A friend was talking to me about a prototype he was working on. My reaction was doubt. I was already thinking of all the reasons it wouldn’t work, people wouldn’t buy it; all the work that would have to go in to bring it out into the world in scale and even then, then it requires even more work to sell and amplify and so on.
Recognizing all the doubts, I looked behind them. Hanging out was a lot of excitement. Excitement for how this endeavor would change him, his family and friends, how it could change the industry, how there would be so much learning and growth and positive change by leading his dream. I even got excited at the fact that I could find all my doubts stomped at some point in the future.
The most exciting of things are always hiding behind doubts, and instinctively our doubts like to stand in front of our excitement, be it right away or seconds after we get excited about something. (20 seconds to be specific)
Whether we’re the one with the idea or the one listening to someone’s idea. We have a choice to speak on behalf of the doubts or the excitement, to others and to ourselves.
Stay Positive & Which Will You?
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