism. You too will judge your early work too harshly. How do you avoid that?
Paul Graham • Early Work
What if I’m not good enough? What if this isn’t the “right” thing to pursue? What if no one likes me or my stuff? What if I can’t earn enough to make a living?
Chase Jarvis • Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
so I was no stranger to the feelings of insecurity that often follow on the heels of inspiration (sometimes referred to as ‘impostor syndrome’).
Jamie Smart • Results: Think Less. Achieve More
“The biggest obstacle I had to overcome was my own fear
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Many of us spend our lives pursuing private acceptance through external success. But no matter the award or honor, our inner doubts will remain. True acceptance comes from inside us. It takes asking ourselves challenging questions like: What do I want from my work? What’s most important about it to me ? How would I create my work differently if I p... See more
Yancey Strickler • What if You Gave Yourself the Gift of Inner Acceptance?
I’m thinking about how self-doubt makes more people abandon a vision than competition or lack of funding ever will.