Choose your pain

There’s a story I like about two friends hanging out on their deck in the backyard while a dog sits on the deck barking and howling.

“Hey why does your dog keep barking? Is he in pain?” Said one friend.

“Yeah, he’s sitting on a nail and it’s hurting him.” Said the other.

“Why doesn’t he just get up and move away from the nail.”

“I don’t know, clearly it doesn’t hurt bad enough for him to do something about it.”

It took me three years to make my first video.

Ok it didn’t actually take that long, but I waited three years to start posting content because of fear.

I knew I always wanted to make more content and to grow my personal brand even further, but I never took any action.

There was always some excuse.

I’m not good enough, I don’t have the right equipment, I’m a perfectionist.

All of this was bullshit.

Truth be told I was scared of failing, I was scared of what other people would think of me when I started making these videos public.

And that’s when I heard this quote:

The pain of staying the same has to hurt more than the pain of change and discomfort.

This is what set me off.

The pain of doing the same thing everyday and wanting to grow but not doing anything about was terrible.

But for the last three years, it wasn’t bad enough for me to do anything about it.

It wasn’t until I sat there and realized all the potential opportunities I missed out on that I was fed up and decided to do something about it.

After all, if I was helping out other influencers and brands level up their social media, I had to have a bigger presence as well.

Most people know what they want to do, and what they should be doing.

They hate their current lives and know they could be doing more.

But yet they don’t do anything about it.

They are just like the dog in that story.

But instead of the nail they’re barking and in pain over, it’s their own life.

If there’s something you’ve been putting off that you know you should be doing because is it will drastically improve your life.

This is your sign to do it.

We have one life and it can be taken away from us at anytime.

You don’t want to leave this place with any regrets.

And if you’re still scared to start whatever that thing is.

Message me on IG and I’ll support you every step of the way.