I saw a video of Seth Godin yesterday where he gives a way of thinking about why we would fear judgement. In a tribe, if you put yourself out there and went wrong, you could be kicked out the tribe and then probably die.

But now days, it matter’s far less. If a group of people start ignoring you or hating you, it might suck. But you are unlikely to die of cold because of it.

In fact, putting yourself out there is more likely to bring more people in. For example, since starting this blog I’ve become more connected with existing friends and family because of it. And I’ve had a number of people reach out to me, from entrepreneurs to government officials.

We still carry around the fear of judgement. It’s hard wired into us.

And the best way to get through it is to train yourself that it doesn’t matter. And you can do this by putting yourself out there, again and again.

Until the feeling fades.

And you’re able to express yourself, exactly as you want to.

Image was taken in our last night of our holiday 🙂

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