So you want to live big and bold? Achieve great things? Or, you know, anything at all? Then you’ll need to step up to the plate and play in the big arena. Which means you’ll have to stare down hard at the things that will threaten your dreams.
A love of the safe road
A safe road might get you a house behind a picket fence, kids and a dog, but it’s a choice that might deny you a shot at the big prize.
- “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
- Andre Gide
Worrying about your reputation
Do not let your worries stop you from doing cool, brave things.
- The world doesn’t care what you are wearing, and it doesn’t matter what you think the world thinks of you – especially not about what you’re wearing.
Running someone else’s race
Just run to where you want to run at your own pace. And know that walking is fine, too.
- “Personality begins where comparison ends.” Karl Lagerfeld
- Don’t compare yourself with others, you have the talent and talent to do better.
Being shrunk by your limitations
We get our biggest highs in those moments when we bust through a fear.
- Acknowledge your limitations, offer them a tolerant but slightly bored smile, but don’t give them a seat at the top table. Act in spite of them.
Trying too hard to be original
Take something that already exists in the world and put your own spin on it
Pizza, Beer, and Netflix
Code for addictions
Your preoccupation with sex
Overindulgence in sexual expression may become a habit as destructive and detrimental to creative effort as narcotics or liquor
- Sex is a healthy, fun, natural part of human existence, but when it takes over your mind as well as your body – well, just know you’re not going to be good for much else.
