What's stopping you from hitting upload?
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This week is officially my week of unemployment career sabbatical.
As you know, I've been on a journey of producing content, this week I've been thinking about mental barriers that have stopped me from publishing.
I mean. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's the best feeling in the world. That's when you hit publish. But for while it was a daydream.
And what usually stands in the way:
Overthinking
Internal critic
Realising our friend may not care
Having a fixed mindset
Comparing ourselves to other's success
Thinking we are being dishonest
I dive deeper into this topic in my recent blog post.
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Ngā mihi nui,
Shivan
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What's Stopping You from Hitting Upload — shivan.xyz It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's the best feeling in the world. Finally, the unseen hours of copious scripting, multiple takes, editing culminate into this final product that I excitingly get to share with my virtual world. The cursor moves to the upload button. My overworked and outstretched finger crashes towards
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Rejection—and the fear of rejection—is the biggest impediment we face to choosing ourselves.
James Altucher, Choose Yourself