“Listen closely to that inner voice. The answer is almost always right there in your gut, and science backs that up. Western culture has a long history of discounting the importance of intuition in favor of so-called rational thought. Only over the last few decades have researchers begun to discover that reason is far from perfect: everyday human cognition is limited, slow, and distorted by unhelpful biases. Meanwhile, intuition has increasingly revealed itself to be a mind-bogglingly quick, sensitive, and perceptive tool, rapidly picking up on subtleties and patterns in the world that the conscious mind isn’t powerful enough to spot.”— Chase Jarvis, Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
I have always had a passion for entrepreneurship and a strong sense of ownership. Work hard, take responsibility, care about what you do, make a difference with enthusiasm. Good attributes until they go too far into owning things that are not mine to own.
When we wander into too many areas out of our control – other people and circumstances - we rescind our responsibility to finish our own “race” in our own lane. Weighed down and distracted, we waste time trying to solve puzzles that we don’t have the pieces to complete. We can still care about others and our circumstances without going out of our own lane.
Self-awareness is a masterclass that is never finished, even with experience and age. Learning is never over and growth is the outcome. If we are open to it, we can change and be changed by understanding ourselves better and adjusting our actions and behavior.
When we focus our time and attention outside of our sphere of influence, we expend energy on futile work, getting exhausted in the process. Focus, perspective and letting go are required to be able to be able to start things that we are called to do. Stop waiting for permission from others to do your thing. Stay in your own lane, get renewed and don’t get distracted by others.
“Creators create. Action is identity. You become what you do. You don’t need permission from anybody to call yourself a writer, entrepreneur, or musician. You just need to write, build a business, or make music. You’ve got to do the verb to be the noun.” — Chase Jarvis, Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
“Do the verb to be the noun” – take daily steps and stay in your own lane. We are transformed when we are willing to try new things and change in the process. External factors will always be present to distract us from doing on own work. Focus and get to your work. Create your life.