October 2019
Beginner
400 pages
7h 56m
English
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January 11Light Within
A person should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across their mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet they dismiss without notice this thought because it is theirs. In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Ralph Waldo Emerson—Self-Reliance (1841)
Self-doubt fuels much of the resistance felt at some point by nearly every entrepreneur. A complete absence of self-doubt might suggest a lack of passion—if you aren't at least a little afraid to do something, you might not be thinking big enough.
But ignoring your genius precisely because it is yours triggers a pattern much worse than the paralysis of doubt alone. When our ideas are rejected off hand or left to linger unrealized, we begin to welcome forms of incongruence or want of integrity.
Trust the gleam of light that flashes across your mind from within or forever risk living a lie—it's just a choice.
Emerson's passage concludes with this thought in summary: “and we shall be forced with shame to take our own opinion from another.”
Today dig deep and access how this idea might be creating friction in your journey.
Challenge Question
- Can you name one big thing (idea) you know you should be doing?
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