We expect others to react to our ideas far worse than they actually do.
I received an email today that contained a few content ideas for a client. She was trying to get my brain working in a different way. She was throwing ideas out there – they weren’t necessarily great ideas, but they got me thinking.
And, despite our worst fears, that’s the “worst” that usually happens.
For a moment I imagined if I was the one sending the email then I’d be thinking the recipient is judging me by my ideas. I would think it’s too risky to share half-baked thoughts. I would have been afraid to hit send for fear of personal criticism.
Alas, knowing that it was simply fear convincing me not to hit send, I would have followed through with the email. Raw. Revealing. And… ultimately resulting in a reaction that was far better than imagined.
This type of situation happens every day. As artists, we have a choice to succumb to the lizard brain, to delete the ideas or to throw them out there.
You never know. That one idea you share might just get someone thinking, acting and succeeding.
Now that’s power.
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