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We have big dreams. They want us to never stop.
Our fears are also loud. They want us to stop right now.

Which one will win?

The one that gets heard the most.

Dream is an inner voice. Fear is an acquired one.
The voice that gets heard more, is the voice that wins.

Content creation is something all of us must do.
It’s a process of becoming and seeing the change in ourselves from who we were to who we are becoming.

However, a lot of people get confused about what to create content on. 

The answer is: whatever we do.
If we play a guitar, that would be our content.
If we love to write, it becomes our content.
If we managed to be productive despite stress, that becomes our content.

There’s only so much that we can create, but there is also so much that we can share about who we are. 

We’re going through a difficult time.
We’re failing.
Perhaps everyone has already believed we are a failure.

But who is a real failure?
Didn’t every successful person fail more than succeed?

The purpose of failure isn’t to prove how big a failure we are.
The purpose of failure is to test how determined towards success we are.

An overweight friend is asking us to eat healthy.
A friend with zero savings always nudges us to invest more.
The coworker with a secure job is pushing us to pursue our dreams.

Too often, we lay more importance on who is giving the advice instead of what advice is being given.

“They aren’t living that life, what right they have to give me the advice,” we wonder. 

Perhaps that is the exact reason they’re giving the advice.

We want to get the task done.
Before the deadline.
But we get it done only right before the deadline.

That causes chaos, confusion, and even lack of focus.

What if we broke down a huge task into small deadlines?
It’s about feeding the inner muscles to act that get activated near the deadline.
The smaller goals we achieve, the higher our confidence is to get more done.
The virtuous cycle just continues.

The goal isn’t to own the task at the end of it.
The goal is to flex the muscles to own the outcome at each step.

We take time to nurture all our important relationships.
Family. Friends. Colleagues.

However, what about the relationship with the most important person, i.e., ourselves?

What is our response when people criticise us?
What if they don’t give any reaction?
How do we stay grounded when they celebrate us?

Their responses may change, however, the inner stability is a result of our inner conversations.

We don’t control what the world says to us. We control what WE say when the world says to us. 

Fame is being known in front of the world.
Success is knowing yourself.

Fame may (or may not) make us arrogant.
Success keeps us grounded.

Fame is external.
Success is internal.

There’s nothing wrong in chasing fame, as long as we know what makes us successful and keeps us grounded.

While the world defines one as being incidental to another, there are a lot of famous people that are dissatisfied. That’s not success. Also, there are a ton of successful people who aren’t or choose not to be famous. That’s success – knowing what we want.

Fame and success aren’t concentric circles.
They may just be intersecting ones, but are mostly mutually exclusive.

We are nervous.
Anxious about what people would think.
Scared of not making it through.

The worst part is, this vicious cycle continues for every instance of life.
No matter how much we try, we can’t tame the mind to stop overthinking.

What if, this time we started accepting instead of resisting it?
What if we continued despite the truth?

And after that, what if we started feeding our mind the truth we want it to manifest?

We can either hear the stories our mind tells us, or tell our mind the stories we want to hear. 

Ignorance is bliss. The news. Trolls on social media. Opinions of relatives.

And, ignorance is poverty. Knowing who we are. What keeps the flame in us alive. What nudges our heart to take action.

One makes us insane. Another keeps us sane.
One induces fear of missing out. Another induces joy of missing out.
One is where the herd is. Another is where everyone is alone.

Awareness of what to ignore and what to be aware of is true freedom.

If we were given a chance to peek into our future, we’d certainly not miss it.

What if we knew that the way we live our days is setting up our foundation for our future?

This also enables us to change our past, because the present of today is the past of the future.

The best way to change the future, lies in the present.