As an experiment, describe your edge with respect to your career out
loud to yourself. Say something like, "I know I could be earning more
money, but I am too lazy to put in the extra hours it would take. I know
that I could give more of my true gift, but I am afraid that I may not
succeed, and then I will be a penniless failure. I’ve spent 15 years
developing my career, and I’m afraid to let go of it and start fresh,
even though I know that I spend most of my life doing things I have no
real interest in doing. I could be making money in more creative ways,
but I spend too much time watching TV rather than being creative."
Honor your edge. Honor your choices. Be honest with yourself about
them. Be honest with your friends about them. A fearful man who knows he
is fearful is far more trustable than a fearful man who isn’t aware of
his fear. And a fearful man who still leans into his fear, living at his
edge and putting his gift out from there, is more trustworthy and more
inspirational than a fearful man who hangs back in the comfort zone,
unwilling to even experience his fear on a day to day level.
A free man is free to acknowledge his fears, without hiding them, or
hiding from them. Live with your lips pressed against your fears,
kissing your fears, neither pulling back nor aggressively violating
them.
(CavemanCircus.com)
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