Creating with intention
It isn’t necessary to pine away hoping to be discovered. You may never get the role you want. And you risk being caught in the background, your true skills and talents wasted.
Why wait for someone else to cast you? Set about writing your own screenplay.
Play the role you want.
I’m still trying to wrap my head around this, as it is completely counterintuitive to me.
The moment I stopped trying and quit everything is when things became clear.
I’m not saying I don’t have challenges and that life is always easy, but my day-to-day isn’t filled with as much strife. There’s less struggle as I move about the world.
I think of how difficult momentum seemed in the past. Once I landed back into the grooves of authenticity, people began to take notice. It’s then that I raised money for a few scholarships, attracted over 30k views on Medium, and found myself speaking on HuffPost (look at 13:30).
I’m not doing anything drastically different. I’m simply living my life by letting passion lead the way.
I’m wondering if this principle has worked for you, too.
What if WORKING HARD didn’t equal SUCCESS? What if you stepped out of the car, allowed your excitement to take the wheel, and put frustration, anxiety, and white-knuckle-decision-making in the backseat? What if by relaxing, you allowed your “best self” to emerge?
If you’re having to work really hard to make something right, I’m wondering if it’s right in the first place.
Tweet me. I want to hear what you think.
We spend so much time searching.
The One, The Job, The House, The Car, The Experience, The Feeling, The Plan, The Salary, The Product, The Idea, The Connector, The Client, The Bargain, The Title, The Brand…
We’re looking for answers, assuming that once we find That Thing, the result we want will magically appear (happiness, success, love, fortune, fame, ease, contentment).
What if you stopped looking. Stay with me for a moment.
In Western Society, we’re taught that “A” action yields “B” outcome. So if I input X, Y, Z, ___ should follow, right? (You fill in the blank.)
What if you channeled all of that energy you’re investing into finding That Thing towards your passion, instead? What if your excitement became the compass for your decision-making?
Chances are “your purpose” will appear when you’re not looking; not necessarily when you least expect it — because you’ll already be following your heart’s desires and will be so invested in your life and your work and giving to others that you’ll forget you were looking in the first place. Same goes for love.
Think of it less as a a fixed feeling or pre-defined experience and more as a rolling, morphing adventure.
What if your goal was to experience rejection, to quit?
What if you set out trying to find twenty new ways of getting shot down, of hearing “No, thanks” at least fifteen times in one day?
What if your aim wasn’t to wildly succeed or sell the most product or to get everyone to like you?
What if you turned the graph upside down and thought of creative ways to beat everyone to the bottom?
What if you truly said fuck it and stopped watching numbers and started listening to your heart, your excitement, your passion instead?
I wrote my first post on Medium this week. Before clicking “Publish,” I was surprisingly nervous. I think because this writing is very personal, an experience that is dear to my heart and involves people I love. I almost didn’t post it.
I had no idea it would impact and resonate with so many people. I’m talking just under 10k views in less than one week.
We spend so much time trying to come up with the right strategy, the right product, company, tagline or press relationship in order to reach many people. Maybe instead we should focus on being real…and simply living.
The last few months of my life have shown me that if you follow your heart and live authentically in the world, you’ll end up right where you need to be.
A New Year is a great time to start.
When we are stingy with our resources, or operate from a “scarcity mentality,” we block our own potential (and that of those around us). Giving to others creates an energy exchange that can propel you towards success and deeper layers of living.
The holiday season is a perfect time to test this generosity theory. Conduct an experiment and observe the ways in which you benefit by giving:
Within your network, there are individuals who will benefit from meeting each other. We have tools and devices at our fingertips to connect and unite layers of talents. But there’s also the good-ol-fashioned telephone…
Generosity doesn’t need to be restricted to the holidays, but it’s a great time to start.