Protecting Yourself

Thank you for all the sweet advice and positive re-enforcement. That, however, was not why I wrote that email this morning.

Let me try again, cause I really want you to get this.

If you're up to causing big badass stuff, you really have to cultivate safe spaces for yourself. If your ideas are seeds, you must design your life to plant those seeds in fertile soil.

Everyday we are bombarded with emails. Phone calls. Text messages. All of which we REACT to. Requests, criticism, rejection, deadlines, breakdowns. No matter how brilliant, confident, or productive you are, we all have our buttons which, when pushed, cause us to react. That's just the way it is.

Reacting is easier than creating. But when it's time to do something original.... to think or write or CREATE...you have to close the door on anything that will take your attention off of the big badass stuff. You need to intentionally make a bubble to protect yourself from any stimulus that has the power to hijack your mind.

Creating big badass stuff isn't easy. This week I invite you to look at all the things that get in the way of you CREATING...