I woke up today thinking, “I am so done with letting my own insecurities, self-doubts, and regrets hold me back.” And you know why? Because of this.
One thing I admire about Danielle LaPorte: she is ruthlessly passionate. It takes guts to cut out everything that’s not getting you where you want to go. It takes guts to shrug off what “they” think out “there”. “But if I talk about my thing, what will people say? I’ll just be an annoying, irritating peon in the cacophony of noise that is the internet.”
Seriously, this is what goes through my brain on a regular basis. And I am so done with it.
I’m just going to be excited about what I’m excited about. Screw “them”. They don’t exist anyway. And even if they do, pleasing “them” is not worth stuffing myself into a box of my own making and waking up going…wow. I could have been next to Steve Jobs on Amazon. And more than that, I could have just…you know…done my thing.
It is BEYOND freaking time. Thanks, D. (And there needs to be a better word than congratulations for such occasions as this.)
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:17 pm 
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It’s always SO strange to see awesome people like you doubt themselves! Especially with all your success and all the people you have inspired! Well, I LOVE your site and everything you have to say. It’s so inspiring! And if you are ever feeling that way, know that I TOTALLY admire you!
Haha…thank you Shenee! You are like a bundle of love over there.
I totally appreciate it — I have days when I feel like the best thing since toast (someone should take me down a few pegs on those days!), but most days, I’m completely aware of my millions of shortcomings.