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What if peak state is to be your default?

Sometimes our next level, demands a different version of ourselves. Someone said, "What if peak state is to be your default to attain your goals." Whatever they are. When I was seeking to know people, trying to know who and who in the industry. I'd do cold calls. I'd watch a show, and pick the name of whoever I wanted to know. Then I'd call the company and ask for that person. Then I'd pull off an accent because I wanted to sound brilliant. Then somewhere in between I'd forget that accent and revert back into my gangster way of talking because that was not me. At 24, faking it seemed the way to be. That we needed to just sound brilliant. He he. I would later learn, you can't fake it till you make it. You have to be it. But the most beautiful part of the story is you can be anyone you want to be, whatever you want to be. I like what Laura said, there are so many accents in the world, just pick whatever you want and give yourself. STEP UP YOUR GAME in wh

I DON'T KNOW

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In 2017 , I started a shop. I was so excited, I thought, finally I own something, I was pretty excited. When all hell broke loose and the numbers were not adding up, I still thought, I'd still go on. It gave me pride to say that I have a shop, even when it brought me -0.008 cents. It was when I had that conversation with myself and accept, surely, I was headed in the wrong direction. I didn't like it, I didn't enjoy it. Its the same with many things in life, that we hold on to, so dearly. Leaving is hard when we have put so much time and soul to something. But sometimes, stopping is an act of courage, quitting projects is sometimes not for losers, but actually, those who are brave enough to admit I am wrong or I don't know what I am doing, I am just gallivanting aimlessly. "WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, YOU SHOULD STOP GOING" Only this year, I would learn and accept not knowing, and taking a break to figure. A moment with myself to ask