Oct. 14 - Oct. 19, 2019
Below is last week's "scouting report" on the enemy voice.
Monday: We all have it: that voice in our head that whispers the exact thing that always works to cause a hiccup, a doubt, a stumble in your progress. Just when your cylinders are firing and things are clicking, it says (for the thousandth time), “Why would anyone care about that?”
Tuesday: If having an audience, customers, or friends and supporters is part of the thing you know you’re supposed to do, then the enemy voice will be up bright and early to remind you, “Nobody cares.”
Wednesday: It’s helpful to remember: Any work that goes public, which is almost all work that matters, is open to criticism and therefore vulnerable to “looking stupid”. In other words, vulnerability is inherent to work that matters.
Thursday: The enemy voice misappropriates “You can’t" to sabotage whatever it is that you most certainly can do but is still vulnerable to being deceived.
Friday: And subtly tucked underneath “You shouldn’t” is the threat “Because if you do, there will be a price to pay.” And it’s the “price to pay” that we’re afraid of. Public dismissal. Or worse: ostracism from your community.
Saturday: Here’s a little secret: the enemy voice always “predicts” the same outcome. “That’ll fail.” So, abandoning your work, your project, your unique vision proves the enemy voice right every time. The only way to prove it wrong is to push your thing through to completion.
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