The Art of Making Sh!t Up

Chapter 20Who Gives a Shit?

We are all lazier then we want to be. We are all less talented, less beautiful, less rich, and less powerful. There is not one single person in my life, and I would bet $1 million in your life, who has it perfectly dialed in and firing on all cylinders. Each of us has doubts and insecurities that constantly try to pull us back from doing something more with our lives. Fear of looking stupid, of failing, of what other people will think or say cripples us in our pursuit of trying to do something just a little bit more interesting with life than we are currently doing. When all of those thoughts start dancing in your head, when the voices work themselves up into a fever pitch shouting over and over again “you aren't good enough,” I want you to step back and say out loud: “Who gives a shit?” Seriously. Who gives a shit? Who gives a shit about what other people think or say? Who gives a shit if they don't think you have enough talent, or that your ideas are insane, or that you are uneducated or low class or delusional or narcissistic or any other of one million things that someone can think or say about you? Who. Gives. A. Shit.

Then I want you to answer that question and I want you to answer it out loud. The answer is simple: “Not me!” The sooner you can get to a place where you just don't give a shit about what others think of you, the sooner you will be in a place of confidence and freedom. Confidence to pursue whatever it is you want and the freedom ...