Last week inspiration struck: I would create my next book and have it completed and for sale in 90 days. I had a few inspired days of clarity, and I announced my plans to my community. I got some work done, and then… the self-doubt started to creep in.
I started to regret that I had announced it. What was I thinking? This is completely self-inflicted. However, that was exactly WHY I did it.
Working in this “high flame” situation with eyes on me and high stakes brings me to life. I will deliver. I didn’t have to announce anything, but I chose to. Failure is not an option.
Back in the 1990s when I was throwing illegal raves, I would utilize the fact that they were secret locations, and plan huge events with no idea where the location would be. There were times when I had sold thousands of tickets, had talent flying in from overseas, and had only a few days left and was still scrambling to find a venue. I always manged to pull it off, no matter how stressful it was, because I simply had to.
I’ve shared previously how I use my books as tools of my own self-mastery. Well, here I am again plumbing this deep part of myself, these old instincts, and using them in new ways, to achieve new things.
I didn’t have to announce that I would also be teaching my methods, but I did. Because it helps me clarify what exactly they are so I can in fact teach them.
“Teach what we most need to learn”, is the quote that comes to mind right now.
You’re watching me do that in front of you, in real time, in a high flame setting.
I can doubt myself, AND I have to simply push forward.
The moment any of this becomes routine is when I lose interest in doing it. I have to create high flame situations that test me and challenge me, and allow me to grow.
I’m going to go to my edge, and I’ll take you with me. That’s always been part of my magic and my unspoken priceless value proposition. Whether it’s throwing a rave where I have no idea where it’s going to be. Spinning a DJ set and not knowing what the next record was. Putting on a hypnosis show, which is always completely random working with complete strangers every time. Creating a software platform with no training and education, break all the rules, and still have millions of people use it successfully. Or walking around COP28 in Dubai telling people I’ll be part of the team that wins the Nobel Peace Prize for solving climate change as a walking demo of powerful mindset.
This is a golden thread of mine, and it took until this moment for me to clarify it. I just did it, like, right now. Because I was feeling self-doubt and had to write an article anyways, and this is what came out of me.
Thank you for being one of my witnesses.
What changes for you when you witness me go to my edge?
Join me next Monday March 18 at 1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific for me to tell you more of how its possible to create a book in 90 days.
