If we’re hoping to become better weightlifters, we need only to visit the gym more often. The gym doesn’t shame us for not doing our best or remove a recent promotion we’ve gotten when we can’t lift more than we did yesterday.
If we’re hoping to become a better pianist, we need only to practice more and harder and smarter. No one is there to point out all of our mistakes or take away some bonus because we didn’t play longer than we had planned to play.
Most often, the work we do – the meaningful work – doesn’t have a safe space to practice or train like lifting or playing piano does.
Everything is on the line all of the time at work. Livelihoods, salaries, and relationships that are there can all make or break us.
And so we try to be as safe as possible, reduce risk and hide.
Rather than trying to do the opposite (which is certainly an option), I recommend finding a similar line of work that allows you to train for the real thing.
To freelance or to pitch your work to those you don’t need approval from simply to discover your weak points and to try new things. A space to take risks you wouldn’t normally, so you can bring those learning back to your regular work.
If we all found the equivalent of a mobile gym with our work, we could train and reach and fail and learn and do things that are more in the interest of making change in the world than keeping our paycheck safe.
The freelancer’s workshop is a great place to get started. There’s no need to leave where you’re at now, but there is a need for a fourth space of sorts to help you become better with less feelings of risk. Click the purple dot on the page for a discount.
Stay Positive & It’s A Safe Place For Unsafe Actions – Place To Grow
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