05:29
Faizan
I just spent 6 days cycling/hiking in Zion National Park/Byrce Canyon - and it was absolutely amazing. I rode 230 miles over 5 days, including some "hairy" descents - going 35 mph down the canyon with cliffs on both sides (speed limit is 20 mph for some, so technically, we could get a speeding ticket for riding a bicycle.)
As I checked this trip off my bucket list (which also includes climbing Mount Kili and chasing penguins in Antarctica), I got nostalgic about the days when I bumped around the world with a backpack and my Nikon FM2 (that uses film... remember those?)
Back in the days, my guts would simply say "I am going!" and off I went to Europe, Tibet, Scandinavia, Iceland, the Patagonia, Silk Road, the Eastern Bloc... you name it.
That was before the age of hyper-connectiveness... which means I actually had to "wing it" if something was not booked in advance.
The most rewarding adventures often came with some level of following my guts and improvising as I went. "Where do I want to be next?" - and the "lack" of "planning" allowed possibilities to pour through.
Yeah, "booked in advance" -
Somewhere along the way, "Planning" has become a "Virtue"...
Somewhere along the way, we were told to buckle down, get a job and "be responsible."
Somewhere along the way, we shot down spontaneity communicated to us by our guts through feelings like thrill, elation, and butterflies in the stomach.
Somewhere along the way, being "successful" got equated with
"being in control" and "having a plan."
Somewhere along the way, we stopped listening to our GUTS and stifled our natural-born rights to LIVE brightly, loudly, unapologetically because we have to "grow up."
There is so much creativity hidden in our natural instinct but we are pushing it down by denying our desire for exploration, adventure and spontaneity because others tell us "that's how it's done."
Where In Your Business Are You Holding Back Your Creativity and Individuality By "Being Responsible"?
Of course, we are not asking you to gamble your house and lose your pants. Having the awareness that this hidden desire in us can help us HAVE MORE OF US in our business can ignite the FIRE and guide us to express our creativity and individuality - which will open up possibilities and potentialities that we didn't know exist within us.
Are you implementing "proven" processes, blueprints and systems cookie-cutter style without asking - what do I WANT my business to do FOR ME?
Have you fallen into the comparison trap, "modeling" after everyone in your field and ended up with Frankenstein-marketing-copy that sounds just like everyone else... but nothing like YOU?
As I checked this trip off my bucket list (which also includes climbing Mount Kili and chasing penguins in Antarctica), I got nostalgic about the days when I bumped around the world with a backpack and my Nikon FM2 (that uses film... remember those?)
Back in the days, my guts would simply say "I am going!" and off I went to Europe, Tibet, Scandinavia, Iceland, the Patagonia, Silk Road, the Eastern Bloc... you name it.
That was before the age of hyper-connectiveness... which means I actually had to "wing it" if something was not booked in advance.
The most rewarding adventures often came with some level of following my guts and improvising as I went. "Where do I want to be next?" - and the "lack" of "planning" allowed possibilities to pour through.
Yeah, "booked in advance" -
Somewhere along the way, "Planning" has become a "Virtue"...
Somewhere along the way, we were told to buckle down, get a job and "be responsible."
Somewhere along the way, we shot down spontaneity communicated to us by our guts through feelings like thrill, elation, and butterflies in the stomach.
Somewhere along the way, being "successful" got equated with
"being in control" and "having a plan."
Somewhere along the way, we stopped listening to our GUTS and stifled our natural-born rights to LIVE brightly, loudly, unapologetically because we have to "grow up."
There is so much creativity hidden in our natural instinct but we are pushing it down by denying our desire for exploration, adventure and spontaneity because others tell us "that's how it's done."
Where In Your Business Are You Holding Back Your Creativity and Individuality By "Being Responsible"?
Of course, we are not asking you to gamble your house and lose your pants. Having the awareness that this hidden desire in us can help us HAVE MORE OF US in our business can ignite the FIRE and guide us to express our creativity and individuality - which will open up possibilities and potentialities that we didn't know exist within us.
Are you implementing "proven" processes, blueprints and systems cookie-cutter style without asking - what do I WANT my business to do FOR ME?
Have you fallen into the comparison trap, "modeling" after everyone in your field and ended up with Frankenstein-marketing-copy that sounds just like everyone else... but nothing like YOU?
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