Don’t Let Your Weaknesses Hold You Back

Double Down On Your Strengths

I’ve been struggling for a long time now, trying to find the magic piece that will allow me to really get going with my blog.

Every once in a while I get really inspired and pump out a few pieces. But I have so many things that I’ve wanted to talk about that I just haven’t gotten to. Battling within myself.

So many motivational speakers out there tell us, scream at us, “JUST DO IT”. Thanks Nike.

But it’s not always that easy. We get all caught up in our own minds.

I know a bunch of what I want to talk about would be so much better explained along with visuals. Even if it’s just tone of voice and body language. I would be better off doing a vlog like all those YouTubers out there.

But I can’t talk I front of a camera. I freeze up. I stumble. I fumble. I lose my words. Then I get frustrated and give up.

I’ve tried doing videos. Tried doing ones just for me. Ones I swore to myself there was no chance I’d ever share. That way I could relax. Practice and get more comfortable. It didn’t work.

But what I do enjoy, and what I seem to be have decent at, is writing.

Gary Vaynerchuk repeatedly says don’t give a shit about your weaknesses. Double down… triple down on your strengths.

Well… maybe I should listen.

When we give ourselves the permission to suck at things… we unlock all that energy that’s been wasted getting frustrated with ourselves, getting depressed, and failing, that we have immense resources to hit and hit hard at the things we’re good at.

Once we take the pressure off ourselves, we allow ourselves to actually succeed. And enjoy ourselves while we do it.

So it’s with a more relaxed approach I’m hitting at my blog now. There’s always something I want to talk about.

So why am I holding myself back from it?

So here goes… hopefully this is the start of a much more regular, real, and raw blog.